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The Beat - A Patient Podcast series is for people living with tube feeding and is brought to you by Nutricia. This information is intended for people who are tube feeding at home, their families, and their carers, including those registered with Nutricia Homeward, and also their healthcare professionals.

There are over 30,000 adults and children across the UK, registered with Nutricia Homeward who are tube feeding at home.In this special series of The Beat podcast, we have been interviewing people who are tube feeding, their parents, carers, Dietitians and other healthcare professionals to help our listeners gain a deeper understanding of tube feeding at home.

In this episode our host Helen Hynes, a Dietitian specialising in Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) and a member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA), speaks with two parents whose children have experienced tube feeding. Lucy, whose son Josh has a terminal illness which results in swallowing difficulties, and Billie-Jo, whose

The Beat - A Patient Podcast series for people living with tube feeding and is brought to you by Nutricia. This information is intended for people who are tube feeding at home, their families, and their carers, including those registered with Nutricia Homeward, and also their healthcare professionals.


Olivia is an 18-year-old student who has lived with tube feeding for most of her life, while Andy has been tube fed since undergoing treatment for throat cancer. In this episode of The Beat, our host Helen Hynes, a Dietitian specialising in Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) and a member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA), sits down with Olivia and Andy to discuss their tube feeding journey thus far; the ups and downs and the advice they would give to others.

The Beat - A Patient Podcast series for people living with tube feeding and is brought to you by Nutricia. This information is intended for people who are tube feeding at home, their families, and their carers, including those registered with Nutricia Homeward, and also their healthcare professionals.

In this episode, host Helen Hynes, a Dietitian specialising in Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) and a member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA), introduces us to the types of healthcare professionals who will support those living with tube feeding. Joining Helen is Phil Roberts, an HEN Dietitian, Cerian Brent, a Speech and Language Therapist, and Matthew Memmott-Richardson, a Homeward Nurse. During this episode, the team discuss how their different roles holistically together in order to support people to manage tube feeding at home and they highlight the guidance, resources and information that can help people understand more about tube feeding.

The Beat - A Patient Podcast series for people living with tube feeding and is brought to you by Nutricia. This information is intended for people who are tube feeding at home, their families, and their carers, including those registered with Nutricia Homeward, and also their healthcare professionals.

In episode one of our new series, host Helen Hynes, a Dietitian specialising in Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) and a member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA), is joined by Phil Roberts, also a Dietitian specialising in HEN, with over 16 years of experience in tube feeding. Phil is also a PINNT ambassador.

In this episode, Helen and Phil discuss the key aspects of tube feeding, including why someone might need to be tube fed, the different types of tube feeds, and what to expect when having a tube feed placed.

The Beat podcast is designed for healthcare professionals only and is brought to you by Nutricia. In this mini-series in partnership with Feel Good, the experts in the psychology of people, join their specialists from the fields of nutrition, psychology, mental health, mindfulness, sleep and movement in these 20 minute ‘powershot’ podcasts to encourage you to learn on the move.

Even when you are excelling in your technical, management or clinical skills the ability to influence, speak with candour and collaborate with colleagues, remains imperative for success. A high percentage of work pressure and conflict can come through miscommunication. While we have the best intention, the way we communicate, both with words and body language can sometimes be misunderstood, leading to frustration, conflict, pressure or delays. 

So, how can we communicate with confidence and influence with impact? How can you build gravitas in your daily interactions? And how can you address work conflicts or misunderstandings with ease? These are some of the questions we will be exploring in this episode, alongside Business Psychologist, Jill Williams. Throughout her career, Jill has coached highly influential leaders in how to best communicate and create healthy and supportive teams.

The Beat podcast is designed for healthcare professionals only and is brought to you by Nutricia. In this mini-series in partnership with Feel Good, the experts in the psychology of people, join their specialists from the fields of nutrition, psychology, mental health, mindfulness, sleep and movement in these 20 minute ‘powershot’ podcasts to encourage you to learn on the move.

One of the most remarkable aspects of being a human is our ability to feel compassion for others. That can be for people we know, right through to complete strangers. As with many things in life, it comes with a downside, because the very act of being supportive, compassionate, and caring towards others extracts a cost, both emotionally and physically. There is a limit to how much compassion we can provide for others and if we cross the line there are real and profound consequences for our own wellbeing. We know those working in customer, management or patient facing roles, particularly in the current climate are at significant risk. 

In this podcast with Philippa Spencer, Chartered Psychologist, we will unpack the topic of compassion fatigue, explain what it is, why it occurs and help people recognise their own risk factors. We will share ideas and strategies for how to maintain personal wellbeing so the ability to care for others remains intact and is maintained over time.