Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFoodbanks - is supply or demand increasing their usage
Doctors are witnessing increasing numbers of patients seeking referrals to food banks in the United Kingdom. Rachel Loopstra, a post-doctoral researc…
11 years, 4 months ago
How to talk to a patient about delusional infestation
Peter Lepping, consultant psychiatrist and honorary professor at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in North Wales, joins us to discuss his expe…
11 years, 5 months ago
Withdraw the interim report on the UK’s billion unit pledge
Flaws in the Department of Health’s interim evaluation of an alcohol industry pledge to remove one billion alcohol units from the market raise questi…
11 years, 5 months ago
Preventing sudden cardiac death in athletes
Sudden cardiac death in athletes aged less than 35 years is the leading cause of medical death in this subgroup, with an estimated incidence of 1 in …
11 years, 5 months ago
Trigeminal neuralgia - the evidence base for medical and surgical treatments
A BMJ Clinical Evidence systematic overview looks at the evidence for medical and surgical treatments of trigeminal neuralgia, and the uncertainties …
11 years, 5 months ago
Thrombolysis in acute ischaemic stroke - time for a rethink?
In the US the licence, or marketing authorisation, for alteplase is limited to 0-3 hours after onset of stroke, but some other countries - including …
11 years, 5 months ago
Chris Moulton A and E - patients are usually justified in presenting as an emergency
Chris Moulton is VP of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and an A&E consultant in the Royal Bolton Hospital. He believes that the majority of p…
11 years, 5 months ago
Katherine Henderson A and E consultant - lack of ward beds is hitting A and E the hardest
Katherine Henderson is the clinical lead of the emergency department at St Thomas's hospital in London. She worries that lack of ward space is having…
11 years, 5 months ago
Obioma Ezekobe GP - patients need to be educated about resources
Obioma Ezekobe is a GP in an urgent care centre in Central Middlesex Hospital. She believes that the public need to be educated about the use of NHS…
11 years, 5 months ago
Patrick Keating GP - under pressure to increase list size
BMJ Voices is a collection of readers’ experiences of working in the NHS. For this, The BMJ is seeking short audio submissions from UK listeners. The…
11 years, 5 months ago