BIRD Patient and Public Engagement Podcasts Mel Brooke

In this podcast in our wellbeing series aimed at helping people who have rheumatic conditions with aspects of symptom self-management and wellbeing, Mel Brooke, Patient and Public Engagement Programme Director (BIRD) invites Professor Emma Dures to talk about the impact of rheumatic disease on people's mental health.

Useful Links:

Please visit the ⁠⁠BIRD website ⁠⁠ for more podcasts including Social Prescribing

NHS Talking Therapies

Tips from NRAS

Versus Arthritis: Arthritis and Depression



Please note: All content for BIRD's PPE podcasts are created for information purposes only and not intended to be a substitute for individual medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or health provider with any questions you may have about your medical condition. Reliance on any information provided by BIRD or any of the expertpodcast guests is solely at your own risk.

The Patient and Public Engagement Programme is supported by hands-off sponsorships from Eli Lilly and Company Limited, UCB and Amgen -all of whom have provided grant funding but who have had no involvement in the development, content or editorial control of this podcast, nor the subsequent review and approval of these materials or general running of the patient and public engagement programme.

We would also like to thank The Arnold Clark Community Fund, The Cumber Family Charitable Trust, Medlock Charitable Trust, The Ray Harris Charitable Trust and The Hospital Saturday Fund.

Thank you to all our sponsors for helping us to bring you information that supports you and helps to increase your knowledge of rheumatic diseases.

To find out more about BIRD and the PPE Programme visit:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases⁠⁠⁠⁠

Please sign up to our mailing list if you would like to stay in touch and be notified about future podcasts via admin@birdbath.org.uk

In this podcast in our wellbeing series aimed at helping people who have rheumatic conditions with aspects of symptom self-management and wellbeing, Mel Brooke, Patient and Public Engagement Programme Director (BIRD) has a discussion with Dr Ben Davis, about persistent pain. Ben is an advanced practice physiotherapist at the RNHRD, who specialises in persistent pain and shares his career path in pain education for people with it. This is part one of a two part series. Please note we had some issue with audio content and advise you to adjust the volumes on your listening device as needed, apologies for this - we have done our best to minimise any disruption to your listening. experience.

Useful Links:

Please visit the ⁠BIRD website ⁠ for more podcasts including Social Prescribing

Tamar Pincus⁠ video ⁠about chronic pain, acceptance and commitment

Jackie Walumbe – ⁠The future of pain care ⁠video

More about ⁠René Descartes and pain pathways



Please note: All content for BIRD's PPE podcasts are created for information purposes only and not intended to be a substitute for individual medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or health provider with any questions you may have about your medical condition. Reliance on any information provided by BIRD or any of the expertpodcast guests is solely at your own risk.

The Patient and Public Engagement Programme is supported by hands-off sponsorships from Eli Lilly and Company Limited, UCB and Amgen -all of whom have provided grant funding but who have had no involvement in the development, content or editorial control of this podcast, nor the subsequent review and approval of these materials or general running of the patient and public engagement programme.

We would also like to thank The Arnold Clark Community Fund, The Cumber Family Charitable Trust, Medlock Charitable Trust, The Ray Harris Charitable Trust and The Hospital Saturday Fund.

Thank you to all our sponsors for helping us to bring you information that supports you and helps to increase your knowledge of rheumatic diseases.

To find out more about BIRD and the PPE Programme visit:  ⁠⁠⁠The Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases⁠⁠⁠

Please sign up to our mailing list if you would like to stay in touch and be notified about future podcasts via admin@birdbath.org.uk

In this podcast in our wellbeing series aimed at helping people who have rheumatic conditions with aspects of symptom self-management and wellbeing, Mel Brooke, Patient and Public Engagement Programme Director (BIRD) has a discussion with Dr Ben Davis, about persistent pain. Ben is an advanced practice physiotherapist at the RNHRD, who specialises in persistent pain and shares his career path in pain education for people with it. This is part two of a two part series so please listen to part one. Please note we had some issue with audio content and advise you to adjust the volumes on your listening device as needed, apologies for this - we have done our best to minimise any disruption to your listening. experience.

Useful Links:

Please visit the ⁠BIRD website ⁠ for more podcasts including Social Prescribing

Tamar Pincus⁠ video ⁠about chronic pain, acceptance and commitment

Jackie Walumbe – ⁠The future of pain care ⁠video

More about ⁠René Descartes and pain pathways



Please note: All content for BIRD's PPE podcasts are created for information purposes only and not intended to be a substitute for individual medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or health provider with any questions you may have about your medical condition. Reliance on any information provided by BIRD or any of the expertpodcast guests is solely at your own risk.

The Patient and Public Engagement Programme is supported by hands-off sponsorships from Eli Lilly and Company Limited, UCB and Amgen -all of whom have provided grant funding but who have had no involvement in the development, content or editorial control of this podcast, nor the subsequent review and approval of these materials or general running of the patient and public engagement programme.

We would also like to thank The Arnold Clark Community Fund, The Cumber Family Charitable Trust, Medlock Charitable Trust, The Ray Harris Charitable Trust and The Hospital Saturday Fund.

Thank you to all our sponsors for helping us to bring you information that supports you and helps to increase your knowledge of rheumatic diseases.

