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Side Effects

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SIDE EFFECTS by TEN focuses on the redesign of health and how innovation can transform lives and drive value. We set out to highlight emergent ways in which the world can solve [meta] health related challenges. Expect to see us challenge some of the embedded dogma of the past, deep dive into the wisdom working in the present, and look ahead to opportunities for innovation and change for the future. 

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Dr Aseem Malhotra talks about obesity and why it's not too late to stop being 10x more likely to die of Covid-19

May 06, 2020 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MB

Dr Aseem Malhotra is an NHS Consultant Cardiologist, and world renowned expert in the prevention, diagnosis and management of heart disease. He is a founding member of Action on Sugar and was the lead campaigner highlighting the harm caused by excess sugar consumption in the United Kingdom, particularly its role in type 2 diabetes and obesity. He is now advising the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock  about the links between obesity and metabolic syndrome and Covid-19 deaths. I had the pleasure...

Why British obesity levels are leading to higher death rates with Covid 19? Dr Aseem Malhotra talks about obesity and why it's not too late to change

May 06, 2020 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MB

Dr Aseem Malhotra is an NHS Consultant Cardiologist, and world renowned expert in the prevention, diagnosis and management of heart disease. He is a founding member of Action on Sugar and was the lead campaigner highlighting the harm caused by excess sugar consumption in the United Kingdom, particularly its role in type 2 diabetes and obesity. He is now advising the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock  about the links between obesity and metabolic syndrome and Covid-19 deaths. I had the pleasure...

How does a Nasa backed design engineer from Imperial end up managing a printer farm for the NHS? Nate Petre and Makerversity deliver Printed PPE at scale

May 05, 2020 21:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MB

Matt Pattison talks to design researcher Nate Petre, who has teamed up to make PPE for frontline NHS staff, direct from London tech hub Makerversity. Nate Petre has a diverse design background. He was an ex researcher at Imperial College’s Dyson School of Design Engineering specialising in Digital Disruptive Manufacturing, and backed by funding from Nasa, Petre developed the world’s first fully compostable 3D-printed surfboard. Since then he has developed ways to print boards from beach and...

Nate Petre and Makerversity deliver Printed PPE to the NHS

May 05, 2020 21:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MB

Matt Pattison talks to design researcher Nate Petre, who has teamed up to make PPE for frontline NHS staff, direct from London tech hub Makerversity. Nate Petre has a diverse design background. He was an ex researcher at Imperial College’s Dyson School of Design Engineering specialising in Digital Disruptive Manufacturing, and backed by funding from Nasa, Petre developed the world’s first fully compostable 3D-printed surfboard. Since then he has developed ways to print boards from beach and...

The surprising facts about the last 6 weeks in the times of Covid19

May 02, 2020 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.12 MB

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Masks4AllUK founders talk about the origins of the campaign that's hitting front page headlines

May 02, 2020 09:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MB

Dr Helen Davison, Dr Finola O'Neill and Jon Fluxman; three of the founding voices in the Masks4AllUK pressure group, talk to Matt Pattison about how the campaign has successfully lobbied the UK government to change its policy on homemade mask wearing. They talk about how things began, and the early influences on the potential importance of face masks. Then look at the road they have travelled as well as the road ahead. From hitting the front page on all major newspapers (from the Times to t...

Matt looks back over the past 6 weeks and asks, what's next in the road ahead?

May 02, 2020 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.12 MB

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Covid19 Side Effects 23: Matt looks back over the last 6 weeks

May 02, 2020 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.12 MB

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Let's talk about why we should all be wearing face masks or face coverings in public?

May 02, 2020 09:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MB

Dr Helen Davison, Dr Finola O'Neill and Jon Fluxman; three of the founding voices in the Masks4AllUK pressure group, talk to Matt Pattison about how the campaign has successfully lobbied the UK government to change its policy on homemade mask wearing. They talk about how things began, and the early influences on the potential importance of face masks. Then look at the road they have travelled as well as the road ahead. From hitting the front page on all major newspapers (from the Times to t...

