Podcasts by 1st incision

Vaccine Mandates from 2022-02-04T17:00

In our first episode of 2022, we're looking once again at Covid vaccines. On 31 January 2022, the British Government announced that it was s...

Whole life faith from 2021-12-10T17:00

Leave your faith at the door. Don't bring your God to work. Religion is a private matter. We've all heard things similar to this, and maybe we've thought them ourselves. In the mo...

Assisted Suicide&Euthanasia from 2021-11-26T17:00

 Welcome to the first episode in the latest series of CMF's ist incision podcast. We've been away for quite a few months, but there is a lot to talk about, and we start with an issue t...

Season 6 finale from 2021-07-23T17:00

 This is the last episode in our current season of 1st incision. And we thought it would be good to revisit some of the diverse range of issues we have discussed since we began our sixth season ...

Freedom of conscience from 2021-07-09T17:00

As medical technology advances and the values at the heart of our society change, health professionals can often find their own values clashing with the demands of clinical specialties and emplo...

Healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers from 2021-06-25T17:00

The treatment of people fleeing war, persecution and poverty has had a lot of coverage in the news and has been a major issue in referendums and elections in the UK and other nations for many ye...

Heaven in healthcare from 2021-06-11T17:00

In this edition, Dr John Greenall discusses with Dr Pete Carter of Heaven in Healthcare a diverse range of topics about health, healing, and how...

A Whole Life Disciple: A bigger gospel? from 2021-05-28T17:00

Over the last three weeks, 1st incision has presented the main talks from the 2021 CMF National Conference on 24 April. In last week's episode, Mark Greene of the London Institute for Conte...

A Whole-Life Disciple: shaping a culture in the moment from 2021-05-21T17:00

 In this week's episode from the 2021 CMF National Conference on 24 April, Mark Green of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity looks at how a whole life Christian discipleship ...

A Whole-Life Disciple: sharing life under pressure from 2021-05-14T17:00

Over the next three weeks, 1st incision will be presenting the main talks from the 2021 CMF National Conference on 24 April. Last week's episode was the plenary address by Florence Muindi. ...

For such a time as this from 2021-05-07T17:00

At this year's CMF National Conference on 24 April, Florence Muindi of Life in Abundance International, based in Kenya, gave the plenary address. ...

Parish Nursing from 2021-04-23T17:00

In this episode we'll endeavour to answer the question, what is a Parish Nurse? You may have asked that question yourself in the past, or you may have never heard the term before. If you ha...

Vaccine hesitancy from 2021-04-09T17:00

Vaccines are very much in the news at the moment, but they have been around for over a hundred and fifty years. They may have done more to transform health than any other single measure other th...

Christians in the ambulance service from 2021-01-22T17:00

The front of the frontline of the NHS is the ambulance service. They are the first responders, on the scene dealing with incidents up and down the country. With COVID-19 adding to the usual pres...

Human dignity from 2021-01-08T17:00

We all like to feel that we are seen as being of worth and value to others - that we are appreciated and treated with dignity and consideration. In medical literature and the social sciences, th...

COVID Vaccines from 2020-12-11T17:00

In the last few weeks, we have been hearing some exciting news about vaccines for COVID-19, with at least three showing signs of being very effective at preventing infection and one now licensed...

The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife from 2020-11-27T17:00

This year, 2020, has been designated by the World Health Organization as the 'Year of the Nurse and the Midwif...

Climate change and health from 2020-11-13T17:00

Despite everything else in the headlines at the moment, climate change is still one of the biggest stories. It is a subject that evokes strong feelings. Many argue that there is no climate chang...

Workplace culture from 2020-10-30T17:00

 We've all experienced this. You are sitting in the staff room, and someone starts to tell a story about a colleague, a patient or one of the managers, and before you know it everyone is sh...

'Made to Live'- Dr Paul Saba and the fight for life in Canada from 2020-10-16T17:00

In today's episode, we are going to look at the vexed issue of assisted suicide and euthanasia in conversation with Dr Paul Saba, a family physician from Montreal, Canada. Paul has actively...

Caring for people nearing the end of their lives from 2020-10-02T17:00

Mark Twain once said there are only two certainties in life; death and taxes. Caring for those nearing the end of life is an important part of healthcare and one that has come to the fore in rec...

Racism, bullying and harassment: an NHS problem? from 2020-09-18T17:00

Over the last six months or so there has been an outpouring of love for the NHS and the staff who provide care and support to us. We've all be out there clapping and putting up rainbows in ...

Altruistic Kidney Donation from 2020-09-04T17:00

Over 4,000 people in the UK are in need of a kidney transplant. The kidney is one of the few organs that can be transplanted relatively safely from a live donor. But for the majority of those on...

