Tea with Tobi

Tea With Tobi, Season 4, Episode 6 – Smooth Digital  

On this episode of the podcast, Tobi sits down with the chief executive of Care England, Professor Martin Green. Professor Green highlights for Tobi how the focus on protecting the NHS impacted care throughout the pandemic, Tobi asks Professor Green about his difficult personal experience contracting Covid-19, and Martin pinpoints what the sector needs to do in the next ten years. Click here to listen podcast.  

Tea With Tobi, Season 4, Episode 5 – Smooth Digital  

On this episode, Tobi is joined by CEO of Age Care Technologies Professor Ian Philp. Along with being a CEO, Ian is a professor in the care of older people and is an advisor to the WHO. In the episode, Ian explains the true needs of older people and why they are so frequently missed, Professor Philp highlights the greatest error the UK government made in the coronavirus response, and Tobi asks what reform the care industry needs in the next ten years. Click here to listen podcast.  

Tea With Tobi, Season 4, Episode 3 – Smooth Digital

On this special episode of Tea With Tobi, Tobi meets two care workers to learn what life was like for those working on the frontline. First, Tobi spoke to live-in carer and trainer Zuva Chinhori about how the pandemic impacted residents, relatives and live in carers. Then Tobi meets Jijo Jonny, who talks about his experience working in care homes throughout lockdown, and how his company MeetMyBrian can help during this period.  Click here to listen podcast. 

Tea With Tobi, Season 4, Episode 2 – Smooth Digital

In the second episode of Tea With Tobi, Tobi is joined by the chairman of Balhousie Care Group, Scotland’s largest independent care provider, Tony Banks. Tony, an army veteran, founded Balhousie in the early 90s and has since grown Balhousie from a single care home to 27. In the show, Tobi asks how Balhousie responded to the pandemic, what Tony’s take on government guidance was, and what he believes are the real obstacles for the care industry going forward. Click here to listen podcast.