Dr Shikta Das and Dr Pratima Singh put a worrying spotlight on BAME communities, mental health inequalities, and emerging data about the coronavirus

April 26, 2020 10:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MB

Dr Shikta Das  of University College London (UCL) and Dr Pratima Singh  at Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust talk to me about the reality of the emerging data. Including the worrying factors of a dual attack of Coronavirus and Flu, mental health inequalities and risks for the BAME communities across the UK and the globe. A look into the facts of coronavirus from the epidemiological world and the frontline of the NHS. We explore many factors including; BAME risk facto...

How to build a Britain with less BAME deaths and mental health problems? Dr Shikta Das and Dr Pratima Singh put a worrying spotlight on emerging data about BAME communities and mental health inequalities

April 26, 2020 10:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MB

Dr Shikta Das  of University College London (UCL) and Dr Pratima Singh  at Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust talk to me about the reality of the emerging data. Including the worrying factors of a dual attack of Coronavirus and Flu, mental health inequalities and risks for the BAME communities across the UK and the globe. A look into the facts of coronavirus from the epidemiological world and the frontline of the NHS. We explore many factors including; BAME risk facto...

Matt's weekly update on issues covered, who is coming up on the show this week.

April 25, 2020 14:00 - 4 minutes - 2.92 MB

Matt reviews the week just gone regarding PPE and Masks4all. Then introduces his next guests who are coming onto talk about the road ahead and the realities of  inequalities and Covid-19 today. Support the show (https://weareten.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4ed5154e0f1cdbad62b378156&id=dc1a8d24c1)

Weekly Update: Life in the times of Covid 19

April 25, 2020 14:00 - 4 minutes - 2.92 MB

Matt reviews the week just gone regarding PPE and Masks4all. Then introduces his next guests who are coming onto talk about the road ahead and the realities of  inequalities and Covid-19 today. Support the Show.

Covid-19 Side Effects/ Episode 21: Matt's weekly update on issues covered, who is coming up on the show this week.

April 25, 2020 14:00 - 4 minutes - 2.92 MB

Matt reviews the week just gone regarding PPE and Masks4all. Then introduces his next guests who are coming onto talk about the road ahead and the realities of  inequalities and Covid-19 today. Support the show (https://weareten.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4ed5154e0f1cdbad62b378156&id=dc1a8d24c1)

What Britain looks like now it has a micro-factory in every postcode/ Mark and Clare Hester talk about 'The 3D Crowd'. An army of 7000 makers who just appears out of the blue

April 22, 2020 16:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MB

Mark Hester and Clare Hester of the Imagination Factory and 3D-Crowd discuss how, in just under 1 month, the 3D printing community has gone from 10 people and a Big Print weekend to 7,000 people working in a distributed agile ecosystem. We discuss how it has changed Mark's earlier view on the limitations of distributed manufacturing, and how it could potentially change the supply chain (if we are smart) forever. Do you have an idea that could help us fight the Coronavirus after lockdown? Jo...

Mark and Clare Hester talk 'The 3D Crowd'; a micro factory in every home

April 22, 2020 16:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MB

Mark Hester and Clare Hester of the Imagination Factory and 3D-Crowd discuss how, in just under 1 month, the 3D printing community has gone from 10 people and a Big Print weekend to 7,000 people working in a distributed agile ecosystem. We discuss how it has changed Mark's earlier view on the limitations of distributed manufacturing, and how it could potentially change the supply chain (if we are smart) forever. Do you have an idea that could help us fight the Coronavirus after lockdown? Jo...

Saving Lives – Human Factors vital role in the design of Ventilators and Hospitals.

April 17, 2020 12:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MB

Noorzaman Rashid Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human factors (CIEHF) talks about the extensive work and support the institute is providing to highlight the importance of patient and user safety in design and development during this pandemic. Rashid stresses Human Factors and Ergonomics is essential in the design process to ensure that ventilators, the Nightingale Hospitals and peoples mental health are safe. The discussion covers the rapid design and manufactu...

Noorzaman Rashid discusses 'Saving Lives' – Human Factors vital role in the design of Ventilators and Hospitals.