1st incision special - COVID-19: when demand outstrips supply from 2020-07-10T17:00

The outbreak of COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the healthcare systems of virtually every country on earth, and the UK has been no exception. A massive mobilisation and reorganisation of the B...

Series three recap&finale from 2020-06-26T17:00

In the last episode of season three of 1st incision, we look back at some of the ways Christian Medical Fellowship has been responding to the...

Miracles from 2020-06-12T17:00

The Christian faith stands or falls on the miracle of Jesus' resurrection. But how do we stand in relation to miracles today, especially as health professionals? Do miraculous healings stil...

Christian nurses ministering globally from 2020-05-29T17:00

Anne Biro, the Vice-President of Nurses Christian Fellowship International (NCFI) talks with Steve Fouch about how Christian nurses in the UK and in many other nations are connecting toge...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the intensivist from 2020-05-22T17:00

In our fortieth and final voices from the frontline, we talk to Audrey, an intensivist at a Glasgow intensive care unit.

At the sharp end of dealing with COVID-19, she and her team hav...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the pharmacist from 2020-05-21T17:00

Esther is a community-based pharmacist, working closely with general practices. With social distancing and shielding, normal dispensing of medicines has changed considerably. What are the challe...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the prison doctor from 2020-05-20T17:00

Rachael works in NHS prison general practice and is medical director of Integritas Healthcare, a Christian faith-inspired NGO working with detainees in the UK and overseas, particularly...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline, Kurdistan, Iraq from 2020-05-19T17:00

Dr Janan works as a surgeon in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq. His work involves regularly providing surgical care in refugee camps. Northern Iraq has been in lockdown since the first cases of COVID-1...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the paramedic from 2020-05-18T17:00

Ben is a frontline paramedic, dealing with priority ambulance calls. He also helps lead a Christian fellowship group within the ambulance service, part of the Christian Ambulance Association. Th...

Medical Mission, ‘Tentmaking’ and Finishing the Task from 2020-05-15T17:00

Dr Peter Saunders gives an overview of how God is active across the globe working through healthcare professionals. We ask how medical mission is changing, discuss ‘tentmaking’, and ask when and...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - Spain from 2020-05-14T17:00

Sara is a family medicine doctor in Madrid, Spain. The country has been hit hard, especially in Madrid, and Sara has personal experience of surviving the virus. She has been actively involved in...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the palliative care specialist from 2020-05-13T17:00

Alice is a palliative care specialist. In a speciality that has always focused on touch, close personal interaction and open access visiting, COVID-19 and social distancing measures have totally...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the psychiatrist from 2020-05-12T17:00

Mental health is a big issue in the current crisis. Today we talk to Hans, a psychiatrist from Switzerland. Uncertainties about the illness, its effects on us and our loved ones, on our liveliho...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - sidelined from 2020-05-11T17:00

What about those who aren't on the COVID-19 frontline?

Steve works at CMF and is a consultant neuro-rehabilitation specialist. He was due to go into partial retirement just as the...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the pain specialist from 2020-05-08T17:00

Tom is a senior consultant in pain medicine, specialising in portable devices that help manage chronic pain. Although he practised for many years in the US, he is now working in the UK. How is C...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the neonatologist from 2020-05-07T17:00

Lee is a neonatologist, working with very premature babies who need intensive support in the first weeks of life. He recently volunteered to work at the London Nightingale Hospital, working with...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the medical student volunteer from 2020-05-06T17:00

Rachael is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Manchester. Before the pandemic she was halfway through her neurology placement, but since COVID-19 interrupted her studies, she has...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the paediatric nurse from 2020-05-05T17:00

Chelsea is a paediatric critical care nurse who has been re-deployed to an adult ICU caring for COVID-19 patients. What is it like moving from child to adult intensive care? What is it like work...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the redeployed trainee from 2020-05-04T17:00

Ella is a redeployed ophthalmology trainee. She has been moved from her normal specialist training post in eye medicine to work on an acute COVID-19 ward and finds herself having to learn and re...

When Christians Disagree from 2020-05-01T17:00

With Christians joining CMF from different backgrounds we recognise a diversity of views on many issues. How do we separate what is doctrine from what is preference? Or what is holy from what is...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the scientist from 2020-04-30T17:00

Tim is a clinical scientist with many years' experience in developing anti-viral drugs. He is currently heading clinical development for a UK pharmaceutical company. At the moment, many cli...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - CMF Catalyst Teams from 2020-04-29T17:00

CMF Catalyst Teams are local teams of Christian health workers coming together to help unite and equip fellow Christian health professionals live and speak for Christ in their workplaces...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the surgical nurse from 2020-04-28T17:00

Georgie is a surgical nurse in an acute surgery unit. They are seeing fewer patients, which raises the concern that people are staying away from hospital out of fear of COVID-19, increasing thei...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - Australia from 2020-04-27T17:00

Michael is GP in Sydney and is regional secretary for the International Christian Medical Dental Fellowship (ICMDA). 

