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Listen or watch along as we discuss Soft Tissue Problems in Arthritis. In this episode, podcast host Mel Brooke, BIRDs Patient and Public Engagement Programme talks with Dr Will Tillett, Consultant Rheumatologist & Head of Rheumatology at the RNHRD, RUH Bath.. We explore soft tissue problems — the tendons, muscles and ligaments and other structures that sit around the joint rather than inside it.…
Listen or watch along as we talk about Psychological support service at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD), Bath UK. In this episode, podcast host Mel Brooke, BIRDs Patient and Public Engagement Programme talks with Dr Natalie Slay, Specialist Clinical Psychologist at the RNHRD, RUH Bath about the emotional and psychological side of living with rheumatic disease. We explore…
Listen or watch along as we explore the changes in Vasculitis treatments since our first series in 2020. In this episode, podcast host Mel Brooke, BIRDs Patient and Public Engagement Programme talks with Dr Sarah Skeoch, Consultant Rheumatologist at the RNHRD, RUH Bath about new guidelines and changes in ANCAVasculitis. We learn how, in the past few years, new treatments have arrived, how steroid…
Listen or watch along as we dive into updates on axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) treatments and 'The 2025 British Society for Rheumatology guideline for treatment of axial Spondyloarthritis with biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs'. In this episode, podcast host Mel Brooke, BIRDs Patient and Public Engagement Programme talks with Professor Raj Sengupta, Consultant rheumatologist and Lead…
Listen or watch along as we dive into updates on axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) treatments and 'The 2025 British Society for Rheumatology guideline for treatment of axial Spondyloarthritis with biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs'. In this episode, podcast host Mel Brooke, BIRDs Patient and Public Engagement Programme talks with Professor Raj Sengupta, Consultant rheumatologist and Lead…
Listen or watch along as we dive into the changing landscape of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) diagnosis. In this episode, podcast host Mel Brooke, BIRDs Patient and Public Engagement Programme talks with Dr Tom Williams, Consultant rheumatologist and Education Lead at the RNHRD, RUH Bath about changes to the axSpA diagnosis process since our first series in 2020. From persistent delays and the…
In this episode, podcast host Mel Brooke, BIRDs Patient and Public Engagement Programme talks with Dr. Victoria Flower about Gastrointestinal (GI) issues in Systemic Sclerosis This episode is part two of a two part series. This time we focus on the Lower GI talking about the movement of food through the lower GI tract and common issues one might experience such as a sluggish bowel and bacterial…
In this episode, podcast host Mel Brooke, BIRDs Patient and Public Engagement Programme talks with Dr. Victoria Flower about Gastrointestinal (GI) issues in Systemic Sclerosis This episode is part one of a two part series, with this first episode focussing on Upper GI issues and part two the Lower GI tract. We begin with a brief introduction around the whole topic and run through issues such as…
In this episode, podcast host Mel Brooke, BIRDs Patient and Public Engagement Programme talks with Dr. Andrew Allard about Palindromic Arthritis. Andrew explains what Palindromic Arthritis is and when the term used. He talks about symptoms, treatments and a longer term outlook for people who have may have received this diagnosis. Dr Allard is a Consultant Rheumatologist at the Royal National…
In this episode, podcast host Mel Brooke, BIRDs Patient and Public Engagement Programme talks with Dr. Jo Daniels about Raynaud’s. Jo, a clinical psychologist, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and academic from the University of Bath, shares key findings from her research and discusses the psychophysiology of Raynaud’s - how stress and anxiety can trigger symptoms. She also shares some…
