Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHas the balance of screening for AAA tipped towards harm?
Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are usually asymptomatic until they rupture, which is fatal in more than 80% of cases. Screening aims to detect the …
11 years, 6 months ago
Nuffield summit - Ashish Jha explains Acountable Care Organisations
Ashish Jha, professor of health policy and management at Harvard School of Public Health, talking about how the Affordable Care Act has fostered new …
11 years, 6 months ago
Nuffield summit - Bastiaan Bloem on parkinsons.net
Bastiaan Bloem, consultant neurologist at Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Netherlands, discussing his revolutionary approach to patient c…
11 years, 6 months ago
How to diagnose overdiagnosis
Overdiagnosis means different things to different people. Stacy Carter, associate professor at the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine …
11 years, 6 months ago
Overdiagnosis in breast cancer - 45 years to become a mainstream idea
In this podcast Alexandra Barratt, professor of public health at the University of Sydney, discusses how questions about overdiagnosis in breast canc…
11 years, 6 months ago
Roundtable: Hopes for the NHS, the election and beyond
The BMJ held a breakfast roundtable at the annual health policy summit held by the Nuffield Trust think tank to explore some of the key policy discus…
11 years, 6 months ago
Assessment and management of alcohol use disorders
As the level of alcohol consumption goes up, so the risk of physical, psychological, and social problems increases. In this podcast we’re joined by …
11 years, 6 months ago
Jackie Applebee GP - the funding formula is hurting deprived practices
Jackie Applebee is a GP in Tower Hamlets in London, and is concerned that the way the GP funding formula is working doesn't take account of the earli…
11 years, 6 months ago
Michelle Sinclair GP - surgery buildings are not up to scratch
Michelle Sinclar, a GP in Hampshire who is concerned that GP premises aren't fit for purpose and limit her ability to provide fully rounded patient c…
11 years, 6 months ago
Mark Folman GP - time pressure and patient care
Mark Folman, a GP in Nottinghamshire, is concerned that more and more work, with more and more patients, means less time with those who really need h…
11 years, 6 months ago