April 17, 2020 12:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MB

Noorzaman Rashid Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human factors (CIEHF) talks about the extensive work and support the institute is providing to highlight the importance of patient and user safety in design and development during this pandemic. Rashid stresses Human Factors and Ergonomics is essential in the design process to ensure that ventilators, the Nightingale Hospitals and peoples mental health are safe. The discussion covers the rapid design and manufactu...

How to build a hospital in weeks (not years)? Noorzaman Rashid discusses this and Human Factors vital role in the design of mechanical ventilators and Hospitals.

April 17, 2020 12:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MB

Noorzaman Rashid Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human factors (CIEHF) talks about the extensive work and support the institute is providing to highlight the importance of patient and user safety in design and development during this pandemic. Rashid stresses Human Factors and Ergonomics is essential in the design process to ensure that ventilators, the Nightingale Hospitals and peoples mental health are safe. The discussion covers the rapid design and manufactu...

How a German company (with roots in Amazon) is showing where you can find masks? Mask Radar, the one-stop shop supporting the long-term fight against Covid19

April 16, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MB

 Rosa Markarian, Co-founder of Mask Radar, talks about how a community based shopping app created by her brother ten years ago inspired her nonprofit project Mask Radar. The platform brings together users in need of face masks with those who make and sell them. Markarian's project is based on 'Collaboration'. In particular with other projects and movements with the same message. We talk about the future of Masks4All, and what we can learn from Angela Merkel (and others) in policy and suppor...

Mask Radar, the one-stop shop supporting the long-term fight against Covid19

April 16, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MB

 Rosa Markarian, Co-founder of Mask Radar, talks about how a community based shopping app created by her brother ten years ago inspired her nonprofit project Mask Radar. The platform brings together users in need of face masks with those who make and sell them. Markarian's project is based on 'Collaboration'. In particular with other projects and movements with the same message. We talk about the future of Masks4All, and what we can learn from Angela Merkel (and others) in policy and suppor...

Weekly update: Life in the times of Covid 19

April 15, 2020 11:00 - 5 minutes - 4.13 MB

An update on the ideas and innovation making a positive impact in the fight against COVID-19. From home-grown, SME manufacturers delivering PPE to frontline staff and the hurdles they are discovering along the way. To the continuing debate around Masks4all. It's been another busy and interesting week! To join the conversation, email me at [email protected] Support the show (https://weareten.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4ed5154e0f1cdbad62b378156&id=dc1a8d24c1)

Weekly update: Life in the times of Covid 19

April 15, 2020 11:00 - 5 minutes - 4.13 MB

An update on the ideas and innovation making a positive impact in the fight against COVID-19. From home-grown, SME manufacturers delivering PPE to frontline staff and the hurdles they are discovering along the way. To the continuing debate around Masks4all. It's been another busy and interesting week! To join the conversation, email me at [email protected] Support the Show.

Weekly update: PPE, Masks4All and the support measures saving lives

April 15, 2020 11:00 - 5 minutes - 4.14 MB

An update on the ideas and innovation making a positive impact in the fight against COVID-19. From home-grown, SME manufacturers delivering PPE to frontline staff and the hurdles they are discovering along the way. To the continuing debate around Masks4all. It's been another busy and interesting week! To join the conversation, email me at [email protected] Support the show (https://weareten.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4ed5154e0f1cdbad62b378156&id=dc1a8d24c1)

NHS demands solutions. Small UK manufacturers hold the answers. What’s the missing link?

April 13, 2020 15:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MB

 Tim Lightfoot talks about how his team at Kesslers are working directly with clinicians to create simple-designed, low-cost devices that can be manufactured quickly to protect NHS workers. Small manufacturers around the UK have viable solutions to support the NHS. Their voices are not being heard and they are not being utilised. Lightfoot puts a spotlight on why the governments current strategy of using high-end large manufacturers may not be working, and why the media and government need ...

How should the government be engaging with all manufacturers on PPE?

April 13, 2020 15:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MB

 Tim Lightfoot talks about how his team at Kesslers are working directly with clinicians to create simple-designed, low-cost devices that can be manufactured quickly to protect NHS workers. Small manufacturers around the UK have viable solutions to support the NHS. Their voices are not being heard and they are not being utilised. Lightfoot puts a spotlight on why the governments current strategy of using high-end large manufacturers may not be working, and why the media and government need ...

