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Episode 15
Women's Health, breast cancer screening, epidurals, and GP voices
New U.S. guideline on breast cancer screening have been extended to women in their…
2 years, 1 month ago
Large, plausible and imminent - time to take H5N1 seriously
As increasing numbers of mammalian, and human, cases of H5N1 are documented we askShould we worry about a growing threat from “bird flu”? Wendy Barc…
2 years, 2 months ago
Elections and health in India, the UK, and the USA
In the UK, a general election has been called - and around the world, ½ the global population will be voting this year; so in this episode we’ll be …
2 years, 2 months ago
The prospect of unemployed GPs
With the anticipation of a new government in the UK, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting will hit the ground running - with a winter season (and it…
2 years, 3 months ago
Fixing healthcare's workforce problems
Where next for psychological safety? Amy Edmundson is professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. Her work on psychologica…
2 years, 4 months ago
Improving NHS gender identity services - Hilary Cass
Hilary Cass, the former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics, has spent the last 3 years collating the evidence for treatment of gender ques…
2 years, 4 months ago
Derogation, an ultra processed food system, and catch up pay for the NHS
Derogation, the way in which striking doctors can be recalled to the ward to protect patient safety, was agreed by NHS England and the BMA. Now, new …
2 years, 5 months ago
The future of the clinical relationship, code sharing, and a Nye-t at the theatre
Episode 14
In this week's podcast: How AI will affect the clinician-patient relationship? Our annual Nuffield Summit roundtable asks how the promise of tech t…
2 years, 5 months ago
Retracting abortion papers, deafness in the clinic, and 70 years of a medical orchestra
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case on the approval of mifepristone for medical abortion - a case which could change the availability of the dru…
2 years, 5 months ago
Heidi Larson on misinformation, the right exercise to reduce depression, and Breathtaking TV
Social media, and the rate at which the online world is changing, is worrying - especially the speed at which health disinformation can speed around …
2 years, 6 months ago