Beatson Talks
A podcast designed to inform, support, and provide a platform for patients to share their stories, while also allowing staff to discuss the support available to cancer patients and their families.
Hosted by Laura Boyd
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 19
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
We’re With You: Laura’s Story of Strength, Surrogacy and Living with Cancer
Join host Laura Boyd as the spotlight shifts and she takes the guest seat in this special episode, with Beatson Cancer Charity CEO Gillian Hailstones stepping in to lead the conversation. Laura speak…
We’re With You: Music, Fundraising and Family – Bryan’s Beatson Story
Join host Laura Boyd in conversation with Bryan Marshall - musician, choir leader, and passionate Beatson supporter. Bryan shares his personal journey from community fundraiser to cancer caregiver w…
We’re With You: Living with Cancer and Giving Back
Join host Laura Boyd in conversation with Donna Hicks, who opens up about the life-altering year she and her family faced a double cancer diagnosis. Just two weeks after her mum was diagnosed with te…
We’re With You: From Patient to Volunteer
Join host Laura Boyd in conversation with David Wynne, who shares how three heart attacks and a cancer diagnosis changed the course of his life. What began as a series of life-threatening events beca…
We’re With You: Erin’s Story of Strength, Family & Hope
Join host Laura Boyd in conversation with Erin Lavery and her dad, Daniel, as they reflect on Erin’s powerful story - from her diagnosis in August 2024 to the moment she rang the bell to mark the end…
We're With You: Supporting Each Other Through Cancer
Join host Laura Boyd as she chats with Erin Lavery and Beth Clyde, who both share their personal stories of living with cancer. They reflect on their diagnoses, treatments, and the challenges they’ve…
We’re with You: Navigating Cancer as a Family
Join host Laura Boyd as she chats with Ian Rankin and his daughter Lucindy, who are both living with cancer.
Lucindy shares how she discovered a lump, her diagnosis, and her treatment journey. Ian re…
We’re With You: Geoff Clark on Living with Brain Tumours and Giving Back
Join host Laura Boyd as she chats with Geoff Clark about his experience with cancer. Geoff opens up about the first signs that something wasn’t right, his diagnosis, and the ups and downs of treatmen…
We’re With You: Paolo’s Story of Strength Through Three Diagnoses
Join host Laura Boyd in conversation with Paolo Lizzeri, who has faced Hodgkin’s lymphoma three times. Paolo shares his experience of diagnosis and treatment, as well as the mental and emotional chal…
We’re With You: Through Navigating Cancer and Work
Join host Laura Boyd as she talks with Rebecca, a Specialist Health and Work Service (SHAWS) Practitioner at Beatson Cancer Charity, and her client, Lyndsay, about navigating work during and after a …
We’re With You: Through Hair Loss
Join host Laura Boyd in conversation with Rhona and Marj, wig specialists at Beatson Cancer Charity’s Wellbeing Centre, as they discuss the impact of hair loss and the ways wigs can help restore conf…
We're With You: Exploring Clinical Trials at The Beatson
Join host Laura Boyd in conversation with Susannah Radford, a Senior Pharmacovigilance Clinical Trial Coordinator, about the incredible work happening at The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre’s …
We're With You: John Allison’s Year-Long Challenge for Beatson Cancer Charity
Join host Laura Boyd in conversation with John Allison, founder of The K9 Way, about his year-long fundraising journey for Beatson Cancer Charity. John shares updates on the challenges he's taking on…
We're With You: Roisin’s Voice for Skin Cancer Awareness
Join host Laura Boyd in conversation with rising pop star Roisin McCarney, who shares her personal journey from working in a sunbed shop to being diagnosed with skin cancer. After stunning audiences …
We’re With You: Through Treatment
Join host Laura Boyd in conversation with Gillian Shirreffs, who lives with MS and was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021. Gillian shares her journey, discussing how she confronted her own mortalit…
We’re With You: Through Reflection
Join host Laura Boyd in conversation with Martin Cawley, former CEO of Beatson Cancer Charity. In this episode, Martin reflects on his career at the charity, the challenges he faced during his five y…
We’re With You: Through Living With Cancer
Join host Laura Boyd in conversation with Lisa Adam, who has been living with cancer for 19 years. Joining her is Beatson Cancer Charity's CEO, Gillian Hailstones, formerly Director of Care Services.…
We’re With You: Through Research
Join host Laura Boyd in conversation with Professor Anthony Chalmers, Chair of Clinical Oncology at the University of Glasgow and the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre. They discuss cancer resea…
We’re With You: Through Bereavement
Join host Laura Boyd in conversation with Patrick Baines, who lost both his mum and sister to cancer within a short time. They are joined by Jemma Byrne, our Bereavement Service Psychologist from Bea…