Dr Olesya Myakonkaya explains what astronaut training can teach us about isolation at home

April 08, 2020 19:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MB

Dr Olesya Myakonkaya is a researcher and scientist, come designer. She has worked on Vaccines at GSK but has also completed extensive research on space travel (Mars Nation), the impact of isolation and the human factor in such missions. Olesya and I talk space, isolation and mindfulness. Support the show (https://weareten.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4ed5154e0f1cdbad62b378156&id=dc1a8d24c1)

What astronaut training can teach us about isolation at home

April 08, 2020 19:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MB

Dr Olesya Myakonkaya is a researcher and scientist, come designer. She has worked on Vaccines at GSK but has also completed extensive research on space travel (Mars Nation), the impact of isolation and the human factor in such missions. Olesya and I talk space, isolation and mindfulness. Support the show (https://weareten.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4ed5154e0f1cdbad62b378156&id=dc1a8d24c1)

What can we learn from Astronauts? Dr Olesya Myakonkaya explains what their training can teach us about isolation at home

April 08, 2020 19:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MB

Dr Olesya Myakonkaya is a researcher and scientist, come designer. She has worked on Vaccines at GSK but has also completed extensive research on space travel (Mars Nation), the impact of isolation and the human factor in such missions. Olesya and I talk space, isolation and mindfulness. Support the Show.

Weekly update: PPE finally getting to Doctors and Nurses, #masks4uk and a trip to Mars

April 07, 2020 14:00 - 4 minutes - 3.14 MB

Here is an update on the ideas and innovation making a positive impact in the  fight against COVID-19. From home-grown, small scale manufacturers delivering PPE to frontline staff, to a life on Mars. It’s been another busy and interesting week!   Support the show (https://weareten.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4ed5154e0f1cdbad62b378156&id=dc1a8d24c1)

Weekly Update: Life in the times of Covid 19

April 07, 2020 14:00 - 4 minutes - 3.13 MB

Here is an update on the ideas and innovation making a positive impact in the  fight against COVID-19. From home-grown, small scale manufacturers delivering PPE to frontline staff, to a life on Mars. It’s been another busy and interesting week!   Support the show (https://weareten.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4ed5154e0f1cdbad62b378156&id=dc1a8d24c1)

A debate on #masks4uk #masks4all - Should we wear masks to curb the spread of Covid19?

April 03, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MB

Matt brings together a team from advertising, legal, media, marketing, design and science to debate whether the UK should adopt #masks4all. In this episode Matt Turrell, Martin Sadofski, Samantha Oakley  Patrick Olszowski, Susie Quddus  talk about the full picture of considering #masks4all from a cultural, human, social and scientific view point. Within the context of the political, the legal, the anthropological everyday. According to the Masks4All website, "#Masks4All is a grassroots mov...

Let's talk about whether masks and face coverings are the way to control Covid 19?

April 03, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MB

Matt brings together a team from advertising, legal, media, marketing, design and science to debate whether the UK should adopt #masks4all. In this episode Matt Turrell, Martin Sadofski, Samantha Oakley  Patrick Olszowski, Susie Quddus  talk about the full picture of considering #masks4all from a cultural, human, social and scientific view point. Within the context of the political, the legal, the anthropological everyday. According to the Masks4All website, "#Masks4All is a grassroots mov...

Professor Anil Patel (UCLH) talks about the missing gap in PPE design for critical care

April 01, 2020 13:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MB

Professor Patel talks to me about the gaps in PPE. But rather than in supply and access, in the form of the kit itself. Doctors like Patel have to undertake high viral load procedures, and there is a potential risk involved that is uncovered in this show. One which the design community could address to help save our clinicians from infection. Listen and act. A call to those such as Innovate UK , KTN, Nesta and RSA, how do we get this message to people who can design and resolve this gap, a...

