RSM Live

This episode will look at the challenges of infectious disease control in secure locations like prisons and immigration centres, which carry a high risk for explosive outbreaks.

Dr Ike Anya, consultant in public health medicine and co-founder of Nigeria Health Watch, joins us as chair and our guests are Kate Davies, Director of Health and Justice, Armed Forces and Sexual Assault Referral Centres for NHS England, and Dr Éamonn O’Moore, National Lead for Health & Justice Team for Public Health England. 

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This sixth episode of the Health emergency of climate change series will explore climate change’s impact on the unborn child and children’s health. The episode will look at how factors including extreme heat exposure and air pollution are impacting pregnant women and pregnancy outcomes, along with neonatal health and development.

This seventh episode of the Health emergency of climate change series will explore the psychological impacts of climate change on mental health and well-being as well as providing health professionals the tools and tips needed to respond.

The climatic changes, such as floodings which cause immediate danger of injury and death, are inherently linked to our mental health. This episode will explore the impact on pre-existing mental health conditions, as well as how the risk of extreme change in the weather contributes to the development of mental health problems. 

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Kate Bingham, former Chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce and Managing Partner of SV Health Investors, joins Professor Sir Simon Wessely for a conversation about her career, the strategy and strive behind the UK’s historical COVID-19 vaccine effort, and how the pandemic has changed the biotech and pharmaceutical sector and public opinion.  

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Professor Anthony David, Academic neuropsychiatrist, Author, and Director of the University College London Institute of Mental Health, will be joining Professor Sir Simon Wessely, RSM immediate Past-President, for a conversation about his career, his new book Into the Abyss: A Neuropsychiatrist's Notes on Troubled Minds, described as ‘highly eloquent, fascinating and deeply compassionate’ by Henry Marsh, highlights fascinating case studies to reveal the unique complexity of the human mind, stretching the limits of our understanding. And finally, Professor David will be talking about his recent research into the implications of COVID-19 for mental health and neuropsychiatry.

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Tony Adams MBE, the most successful Arsenal FC Captain of all time, ex-England Captain, and the only player in English football history to have captained a title-winning team in three different decades, will be joining Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones, President of the RSM Psychiatry Section, for a conversation about his 22-year football career at Arsenal FC, the pressure of representing your country in elite sporting competitions, his experiences with alcoholism and the Sporting Chance Clinic, and how he was inspired by his own emotional and mental health issues and created SIX MHS (SIX Mental Health Solutions), a mental and physical therapies organisation that helps businesses support their employee needs through education and support.

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