Up, Up and Away - the digital health podcast

About Up, Up and Away - the digital health podcast

On Up, Up and Away we speak to thought-leaders and opinion formers in the world of digital health, be that clinicians, patients, young people or other tech innovators. We find out what things are making a real difference. Our talented team specialise in creating digitally enabled self-management programmes to the NHS for young people. We've spent the past eight years or so developing the Digital Health Passport - an evidence-based mobile app, which improves skills, knowledge and confidence to manage long-term conditions like asthma, epilepsy and sickle cell disease.

Publisher

Dom Burch and Saira Arif

Category

education · health & fitness · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Mar 2024

Latest episode

22 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Sept 2026

   DHP Pro: One app for every young person and every condition

   Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Up, Up & Away, Dom Burch talks to his brother, Dr Greg Burch, Joint CEO and Clinical Director of Tiny Medical Apps, about the development of DHP Pro. Launching in January 2027, DHP Pro builds on almost a decade of work developing the Digital Health Passport. What began as a way to help young people manage asthma has grown into a multi-condition platform supporting physical health, mental wellbeing and the transition towards managing health independently...

2. 

   9 Apr 2026

   What does digital inclusion really mean in a world rushing towards AI, automation and digital-first services?

   Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Up, Up and Away, Dom Burch and Saira Arif sit down with Emma Weston, founder of Digital Unite, to explore one of the most important—and often overlooked—questions in digital health and public services: Who are we leaving behind? As Digital Unite marks its 30-year anniversary, Emma reflects on why digital exclusion remains such a persistent challenge. The conversation explores how decades of well-intentioned effort have failed to shift the dial—largely becau...

3. 

   18 Feb 2026

   Dr Lewis Thomas — Sickle Cell, Burnout, Coaching, and Building The Sickleverse

   Send a text In this episode, host Dom Burch speaks with Dr Lewis Thomas, a former NHS GP and accredited life coach who lives with sickle cell anaemia. Lewis shares how lived experience, medical training, and coaching came together — and why social media may now be one of the most powerful tools for reaching patients the healthcare system struggles to reach. 🔥 Key Topics Covered 🩸 1) Living with sickle cell — and the fear that comes with misunderstanding Lewis describes his first major sickle ...

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 18 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

22

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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