Find out about what's happening in Somerset NHS Foundation Trust monthly, through podcasts from a range of colleagues and areas. Aimed at our colleagues who aren't based at desk, these podcasts will be a way to tune into the latest updates while you're travelling between patients, commuting between sites, or doing your admin. Our 'Connecting the dots' episodes are aimed at colleagues working in primary care to connect healthcare colleagues and share knowledge. Tell us what you want to hear about - email communications@somersetft.nhs.uk with your ideas or suggestions for upcoming content.
Supporting adults with ADHD in Somerset - Connecting the dots
Rosie Grenter, clinical lead for the Somerset adult ADHD service and Kate Franklin, consultant psychiatrist for the adult Somerset ADHD service, join Andrea Trill, medical director for integrated and primary care at Somerset FT and a GP by background for the latest episode of connecting the dots.
The small hardworking team of six members, supports adults with ADHD across Somerset. As part of a wider project, they are launching 'connect plus' app, which is an NHS approved platform that can help support patients through their journey right from the moment patients are thinking whether they have ADHD or not, all the way up to through the process of how to get a referral, and their journey through their service with assessment appointments and management options afterwards.
2 Feb 2026
Changes in Pharmacy at Musgrove - connecting the dots
Antony Zorzi and Andrea Trill discuss upcoming improvements to the medicines discharge process at Musgrove Park Hospital, including pharmacist screening and expanded pharmacy roles, in this interview episode.
19 Dec 2025
Emma's rapid career journey to a district nurse at 44
Lizzie House interviews Emma about her inspiring career journey to becoming a district nurse at 44, highlighting the dedication required to achieve her nursing PIN and band 5 status.
6 Oct 2025
GP partner Tim Horton explains all about primary care - connecting the dots
This episode's guest is Tim Horlock, GP Partner at East Quay Medical Centre and current chairman of the Local Medical Committee (LMC), who breaks down how primary care works in practice for our colleagues in the trust with Andrea Trill, our medical director for integrated and primary care at Somerset FT and a GP by background.
Take 20 minutes today while you are commuting or doing your admin to hear what it means to be a GP partner, how primary care networks and Symphony Healthcare fits into the picture, how different colleagues in help to manage their patient list, and what a typical day looks like in a GP practice – from the clinical side with home visits and diagnosing patients, to the admin and how funding works to keep the whole system turning.
26 Sept 2025
On the Move - Hayley, HCA, talks about her dementia cafe
Healthcare assistant Hayley discusses her dementia café with district nurse Lizzie House, highlighting how it fosters connection and support for patients and caregivers beyond clinical care in this interview.
14 Aug 2025
Stopping the over medication of people with a learning disability or autism - Connecting the dots
Learning disabilities nurse Libby Boorman and Medical Director Andrea Trill discuss the STOMP programme, connecting dots to stop over-medication for those with learning disabilities or autism.
25 Jul 2025
Helping patients get fit for surgery with our peri-operative service - connecting the dots
Andrea Trill interviews Jacqui Wilson, Louise Lewis, and Tom Teare about the peri-operative service that optimizes patient health and wellbeing throughout major elective surgery.
23 May 2025
On the Move - Listening to young people's feedback in CAMHS
Children and young people participation worker Johnny Scott discusses the importance of patient feedback in improving services, as interviewed by district nurse transformation lead Lizzie House.
14 May 2025
Connecting the dots - dementia support with guests Spark Somerset
19 - 25 May is Dementia Action Week, so Andrea is joined by Helen Andrew, operational service manager for the central dementia service for Somerset FT and Cindy Firs, head of partnership at SPARK Somerset, overseeing the dementia partnership.
The team explains how the dementia service works, talking through the assessment, diagnosis and post diagnostic support visit, and what support is available through the Alziemers Society with voluntary organisations like memory cafe's, carers support, support groups for patients in the patient's local area.
11 Apr 2025
Sharing information between healthcare professionals and patient's families / the people who matter to them - connecting the dots
On connecting the dots this month, Andrea, medical director for integrated and primary care at Somerset FT and a GP by background, is joined by Ali VanLaar, associate director of mental health and learning disability care, and Emma Lawton, liberty protection safeguards/mental capacity act lead (nmc), talking about the ‘people who matter to patients project’.
The project focuses on improving information between a patient's healthcare professionals and the people that matter to them, such as family, friends and loved ones.
