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Clinical Update — 129 episodes

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Falls in older people and what GPs can do to prevent them

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Scabies: rising cases, clinical challenges and global impact with Dr Claire Fuller

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How medical conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, eating disorders and diabetes affect oral health

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Hayfever diagnosis and management with Dr Glenis Scadding

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Identifying perinatal mental health disorders including depression, anxiety, and psychiatric emergencies

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Will Whitehorn: “We have to industrialise in space. It is an imperative”

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Meeting respiratory challenges in primary care with Dr Steve Holmes

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Space-Comm Expo: Jamming, spoofing, FOMO and farming

9

Diabetes risk factors, diagnosis, management, and complications

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Evidence-based prescribing and medication safety in breastfeeding with pharmacist Rachel Pilgrim

11

Infant and child nutrition problems encountered in primary care

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Diagnosing atrial fibrillation and preventing stroke with Dr Chris Arden

13

Why the business of space is everyone’s business

14

Mental health in primary care case studies

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Shared decision-making and personalised care in general practice, ,with Dr Sam Finnikin

16

Insomnia, obstructive sleep apnoea, and night sweats

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Safer use of the contraceptive pill, patch and injection explained by Dr Toni Hazell

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Heavy menstrual periods, endometrial risk factors and unscheduled bleeding on hormone replacement therapy

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Interview with GP Dr Tim Sanders on emergency preparedness in primary care

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British Obesity Society president Jane DeVille-Almond on obesity and malnutrition

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Obesity risk factors, associated conditions, and weight loss medications

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2025 round-up – clinical highlights and practice tips

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CKD podcourse with Dr Andrew Frankel, part 1: diagnosis and classification

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CKD podcourse with Dr Andrew Frankel, part 2: monitoring and management

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CKD podcourse with Dr Andrew Frankel, part 3: advanced management

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Interview: expert tips on eye conditions, red flags in back pain and supporting patients with severe mental illness

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Podcourse preview: migraine management with Dr Deborah Kerr

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Studio discussion: traction alopecia, hypopigmentation, skin cancer and other dermatological presentations in skin of colour

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Interview: Dr Farnaaz Sharief on resilience and finding balance in a pressured system

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Studio discussion: bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis and lung cancer

31

Interview: pancreatic cancer risk factors, symptoms, and new developments in earlier detection

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Studio discussion: thyroid and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

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Interview: GP Dr Pipin Singh on lower urinary tract symptoms in men and their link to prostate enlargement, detrusor overactivity and other conditions

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Studio discussion: navigating dementia assessment in primary care, risk factors, differentials, and patient support

35

Interview: Dr Steve Brinksman on supporting people with alcohol misuse in primary care

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Studio discussion: NHS vaccination programme changes for chickenpox and shingles, and diagnosis and management of these conditions

37

Interview: two patients’ experiences of breast cancer diagnosis, and top tips for primary care on signs and symptoms, family history, continuity of care and patient support

38

Studio discussion: encountering neurodivergence in primary care

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Podcast: Dr Amina Al-Yassin on supporting children and young people with mental health difficulties in primary care

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Podcourse preview: diagnosing, monitoring and managing CKD with Dr Andrew Frankel

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Studio discussion: managing cardiovascular risk factors in primary care, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidaemia

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Interview: advanced nurse practitioner Beverely Bostock on asthma and COPD

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Studio discussion: causes of nasal problems including recurrent nosebleeds, hayfever and possible malignancy

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Dr Joy Shacklock on child safeguarding in primary care

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Studio discussion: how GPs can confidently consult with patients with sexual problems

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Interview: Dr Suneeta Kochhar on cardiovascular disease in women

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Studio discussion: identifying clinical depression in primary care and the role of antidepressants

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Dr Angelika Razzaque on acute dermatological presentations

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Studio discussion: signs and symptoms of endometrial, ovarian and cervical cancer

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Interview: Dr Toni Hazell on obesity, weight loss injections and considerations for patients taking oral contraception and HRT

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Studio discussion: red flags associated with fever in adults and children

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Special episode: asthma, menopause, childhood infections and cancer diagnosis, highlights from MIMS Learning Live South

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Studio discussion: Musculoskeletal disorders

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Interview: Dr Patrick Holmes on identifying type 3c diabetes in primary care

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Identifying end of life, the role of GPs in palliative care, and discussions with patients

