Wemcast

In this episode, Dr Will Duffin speaks to BBC Chief Medical Officer Claire Fernandes, about breaking the mould in her career, what it’s like transitioning away from the NHS into private sector work. How this broadens your skillsets and horizons. How she developed an interest in occupational health and how this has opened doors for her. We talk about what her role at the BBC is like, the challenges, what it’s like being the only doctor in an organisation of 22,000 employees, working across a huge variety of different platforms and departments and how she’s constantly learning and always needs to come up with creative solutions to novel problems. We talk about her role in covid-mitigation for the filming of BBC productions. What part she has played in enabling the cast of some of our favourite crew to continue filming safely without masks or social distancing on set. We explore the tension between advocating for the health and wellbeing of cast and crew whilst minimising barriers to a production meeting its co