Like many countries at the ...

Life Beyond COVID-19 from 2020-04-25T22:00

On Saturday 25th April 2020, CMF hosted a National Online Gathering attended by nearly 1,000 healthcare professionals. In our keynote talk, Dr Patrick Dixon - author, business consultant, futuri...

How long oh Lord? Finding hope when the storm clouds gather from 2020-04-25T22:00

On Saturday 25th April 2020, CMF hosted a National Online Gathering attended by up to 1,000 healthcare professionals from the UK and beyond. In the morning talks, Pastor Jonty Allcock of the Glo...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the addictions specialist from 2020-04-24T16:00

Steve is a specialist in addictions and runs a Christian project called KEYS that works with churches to support people to overcome their addictions in the local community. COVID-19 is making it...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the occupational therapist from 2020-04-23T17:00

Ruth is a paediatric Occupational Therapist (OT), but with the advent of COVID-19, she has had to focus her work on those with the most physical needs. It is a very tough time for physically vul...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the carer from 2020-04-22T17:00

Penney is a carer, supporting vulnerable adults in their own homes. Many of those she visits are fearful and anxious, yet there has been an increase the support and compassion being given by the...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the NHS 111 Advisor from 2020-04-21T17:00

Daisy is a medical student but also works as a health advisor on the NHS111 helpline. This telephone helpline has been a vital part of helping the publi...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - Teamwork from 2020-04-20T16:00

Today, we have a compilation of short stories from members on how their teams are responding to COVID-19 challenges and how they are working together to support one another in new ways.<...

I Feel, Therefore I Am from 2020-04-17T17:00

‘I feel, therefore I am.' 

‘You do you.' 

Statements like this are commonplace in our culture in which our feelings define reality. Dr Jim Paul of Listen

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the ENT surgeon from 2020-04-16T16:00

Audrey is an ENT (ear, nose & throat) surgeon. Specialist teams like hers are being re-deployed to help manage the influx of COVID-19 patients, reducing the number of admissions as much as p...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the senior manager from 2020-04-15T16:00

Neil is a senior manager in the National Health Service (NHS) in London, leading a Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). COVID-19 has meant that all the priorities and planning for the NHS across ...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - New Zealand from 2020-04-14T17:00

Helen is a GP in New Zealand who normally works with newly arrived asylum seekers. As COVID-19 becomes an emerging problem there, she is now re-deployed along with many others as part of a publi...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - Uganda from 2020-04-09T17:00

Dr Stephen is a public health consultant in Kampala, Uganda, working globally in fragile states. Uganda went into a coronavirus lockdown just days after he returned from a recent visit. How is l...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the hospital chaplains from 2020-04-08T17:00

Graham and Christine work in a hospital chaplaincy team, providing spiritual care and support to patients and staff. COVID-19 has changed the way they can care significantly. Infection control m...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - Laos from 2020-04-07T16:00

Alison is a nurse/midwife working in Southern Laos as part of a health and education project. Until recently, COVID-19 has not seemed like a big problem in Laos, but in the last week the nationa...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the trainee anaesthetist from 2020-04-06T17:00

Alice is a trainee anaesthetist in the East of England. She is now solely working in critical care as the number of people with COVID-19 being admitted increases. Managing changing guidelines an...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the perinatal psychiatrist from 2020-04-05T17:00

Abi is a perinatal psychiatrist (looking after mums and babies) in London. During a lockdown, vulnerable mothers face particular challenges, yet can only access services remotely. Maintaining se...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - Indonesia from 2020-04-04T17:00

Dr Alva is a TB specialist with a nationwide role, as well as a leader in the Indonesian Christian Medical and Dental Association and the national Christian students' ministry. As a minorit...

Personal well-being and going the distance from 2020-04-03T17:00

The well-being of doctors, midwives and nurses has become a very topical issue. The General Medical Council has recently released a report looking at the systemic and organisational factors that...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the Caribbean from 2020-04-02T16:00

Khara is an internal medicine doctor working in Barbados, where the COVID-19 pandemic is still in its early stages. How are health systems in the Caribbean managing and how are they seeking to l...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - the A&E doctor from 2020-04-01T17:00

Ed works in an accident and emergency department (A&E) in a major city. He is seeing fewer patients turning up due to social isolation but also dealing with more seriously ill patients with ...

COVID-19 voices from the frontline - India from 2020-03-31T17:00

Santhosh is a consultant physician on the India/Nepal border and is the South Asia and Training Coordinator of our global network, the International Christian Medical and Dental Association<...