In this episode, podcast host Peter Cackett (Consultant Ophthalmologist, NHS Lothian) and guest speaker Henry Marsh CBE FRCS (neurosurgeon and author) discuss Henry’s career as a pioneering neurosurgeon and first-hand experience as both doctor and patient. This episode delves into the qualities that define a great surgeon, the emotional challenges of working in healthcare and Henry’s commitment to teaching the next generation of medical professionals, all while highlighting the often-overlooked patient perspective.

Henry is a world-renowned British neurosurgeon and author, who worked as a neurosurgeon in London until 2015. Henry pioneered operating on the brain under local anaesthetic, and has worked with neurosurgeons in Ukraine since the end of the Cold War in 1992. He has featured in an episode of the BBC documentary series Your Life in Their Hands in 2004, is the subject the 2007 BBC film The English Surgeon and has published three memoirs, namely Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery, Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon and And Finally. Henry was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2010.

This podcast episode explores how working in the NHS has changed over time, Henry’s advice for aspiring medical students and his personal experiences of working, teaching and being a patient in the NHS.

This is a non-promotional podcast organised and fully funded by Bayer plc.

October 2024 | PP-EYL-GB-2504

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