Where can designers help doctors in ICU save lives? Professor Anil Patel (UCLH) talks about the missing gap in PPE design for critical care

April 01, 2020 13:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MB

Professor Patel talks to me about the gaps in PPE. But rather than in supply and access, in the form of the kit itself. Doctors like Patel have to undertake high viral load procedures, and there is a potential risk involved that is uncovered in this show. One which the design community could address to help save our clinicians from infection. Listen and act. A call to those such as Innovate UK , KTN, Nesta and RSA, how do we get this message to people who can design and resolve this gap, a...

Where can designers help doctors in ICU save lives? Professor Anil Patel (UCLH) talks about the missing gap in PPE design for critical care

April 01, 2020 13:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MB

Professor Patel talks to me about the gaps in PPE. But rather than in supply and access, in the form of the kit itself. Doctors like Patel have to undertake high viral load procedures, and there is a potential risk involved that is uncovered in this show. One which the design community could address to help save our clinicians from infection. Listen and act. A call to those such as Innovate UK , KTN, Nesta and RSA, how do we get this message to people who can design and resolve this gap, a...

What do the Epidemiologists models mean? Dr David Neasham & Dr Shikta Das talk the Ferguson report and data models

March 29, 2020 17:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MB

Dr David Neasham (Amgen) and Dr Shikta Das (UCL) talk about the science and factors underpinning Covid-19. We get a fascinating insight into the process of statistical modelling based off the Ferguson report and how decision making by the UK government has been guided by this science. Dr Neasham and Dr Das discuss models, projections, social distancing and the wider role that their community have in such infectious diseases. This is a scientific deep dive into the factors that underpin deci...

Epidemiologists, Dr David Neasham & Dr Shikta Das, talk the Ferguson report and data models

March 29, 2020 17:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MB

Dr David Neasham (Amgen) and Dr Shikta Das (UCL) talk about the science and factors underpinning Covid-19. We get a fascinating insight into the process of statistical modelling based off the Ferguson report and how decision making by the UK government has been guided by this science. Dr Neasham and Dr Das discuss models, projections, social distancing and the wider role that their community have in such infectious diseases. This is a scientific deep dive into the factors that underpin deci...

Covid19 Side Effects: Update, PPE at scale. The societal importance of masks and the models underpinning behavioural guidance

March 27, 2020 20:00 - 3 minutes - 2.48 MB

One of the topics to come out of our podcast last week was Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). We have been involved in a company set up from scratch to create 10,000s and more visors, and we are proud to have been a catalyst in this. Next week we will spin back to help other groups, and go deep into the importance of mask design and delivery. What’s coming next week? We have had lot interest from people wanting to join the COVID-19 Side Effects conversation. On Monday we publish a convers...

What kind of decisions are being made to manage the health of our nation? PPE | Masks4all | behavioural guidance

March 27, 2020 20:00 - 3 minutes - 2.48 MB

One of the topics to come out of our podcast last week was Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). We have been involved in a company set up from scratch to create 10,000s and more visors, and we are proud to have been a catalyst in this. Next week we will spin back to help other groups, and go deep into the importance of mask design and delivery. What’s coming next week? We have had lot interest from people wanting to join the COVID-19 Side Effects conversation. On Monday we publish a convers...

Covid19 and the self-employed - parity in economic support and mental health concerns

March 24, 2020 18:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Mathew Knight from Leapers.co talks about how the recent advice from government is having an emotional impact on the self-employed and now those working from home. What support structures are in place when these people no longer have a team around them. With over 5 million self-employed in the UK, what measures can be put in place to protect these people from financial hardship as well as their mental health? Will there be a mental health crisis as a side effect to the Coronavirus? [3 min...

How will the self employed and small business owners cope? Covid19 and the self-employed, parity and mental health concerns with Matthew Knight

March 24, 2020 18:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Mathew Knight from Leapers.co talks about how the recent advice from government is having an emotional impact on the self-employed and now those working from home. What support structures are in place when these people no longer have a team around them. With over 5 million self-employed in the UK, what measures can be put in place to protect these people from financial hardship as well as their mental health? Will there be a mental health crisis as a side effect to the Coronavirus? [3 min...