To find out more about BIRD and the PPE Programme visit:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases⁠⁠⁠⁠

Please sign up to our mailing list if you would like to stay in touch and be notified about future podcasts via admin@birdbath.org.uk

In this first episode in our podcast mini-series about the new British Society of Rheumatology Guidelines for Myositis, Mel Brooke, Patient and Public Engagement Programme Director (BIRD) talks with expert guest Dr Sarah Tansley, Consultant Rheumatologist at the RNHRD (Bath) and Senior Clinical Lecturer at Bath University. Sarah explains what the guidelines are, who they are for and what they contain.

If you can please rate our podcasts on your listening platform.  

Did you know you can also access all our information podcasts direct from BIRDs website?  Simply visit ⁠⁠www.birdbath.org.uk/podcasts⁠⁠ and scroll down the page to find the one you are looking for.

Useful links:

BSR Guidelines for Myositis

Please note: All content for BIRD's PPE podcasts are created for information purposes only and not intended to be a substitute for individual medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or health provider with any questions you may have about your medical condition. Reliance on any information provided by BIRD or any of the expertpodcast guests is solely at your own risk.

The Patient and Public Engagement Programme is supported by hands-off sponsorships from Eli Lilly and Company Limited, UCB and Amgen -all of whom have provided grant funding but who have had no involvement in the development, content or editorial control of this podcast, nor the subsequent review and approval of these materials or general running of the patient and public engagement programme.

We would also like to thank The Arnold Clark Community Fund, The Cumber Family Charitable Trust, Medlock Charitable Trust, The Ray Harris Charitable Trust and The Hospital Saturday Fund.

Thank you to all our sponsors for helping us to bring you information that supports you and helps to increase your knowledge of rheumatic diseases.

To find out more about BIRD and the PPE Programme visit:  ⁠⁠The Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases⁠⁠

Please sign up to our mailing list if you would like to stay in touch and be notified about future podcasts via admin@birdbath.org.uk

In this second episode in our podcast mini-series about the new British Society of Rheumatology Guidelines for Myositis, Mel Brooke, Patient and Public Engagement Programme Director (BIRD) continues to talk with expert guest Dr Sarah Tansley, Consultant Rheumatologist at the RNHRD (Bath) and Senior Clinical Lecturer at Bath University. In this series, Sarah explains what the guidelines are, who they are for and what they contain.

If you can please rate our podcasts on your listening platform.  

Did you know you can also access all our information podcasts direct from BIRDs website?  Simply visit ⁠⁠⁠www.birdbath.org.uk/podcasts⁠⁠⁠ and scroll down the page to find the one you are looking for.

Useful links:

⁠BSR Guidelines for Myositis ⁠

Please note: All content for BIRD's PPE podcasts are created for information purposes only and not intended to be a substitute for individual medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or health provider with any questions you may have about your medical condition. Reliance on any information provided by BIRD or any of the expertpodcast guests is solely at your own risk.

The Patient and Public Engagement Programme is supported by hands-off sponsorships from Eli Lilly and Company Limited, UCB and Amgen -all of whom have provided grant funding but who have had no involvement in the development, content or editorial control of this podcast, nor the subsequent review and approval of these materials or general running of the patient and public engagement programme.

We would also like to thank The Arnold Clark Community Fund, The Cumber Family Charitable Trust, Medlock Charitable Trust, The Ray Harris Charitable Trust and The Hospital Saturday Fund.

Thank you to all our sponsors for helping us to bring you information that supports you and helps to increase your knowledge of rheumatic diseases.

To find out more about BIRD and the PPE Programme visit:  ⁠⁠⁠The Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases⁠⁠⁠

Please sign up to our mailing list if you would like to stay in touch and be notified about future podcasts via admin@birdbath.org.uk

In this second podcast episode about 'Nutrition, Diet and Arthritis' - a series aimed at helping people who have rheumatic conditions with aspects of symptom self-management and wellbeing - Mel Brooke, Patient and Public Engagement Programme Director (BIRD) has a discussion with Chhavi Bansal, about Nutrition and arthritis. Chhavi is a Registered Associate Nutritionist and chef who has also worked within a clinical nutrition capacity. She shares not only her professional, qualified perspective on Nutrition and diets but also her own experience of having a rheumatic condition. This is part two of a two part series - in it, we talk around intermittent fasting, supplements and possible interactions with medications, and more tips around the challenges of eating well when you live with a chronic condition like arthritis.



Useful Links:

⁠https://www.associationfornutrition.org/⁠

⁠https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/managing-symptoms/diet/⁠

and dont forget your GP, Nurse advice lines, local pharmacists.



Please note: All content for BIRD's PPE podcasts are created for information purposes only and not intended to be a substitute for individual medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or health provider with any questions you may have about your medical condition. Reliance on any information provided by BIRD or any of the expertpodcast guests is solely at your own risk.

The Patient and Public Engagement Programme is supported by hands-off sponsorships from Eli Lilly and Company Limited, UCB and Amgen -all of whom have provided grant funding but who have had no involvement in the development, content or editorial control of this podcast, nor the subsequent review and approval of these materials or general running of the patient and public engagement programme.

We would also like to thank The Arnold Clark Community Fund, The Cumber Family Charitable Trust, Medlock Charitable Trust, The Ray Harris Charitable Trust and The Hospital Saturday Fund.

Thank you to all our sponsors for helping us to bring you information that supports you and helps to increase your knowledge of rheumatic diseases.

To find out more about BIRD and the PPE Programme visit:  ⁠⁠⁠The Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases⁠⁠⁠

Please sign up to our mailing list if you would like to stay in touch and be notified about future podcasts via admin@birdbath.org.uk