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Back to SearchWhat are doctors demanding? | New BMA Chair, Tom Dolphin
Episode 45
Rebecca Coombes interviews Dr. Tom Dolphin, consultant anaesthetist and newly elected chair of the BMA Council.
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…1 year, 1 month ago
Time to rethink GP's advice on weightloss, and ticagrelor data doubts
Episode 44
Last December, The BMJ published an investigation into the 2009 PLATO trial - exposing serious problems with that study’s data analysis and reporting…
1 year, 1 month ago
The plan for NHS league tables is bad, and will lead to unintended consequences
Episode 43
In this episode, we hear about ketamine addiction. It's in the news, but the rise in addiction amongst young people in the UK has caused concern for …
1 year, 2 months ago
Wellness industry lies, and preventative AI evaluation
Episode 42
Devi Sridhar's new book “How Not to Die (Too Soon) - The Lies We’ve Been Sold, and the Policies That Could Save Us” is focussing on the way wellnes…
1 year, 2 months ago
Conflict in South Asia, and simplifying GRADE.
Episode 41
Recent escalations in the ever simmering tension between India and Pakistan brought us closer to conflict - conflict between two nuclear powers.
For …
1 year, 3 months ago
Malaria free China, an academic medicine revolution, and retracted data's impact
Episode 40
China was declared malaria free in 2021 - and we'll hear how persistence was key to their success, and what new technologies are available to help th…
1 year, 3 months ago
The problem of prognostication in assisted dying.
Episode 39
The UK government is debating legislation to allow assisted dying in England and Wales, which puts doctors at the forefront of deciding if their pati…
1 year, 4 months ago
Trump is trying to destroy universities - Ashish Jha, Dean of Public Health at Brown University
Episode 38
Kamran Abbasi interviews Professor Ashish Jha, Dean of Public Health at Brown University and former COVID-19 pandemic advisor to President Biden.
Wat…
1 year, 4 months ago
Reducing benefits will not get disabled people back to work, and explaining overdiagnosis
Episode 37
The UK’s chancellor has announced a £5bn cut to benefits, much of which will be borne by those on long-term disability allowance. Gerry McCartney, pr…
1 year, 4 months ago
What does the death of NHS England, and the western alliance, mean for health?
Episode 36
In the UK, the prime minister has announced the disbanding of NHS England, Nigel Crisp - former chief executive of the NHS, explains why he thinks th…
1 year, 5 months ago