Dr Collette Coyle reveals how life on the NHS frontline of critical care is exposing a PPE challenge

March 23, 2020 08:00 - 11 minutes - 8.18 MB

[12 minute listen] Matt talks to Dr Coyle, from Royal London Hospital, who is working as a consultant managing the covid19 challenge in her critical care setting. What are the PPE challenges, the Royal London Hospital response and what does that means to Coyle and her team? We talk, process, wearability, protection and the usability realities of PPE shortages. This first hand reporting shows the deep practical challenges frontline staff are facing, and the processes required to control t...

Why have we not got enough PPE? Dr Collette Coyle reveals how life on the NHS frontline of critical care is exposing risks

March 23, 2020 08:00 - 11 minutes - 8.18 MB

[12 minute listen] Matt talks to Dr Coyle, from Royal London Hospital, who is working as a consultant managing the covid19 challenge in her critical care setting. What are the PPE challenges, the Royal London Hospital response and what does that means to Coyle and her team? We talk, process, wearability, protection and the usability realities of PPE shortages. This first hand reporting shows the deep practical challenges frontline staff are facing, and the processes required to control t...

Life on the NHS frontline of critical care and the PPE challenge

March 23, 2020 08:00 - 11 minutes - 8.18 MB

[12 minute listen] Matt talks to Dr Coyle, from Royal London Hospital, who is working as a consultant managing the covid19 challenge in her critical care setting. What are the PPE challenges, the Royal London Hospital response and what does that means to Coyle and her team? We talk, process, wearability, protection and the usability realities of PPE shortages. This first hand reporting shows the deep practical challenges frontline staff are facing, and the processes required to control t...

How to build a medical supply business in 72 hours?

March 20, 2020 13:00 - 4 minutes - 2.94 MB

One of the topics to come out of our podcast this week was Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). Testimony from NHS staff over the past couple of days has made it clear that there is a potentially catastrophic shortage of PPE for frontline workers. The response from the maker community has been truly amazing. A design process has been triggered which has, in just a few days, brought together thinking from a wide range of specialist in relation to producing visors as one of the components for ...

Building a medical supply business in 72 hours, plus our weekly update

March 20, 2020 13:00 - 4 minutes - 2.94 MB

One of the topics to come out of our podcast this week was Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). Testimony from NHS staff over the past couple of days has made it clear that there is a potentially catastrophic shortage of PPE for frontline workers. The response from the maker community has been truly amazing. A design process has been triggered which has, in just a few days, brought together thinking from a wide range of specialist in relation to producing visors as one of the components for ...

How I'm coping with my partner in lockdown in Italy

March 20, 2020 12:00 - 12 minutes - 8.75 MB

Lisa Hornsey talks to Matt Pattison about coping with a two year old child and running a business in the UK whilst her partner is in lockdown in Italy.  As a full-time mum and part-time business owner, Lisa has been significantly effected by the Coronavirus. She recently stopped taking orders for her online startup business, an_arty_aardvark and can no longer attend baby groups – a life-line for a lot of parents. Lisa also compares how Italy and the UK are tackling the virus and how differ...

How to cope in lockdown? A learning from an Italian case study

March 20, 2020 12:00 - 12 minutes - 8.75 MB

Lisa Hornsey talks to Matt Pattison about coping with a two year old child and running a business in the UK whilst her partner is in lockdown in Italy.  As a full-time mum and part-time business owner, Lisa has been significantly effected by the Coronavirus. She recently stopped taking orders for her online startup business, an_arty_aardvark and can no longer attend baby groups – a life-line for a lot of parents. Lisa also compares how Italy and the UK are tackling the virus and how differ...

Mark Hester from the Imagination Factory on re-thinking system design and healthcare

March 18, 2020 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MB

Mark Hester from the Imagination Factory on re-thinking system design, and using what is already hiding across NHS trusts. In this episode we discuss the wider systemic production challenges and opportunities that have come with the Covid19 challenge. Do you (NHS and healthcare trusts) have prototyping/production facilities or capability onsite, that you don’t utilise? Perhaps things can be done today from the expertise and resource we have around us. Perhaps your biomedical engineering st...

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