My guest today is Dr David Maidment, senior lecturer in psychology at Loughborough University, UK. David's research focuses on developing interventions that aim to improve physical health and psychological wellbeing in adults with long-term conditions and disabilities.

I speak with David about his NIHR funded research project which explores how people with long-term health conditions can be supported by organisations to co-manage their health at work.

We unpack the concept of 'co-managing' and how it can be useful way to frame the intersection of self-management and employer responsibility for employee health.

I hope you enjoy our conversation!

REFERENCES

https://www.affinityhealthatwork.com/co-manage (Beta Co-manage tool)

NICE guidelines - Workplace health: support for employees with disabilities and long-term conditions

NHS Strategy - Growing occupational health and wellbeing together: our roadmap for the future

CONTACT

info@culturalvalue.com.au.

Sheila Kissane is the founder and CEO of the Cambridge-based healthcare start-up venture Boutros Bear which works with individuals and employers to provide rehabilitation programmes for people with cancer, chronic pain, menopausal symptoms and mental health conditions.

This is the full interview of my recent conversation with the dynamic Sheila Kissane. Check out our podcast feed for a shorter, edited version of our conversation.

References:

Boutros Bear

Cancer Costs A ‘ripple effect’ analysis of cancer’s wider impact

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Sheila Kissane is the founder and CEO of the Cambridge-based healthcare start-up venture Boutros Bear which works with individuals and employers to provide rehabilitation programmes for people with cancer, chronic pain, menopausal symptoms and mental health conditions.

We cover a lot of terrain in this conversation, from what it takes to create a healthcare start-up while living with in the midst and in the shadow of a breast cancer diagnosis, to the challenge of scaling personalised healthcare for the employer market.

I loved this interview so much that I’ve also made a full edit of my conversation with Sheila available on the podcast feed. It’s really worth a listen, it’ll warm you heart and make you think.

References:

Boutros Bear

Cancer Costs A ‘ripple effect’ analysis of cancer’s wider impact

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Host: Dr Peter Ghin

Producer: Cultural Value

Today I chat with the delightful Yeliz Prior. Yeliz is a Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation at the School of Health and Society at Salford University in the UK

Yeliz’s research explores the effective management of rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions in the workplace and the use of digital health technologies to enable wider access to health information, diagnosis, treatment and self-management. As you’ll hear, Yeliz’s research is informed by her lived experience of axial spondyloarthritis and she talks through her own process of being diagnosed with the condition.

We talk about the impact MSK conditions can have on people’s daily life and their capacity to work. We focus her and colleague’s research as part of the Work Well trial in the UK, which is a randomised control trial which is looking at the efficacy of occupational therapy interventions in supporting people to better manage their conditions and remain in employment.

References

WORKWELL trial

The WORKWELL trial (research protocol)

WORKWELL Digital

VERSUS Arthritis

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Host: Dr Peter Ghin

Producer: Cultural Value

My first guest on the podcast is Kim Hoque. He’s a professor of Human Resources Management and Vice Dean (People and Culture) at King’s Business School in London. Kim is also one of the UK’s leading scholars on disability and employment. In 2013 he co-founded the Disability@Work research group and in 2021, along with leading charities and trade unions, he co-founded the Disability Employment Charter.

I speak to Kim about the process of establishing the disability charter but we kick off our conversation by talking about his latest research into the effectiveness (or rather ineffectiveness) of the UK Government’s Disability Confident Scheme. His research offers a pretty scathing assessment of a national accreditation system that is supposed to help level the playing field for workers with a disability but which, in reality, does little to lower the barriers to employment or move the dial forward when it comes to closing the disability employment gap.

References

Disability at Work Research Group

Disability Employment Charter

Disability Confident Scheme Research

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Host: Dr Peter Ghin

We're excited to launch our little podcast which explores life at the intersection of chronic illness/disability and work! The first season of Bodies @ Work showcases interviews with researchers and other stellar guests, who are doing super interesting work to understand the impact of disabling health conditions in the workplace, and what we can do to achieve better outcomes for employees and their employers.

So whether you’re researcher, a public policy person, a health practitioner, an employer, an advocate, a person with lived experience of a disabling health condition, or all of the above, we hope this podcast informs, entertains, and broadens your mind about an issue that effects millions of workers (and the people that employ them) all around the world.

This podcast is produced by Cultural Value