“People will keep trying to say the same thing, and feel anxious, unless they really feel like they have been heard...”
7 Mar 2025
On the move - Waking nights district nurse team
Listen to our March podcast, with a snippet from our trust Team Brief until 4:00, and then Lizzie House, district nursing service transformation and development lead, interviews Katharine and Georgina on their role, teamwork and what goes bump in the night.
Our Somerset NHS Foundation Trust on the move podcast offers an insight into our colleagues and their roles, released monthly.
5 Feb 2025
Understanding the role of pharmacy in acute hospitals - episode 6 of connecting the dots
In this episode, Andrea, medical director for integrated and primary care at Somerset FT and a GP by background, is joined by Andrew Prouse, director of pharmacy at Somerset FT, including our sites such as Musgrove Park Hospital, Yeovil District Hospital, mental health, community hospitals and community services.
He talks about how medicines are prescribed in hospital, including the differences between each site and challenges they face working across different systems, teams and locations, and the work they have been doing to improve, including plans for 2025. Recorded in November 2024.
These episodes aim to share information between primary and secondary care in a new easy to listen to format and spread knowledge.
6 Dec 2024
Exploring psychological professions at Somerset FT - Connecting the dots
Marc McDonagh, Head of Psychological Professions, talks about the benefits psychological professions bring across the wide range of services Somerset Foundation Trust offers with our host Dr Andrea Trill, medical director, integrated and primary care.
With around 200 - 300 colleagues, we have paediatric psychologists, neuropsychologists working in stroke services and psychological wellbeing practitioners in talking therapies to name a few.
14 Nov 2024
Transforming dermatology care in Somerset - Connecting the dots between primary and secondary care
Dr Andrea Trill, our medical director for integrated and primary care, along with special guest Dr Jon Upton – a GP at St James Medical Centre, in Taunton and a GPwER (GP with extended responsibility) in dermatology and dermatology lead at the Integrated Care Board.
This very first podcast explores the development of our new dermatology service in Somerset, and we hope we’ve managed to answer some of the questions that our primary and secondary care colleagues may have.
14 Nov 2024
Tom tells us about healthcare scientists at Somerset FT - connecting the dots
Tom Lister, Lead Healthcare Scientist at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, talks about healthcare scientists, of which the trust has over 200. Scientists across the NHS are responsible for around 80% of diagnoses’. In our trust you can find specialists in cardiology, audiology, respiratory, radiotherapy, medical electronics, data science and more.
10 Oct 2024
Support for children with neurodevelopmental disorders - Connecting the dots between primary and secondary care in Somerset
This podcast series aims to connect healthcare colleagues and share useful information in Somerset. The idea is that it will help primary care and secondary care teams (acute, community and mental health) to work well together for the benefit of our population.
Have a listen in to this episode, where Mary Trotman, childrens community nurse at Somerset FT, shares information and support available to children in Somerset with neurodevelopmental disorders. Find out who is best placed to make a referral (not necessarily the GP), how to make a referral and why a diagnosis is not necessary for accessing support. Hosted by Andrea Trill, medical director for integrated and primary care at Somerset FT and a GP by background.
27 Sept 2024
From patient to mental health nurse - Yvonne's story
Yvonne Smith, one of our mental health nurses in the home treatment team, has shared with us her inspirational story.
She talks about her love of her job today, and her journey from it’s beginning in 2019 as a patient in that very same service.
Yvonne was a finalist in the ‘National Lived Experience Awards’ in September, for the category of ‘Hope and Positivity’! She won the ‘service user choice vote’ for her category.
Hayley Peter’s, our chief nurse, said in her supporting statement for the Lived experience awards that
“What I’d want people to know is, that it is a really inclusive organisation, we welcome patients with lived experience, whether that be their own experience of being a patient in our mental health settings or it might be that you’ve got a disability or something else that you’ve experienced that makes you a more empathetic practitioner or clinician. Yvonne is testament to the contribution you can bring with that lived experience.
“Hearing when she got her pin (as a registered nurse) and knowing what that meant to her, makes me really, really, sing with pride because you can’t underestimate what that wonderful human being has had to overcome to achieve that.
“Healthcare careers are for everybody, and if you bring something special with you, I would just say - don’t be afraid to bring it to work. It will help you, it will help others, and don’t see that as barrier or a problem.”
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