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Send us Fan Mail It's finally here. The results of the ODDESSI trial. In this episode of OpenPODpod, Fiona listens once again to Russell Razzaque, the Clinical Lead of the NIHR funded ODDESSI trial, which stands for "Open Dialogue: Development and Evaluation of a Social Network Intervention for Severe Mental Illness". Russell worked alongside Professor Steve Pilling who was the Chief Investigator. The trial was a large, multi-centre Cluster Randomised Controlled trial that ran from 2017 to 2025 studying the implementation of Open Dialogue in six pilot sites across five NHS Trusts. Outcomes measured were very much aligned with major national NHS priorities:     Moving care from hospital to community    Improving long-term outcomes    Improving preventative careAs Russell said in a June 2026 blog post "If the Finnish results, particularly the improved patient recovery and reduction of service burden and cost, are replicated by ODDESSI, then it will be a landmark finding, and could potentially lead to an implementation programme that accelerates the transformation of mental healthcare towards a model that is more relational, achieves better recovery, better patient experience and is far more cost effective."(edited from www.bacp.co.uk) Peer workers up and down the UK are incredibly excited to hear this episode and read the ODDESSI paper which is being published in The Lancet Psychiatry on August 27th 2026.  POD at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Fiona Eastmond | LinkedIn

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Season 4 of OpenPODpod. A very short teaser of the upcoming ODDESSI reveal part one. Russell and Fiona spoke a while ago and now we are nearly there. Watch this space! Next episode 27th August 2026.  POD at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Fiona Eastmond | LinkedIn

Send us Fan Mail Guests live on stage talking about POD. Live special from CNWL November POD conference 2025. POD at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Fiona Eastmond | LinkedIn

Send us Fan Mail Keith Bryant, CEO of the Open Dialogue Centre came all the way from Australia to see what CNWL are doing with Peer Open Dialogue in their Westminster pilot. It was really good to meet him. In this episode, Keith reflects with Gareth Jarvis and Fiona Eastmond about all things Peer Open Dialogue in Westminster. POD at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Fiona Eastmond | LinkedIn

Send us Fan Mail Fiona talks to Russell about what his journey with Peer Informed Open Dialogue has been like ahead of the long-awaited publication of the results of the ODESSI trial. POD at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Fiona Eastmond | LinkedIn

Send us Fan Mail In episode 7 of Season 3 of OpenPODpod we hear Lauren, Advanced Lived Experience Practitioner at CNWL, telling us how learning about Open Dialogue led her to peer working. Along the way we reminisce about chocolate factories, the first ever POD cohort, and Lauren’s experiences as a healthcare support worker-turned-peer. As we reflect, we look through different lenses to learn about the unique value of peer working in Open Dialogue – the P in the POD. POD at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Fiona Eastmond | LinkedIn

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Gareth and Fiona are joined by Mia Kurtti, who has been working at the heart of what we now call Open Dialogue as it developed in Finland. We ask for her reflections on how this way of working came about and how something that originated in rural Finland can be translated to British shores and embedded into the NHS with our diverse urban populations. POD at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Fiona Eastmond | LinkedIn

Send us Fan Mail In a first for the podcast, Fiona interviews someone who is receiving Open Dialogue in the form of network meetings. Our guest's experience is moving, touching and real, and they have asked to remain anonymous. This episode has been completely co-produced: our guest edited the whole thing with Fiona, going through every word until we were both completely comfortable and happy with it. We are very proud of this episode and hope that it will be the first of many.   POD at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Fiona Eastmond | LinkedIn

Send us Fan Mail Here at CNWL where Fiona and Gareth are based we had a visit from Adrian James, NHS England’s medical director for mental health and neurodiversity. Adrian loved what we are doing in the pilot phase of Peer-informed Open Dialogue. Adrian spent most of his time with people who use our services in South Westminster and who have been benefitting from the introduction of Peer- informed Open Dialogue. We managed to catch him for 10 minutes with the roving mike and here is what he had to say.    POD at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Fiona Eastmond | LinkedIn

Send us Fan Mail More words and thoughts on the growing world of Open Dialogue from IMDRAP 2024 with Brian Campbell from East London. POD at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Fiona Eastmond | LinkedIn

Send us Fan Mail Fiona and her roving mike went to the 28th International Meeting on Dialogical and Reflective Approaches to Psychosis and Other Challenging Mental States (IMDRAP) conference and sat down with quite a few people to have chats about the state of Peer-informed Open Dialogue in the NHS and beyond. Martijn is a very experienced peer worker and delighted Fiona with his thoughts about what Open Dialogue could mean for services.  POD at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Fiona Eastmond | LinkedIn

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back! Welcome to Season three of Open POD pod! We've come a long way and we are still incredibly thankful for Billy Hardy whom we miss very much. This short episode is one of a few short "Vox popularis" interviews that Fiona did at the IMDRAP conference - a conference in August 2024 all about Open Dialogue. This one is the inimitable Mimi and the lovely Leon. Bearing in mind the background noise was not possible to remove....Enjoy! POD at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Fiona Eastmond | LinkedIn

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Amanda and Gareth listen to Harlene Anderson talking about the ins and outs of embedding Open Dialogue ways of working into systems, using the Reflecting Team. Harlene gives us the full benefit of her wisdom and there is a book recommendation too.  POD at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Fiona Eastmond | LinkedIn

Send us Fan Mail Claire Murdoch, Chief Executive of Central and North West London NHS Trust (CNWL) and national director for mental health, brings her wealth of experience and insight to Episode 3. Claire has a lively discussion with Amanda Bueno, Gareth Jarvis and Fiona Eastmond focusing on the importance of fostering meaningful connections and facilitating healing within the community. Listeners can expect to gain valuable insights into the principles and techniques of open dialogue, as well as practical strategies for implementing them. Claire's candid real-world examples provide a compelling narrative that both educates and inspires, making this episode a must-listen for anyone interested in promoting mental health and well-being through open and empathetic communication. Tune in to discover the transformative power of authenticity with Claire Murdoch on OpenPODpod, the CNWL podcast about Peer-Supported Open Dialogue. POD at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Fiona Eastmond | LinkedIn

Send us Fan Mail In our second episode of Season 2 Jaakko Seikkula talks all things Open Dialogue right from the very first day that a different approach was decided upon in Tornio. Gareth, Amanda and Fiona ask all the questions and Jaakko imparts his wisdom right from the origin of this new approach.  POD at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Fiona Eastmond | LinkedIn