#48: Modern Slavery with Dr Rosie Riley

09 Mar 2020

On the podcast today I’m delighted to welcome along Dr Rosie Riley - a Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine, Founder of VITA Training and an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur.

Rosie is passionate about seeing an end to modern slavery. Over the past 5 years she has fought to transform the healthcare response, promoting the recognition of modern slavery as a major health challenge to individuals and societies.

In 2014, Rosie founded VITA, an organisation working to ensure victims presenting in healthcare settings can be safely identified and supported, whilst advancing and facilitating national modern slavery prevention, intervention and survivor care.

VITA training has now been delivered to more than 1,200 frontline NHS healthcare professionals and is being rolled out across London with a view to scale nationally.

On the episode today, we talk about the following:

  • Rosie's work with VITA
  • Becoming the national voice for health in modern slavery
  • Advocacy nationally with the Home Office and NHS England
  • Modern slavery and the role healthcare has to play

 

Make sure you check out the recipe I made for Rosie too on The Doctor’s Kitchen YouTube Channel

And remember to check out Rosie’s work on the Vita Training website and social media pages too by following the links on the page here.  

We would love to get your feedback on the subject matter of these episodes - please do let me know on our social media pages (Instagram, Facebook & Twitter) what you think,and give us a 5* rating on your podcast player if you enjoyed today’s episode

And don’t forget to subscribe to The Doctor’s Kitchen newsletter for weekly science based recipes and tips to help you live the healthiest and happiest lifestyle possible.

REFERENCES

"Id been completely duped as well, I wasnt exploited but I felt like I had been aiding trafficking.  Which I had been.  I think we all do, all the time"

Dr Rosie Riley

 
What another great and super interesting and open and honest conversation I had with our guest Dr Rosie Riley today - it really is fascinating and I hope that you enjoyed listening to this as much as I did recording it.
What an Incredible and growing organisation Rosie has created here and I definitely see this becoming the go to support and resource for many individuals and businesses alike to get more information in this area.  Modern slavery is a very important conversation for us all to have - we all have a part to play here.
I do hope that you are enjoying the nature of these varied topics that we are bringing onto the podcast and please do contact me on social media to suggest any other topics or guests that you would like to see featured.
 
Resources:
The Good Shopping Guide (Ethical Shopping)
Business: Slave Free Alliance through Hope for Justice to look at your supply chains
 
Check out the video of the recipe that I cooked with Rosie on my YouTube channel here:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzv5-i-nSGM
 

GUEST: Dr Rosie Riley

Rosie is passionate about seeing an end to modern slavery. Over the past 5 years she has fought to transform the healthcare response, promoting the recognition of modern slavery as a major health challenge to individuals and societies. In 2014, she founded VITA, an organisation working to ensure victims presenting in healthcare settings can be safely identified and supported, whilst advancing and facilitating national modern slavery prevention, intervention and survivor care. VITA training has now been delivered to more than 1,200 frontline NHS healthcare professionals and is being rolled out across London with a view to scale nationally. Whilst working as a doctor in the Emergency Department, Rosie advises key Government policy on modern slavery and has drafted the healthcare section of the Home Office “Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Statutory Guidance”. She is a core member of the NHS England Modern Slavery Network driving the national agenda within healthcare and is a member of the Modern Slavery Strategy and Implementation Group shaping Government support for victims. Whilst pursuing a career in General Practice, Rosie will continue growing VITA as a sustainable, evidence-based, survivor-focused organisation, until the NHS represents the gold standard healthcare response.

with Dr Rosie Riley
Print
Share:

get started

The Doctor’s Kitchen App

Download our app to get access to all of our recipes, with specific suggestions tailored to your health needs.

SUBSCRIBE

Free 7 day meal plan

Sign up to our newsletter and receive a free copy of our breakfast, lunch and dinner plan to kick start your healthy eating.