More than Guts: Inflammatory bowel disease podcast

In this episode of More Than Guts, Consultant Gastroenterologist and IBD specialist Dr Philip Smith at the Royal Liverpool Hospital is joined by Karen Kemp, an IBD Consultant Nurse and Neil Gooding, who was one of the first children ever diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. Together, they discuss their experiences of long-term care for IBD within the NHS, challenges with achieving continuity of care and what’s needed now to effectively meet patient needs.

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In this third episode of the series, Alissa Walsh, Consultant Gastroenterologist from Oxford, meets Gemma, a long-term IBD patient, and Lisa Critchley, an IBD Specialist Nurse based in Liverpool. Together, the group discuss the importance of open communication in IBD care, and the need to support patients’ emotional and mental wellbeing to empower better engagement with their own care.

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In this fourth episode of More than Guts, consultant gastroenterologist Ian Arnott from Edinburgh talks with Seb Tucknott, an ulcerative colitis patient and now patient advocate, and Jen Rose, another ulcerative colitis patient who is also a parent of a child with IBD. Together they talk about how patients, being experts in their own health, can really make a difference to each others’ IBD journeys, and pave the way for better communication, better understanding and better outcomes. Listen to the podcast here: