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The BMJ's long running "10 minute consultation" series is being questioned - can you do everything we suggest in 10 minutes? Can GPs really...
Is cancer screening worth it, and how can GPs have that conversation? This episode of Deep Breath In explores the intricacies of assessing r...
As news about the climate breakdown hits, it's hard not to feel the stirring of climate anxiety. One way to mitigate that is by taking actio...
There have been so many conflicting views in the media lately on the management of menopause, and HRT has barely been out of the press at al...
There's never enough time in the day to be a GP, but it's still hard to say no to that one patient, or to a colleague who is asking for your...
Common themes for discussion on this podcast include overdiagnosis, approaches to the testing, the ins and outs of explanations, as well as...
While the pandemic has officially declared over, the ongoing effects of a covid-19 infection are still being felt in the community. In this...
Talking about sexual health may be common-place with younger patients, but the sexual wellbeing of older adults is often neglected in a cons...
The theory that depression is caused by serotonin deficiency has become embedded in our practice over the years, and can be a persuasive exp...
How long would it take GPs to enact all of the guideline recommendations that they might be expected too? Far more GP hours than exist in an...
Reproductive coercion may feel like something that we don’t see very often in general practice, but a 2022 poll carried out for BBC Radio 4...
In general practice, it can often feel like a lot is changing beyond our grasp. On top of this, the pandemic has left many healthcare profes...
The possibility that patients will suddenly have access to their notes has caused some anxiety for GPs in England. The department of health'...
This week, we’re joined by Huseyin Naci to discuss the recent press release from Eisai and Biogen announcing the Phase III trial results for...
The GP crisis with Rebecca Rosen This week, we discuss the ongoing GP crisis, an ever-topical subject, in light of recent UK governmental ch...
In this episode of Deep Breath In, we'll be considering how a physicians personal experience of illness - either themselves, or as a parent...
Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain and osteoarthritis are clinically common in general practice, but with the new draft NICE guideline on osteoarthr...
Despite the Conservation party manifesto for the 2019 general election promising to deliver 6,000 additional full-time equivalent GPs, worry...
In this week’s episode, we share our experiences of attending the recent RCGP Annual Conference, and our thoughts on the topics that were co...
As more and more pharmaceutical products come onto the market, there are so many potential drug interactions, and adverse reactions, to bear...
A recent investigation, by The BMJ, showed a worrying increase in incidence of violence, directed to wards GPs, and reported to the police....
Consultations about suspected cow’s milk protein allergies are quite common in primary care, but these allergies can be a challenge to diagn...
Parosmia – a distorted sense of smell, and a delayed post-covid symptom – affects approximately 50% of people who experienced loss of smell...
With the focus on covid, and the pressure on hospitals, it may be easy to overlook what’s happening in general practice in the UK - but chan...
We see patients all the time who ,more than any drug or cure, just want an explanation for their symptoms, to understand why they feel the w...
Diagnosis is a complex categorisation task driven by mental models that reside in long term memory. Through education and experience, clinic...
As Ramadan draws near, clinicians may be approached by their Muslim patients to discuss managing their health conditions during the month of...
There was a proposed vaccine mandate for NHS staff in the UK (now abandoned) but in other countries mandates continue, but are they without...
A recent case against a GP in England has worried the profession - does the fact that a patient, born with a neural tube defect, successfull...
With Christmas 2021 only just around the corner, we round off the year by chatting about our ‘Deep Breath In’ highlights, and by sharing som...
Following the recent COP26 Climate Change Summit, we discuss, in this week’s episode, the announcement that some 50 countries have committed...
Primary care in the UK is in crisis. General practice was already under huge strain, as a result of the pandemic, high levels of seasonal re...
Over the past 18 months, eating disorder specialists have seen a huge rise in the number of referrals, and experts have said that the pandem...
Fatigue is one of the most common presenting symptoms GPs see in a consultation, and it feels like, during the pandemic, more of us than eve...
A slightly different spread of this episode of Deep Breath In, Navjoyt Tom and Jenny are discussing two separate topics, headaches and team...
Doctors are taught from medical school about the benefits of IUD, and are often advocates of them to patients. However, recent media attenti...
As the scientific community in the UK still debates whether to vaccinate kids under 16, that leaves us as an outlier to the rest of the worl...
There's a plan from the Royal College of General Practitioners, to stop the profession buckling under the huge pressure applied by the workf...
A borderline hba1c result will initiate a conversation with a patient - but how useful is that "prediabetes" check-in, and can GPs ever adeq...
The pandemic had a high mortality toll in care homes, but measures to try and reduce that, through extreme social isolation, has had its own...
Our environment moulds our brains, and alters development, and so there are culture-bound ways that our bodies express distress. In this wee...
Burnout has become something of a buzzword recently, but has now been officially classified as a syndrome caused by the workplace. Over the...
In general practice, doctors commonly see patients who are experiencing varying degrees of health anxiety, which can be difficult to navigat...
In this episode, we're bringing you the full interview, a deep breath, with Whitney Robinson, a social epidemiologist and associate professo...
There is a common perception of surgery that it’s an old boys’ club, and that anyone joining the profession is expected to match the archety...
Two topics currently being hotly discussed in the media and in clinical practice are headaches after the COVID vaccine, and the impact that...
The past year has seen an increase in antibiotic prescriptions, especially for broad-spectrum antibiotics. This might be due to the rise in...
The use of telemedicine is on the rise, and the pandemic has led to an increased demand for this service, due to the availability of face-to...
Suddenly 1.7m extra people have been told to shield from coronavirus, thanks to the QCovid algorithm, and that's causing confusion - ethnici...
In the UK, we are currently in the midst of our third lockdown since the pandemic began, and there has been a huge surge in people experienc...