Care Visions Talks
Care Visions Talks
Care Visions Talks is a podcast series that brings together voices from across care, education, health and community support to explore what it really means to care — and to be cared for.
The series includes two strands:
Care Visions Family Talk has two hosts: Dr Linda de Caestecker and Lucy Johnston.
Dr Linda de Caestecker, former Director of Public Health and experienced paediatrician, leads warm, accessible conversations designed for parents, carers and families. Her episodes cover topics such as childhood trauma, fostering, resilience, separation and mental health, with expert guests offering practical guidance and compassionate insight.
Lucy Johnston is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster with a long-standing commitment to social affairs, health, and children’s welfare. In her episodes, she shares powerful stories about young people in care and explores the systems that shape their lives. With a background in investigative reporting, Lucy began her career at The Big Issue before moving to The Observer and later The Sunday Express, where she is Health and Social Affairs Editor. Her work has exposed neglect in care homes, failures in mental health services, and injustices faced by vulnerable children and families.
Care Visions Professional Talk is hosted by Humphrey Hawksley, award-winning author, broadcaster and former BBC foreign correspondent. These in-depth episodes are created for those working in or studying social care, health, education and related fields. Guests include thought leaders, researchers and practitioners discussing the emotional realities, challenges and evolving practices in work with children, young people and families.
Whether you're a parent, a professional, or someone passionate about care and community, Care Visions Talks offers space to listen, reflect and learn.
Care Visions Talks
Latest Episodes
Is Depression Really a Chemical Imbalance? | Prof Joanna Moncrieff | Care Visions Family Talk
For decades, depression has often been explained as a chemical imbalance in the brain. Professor Joanna Moncrieff argues that the evidence simply doesn’t support that explanation.In this episode of Family Talk, Lucy Johnston speak...
What Children in Care Really Need - Mirela Zoltan on Trauma, Trust & Belonging | Care Visions Professional Talk
Mirela Zoltan spent the first three years of her life in an orphanage in Romania before being adopted and taken to the United States.What followed was a childhood marked by disrupted relationships and repeated moves through adopti...
Could We One Day Help Identify ADHD by Looking at the Brain? | Dr Monica Berntsen | Care Visions Family Talk
Could we one day help identify ADHD by looking at the brain?That is the question at the beginning of this episode of Care Visions Family Talk, in which Lucy speaks with Dr Monica Berntsen, introduced as a practising neurops...
Family Finding & Kinship Care: Why Relationships Matter | Kevin Campbell | Care Visions Professional Talk
What happens when a child or young person in care is described as having “nobody”?For Kevin Campbell, that question became the starting point for research that would ultimately challenge some deeply established assumptions within child w...
Are We Medicalising Childhood? | Dave Clements on Special Educational Needs | Care Visions Family Talk
Why are so many children struggling?One in five children is now identified as having a special educational need — a significant increase over the past decade. Are children who were previously overlooked finally being recognised, or are o...