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Dr Kevin Barrett on diagnosis and management of bowel problems in older people

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What you need to know about the learning on offer at the MIMS Learning Live South event

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Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham on caring for people with learning disabilities

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Red flags and possible causes of speech and voice disorders

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Professor Lesley Regan on women's health across the life course

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Tiredness in primary care: common causes and diagnoses

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Dr Cara Bossley on the diagnosis of paediatric asthma and NICE/BTS/SIGN guidelines on asthma

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Diagnosis and management of diabetes-related kidney disease, recognising the effect of multimorbidity, and cardio-renal-metabolic disease

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GP Dr Pipin Singh on when to use faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) in primary care, in order to avoid delayed diagnosis of colorectal cancer

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Identification of autoimmune disorders: type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, coeliac disease and bullous pemphigoid

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Professor Willie Hamilton on cancer risk assessment in primary care

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Paediatric skin conditions: scarlet fever, erythema toxicum neonatorum, baby acne, congenital dermal melanosis, eczema and chickenpox

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Dr Ravi Ramanathan on changes to GP appraisal, including creating a kindness culture

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Eating disorders: common misconceptions, typical and atypical presentations, and tips on supporting patients

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Dr Majid Kazmi on haematological cancers, including leukaemia and myeloma

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Stress and its effect on the heart, including broken heart syndrome, acute coronary syndrome, and cardiovascular risk factors

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Drs Matt Sawyer and Mike Tomson on how to make general practice greener, environmentally sustainable prescribing and the effect of climate change on health

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World Cancer Day, and signs and symptoms of oesophageal and pancreatic cancer

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Professor Alex Miras on the drivers of obesity, approaching the issue of weight loss with patients, and medications

75

Eye problems in primary care: vision loss, blurred vision, eye pain, diplopia and thyroid eye disease

76

Dr Sarah Bull on how a rapid diagnostic clinic for non-site specific cancer symptoms helps to speed up cancer diagnosis

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NHS England’s Professor Peter Johnson on proactive cancer case finding, screening programmes, and tackling fear of cancer diagnosis among patients

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Three key pieces of the primary care puzzle around earlier cancer diagnosis

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2024 highlights – health inequalities, frailty and vaccine hesitancy

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Dr Prina Ruparelia on ‘treatable traits’ in chronic cough, and the under-recognised phenomenon of cough hypersensitivity

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Dealing with emergencies in primary care: nosebleeds, anaphylaxis, back pain-related emergencies and requests for emergency contraception

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The Good Grief Trust’s Linda Magistris on how best to offer help and hope to bereaved people, and peer-to-peer support for healthcare professionals

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COPD’s changing diagnosis, identification and management, and treatment of exacerbations

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Professor Mike Kirby on prostate cancer diagnosis, treatment developments and primary care management following treatment

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Skin, hair and nail symptoms of cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes and psychological distress

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Dr Alistair Robertson on identifying and managing frailty in primary care: why, what and how

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Vulvodynia, dyspareunia, chlamydia, and other common sexual health disorders in women

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Professor Lesley Kavi on supporting people with postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) and other post-viral conditions in primary care

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Ear symptoms: hearing loss, acute otitis externa, red flags to look out for, and supporting patients with tinnitus

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Making best use of social prescribing in primary care, connecting communities and tackling inequalities, with social prescribing expert Monica Boulton

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Primary care management of chronic pain (with or without an identified cause), neuropathic pain and postherpetic neuralgia

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Disorders of gut brain interaction: irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia, the microbiome, and current recommendations around probiotic use

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Hair loss: red flags, psychological causes, traction alopecia in Black women, and effective treatments

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Supporting people with severe mental illness such as psychosis in primary care: interview with GP Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham

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Neurological symptoms: blackouts, vertigo, facial pain, gait disturbance, headache and migraine

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Best care for nursing home patients: interview with GP Dr Pipin Singh

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Coronary artery disease, GORD, and anxiety as potential causes of chest pain

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Interview with consultant oncologist Dr Jay Naik about latest developments in NHS breast cancer care

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Podcast: thyroid disorders

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Podcast: culturally appropriate lifestyle advice

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Podcast: pregnancy challenges

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Podcast: vaccine hesitancy

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Podcast: paediatric infectious disease

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Podcast: hayfever, melanoma and summer illnesses

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Podcast: lipid management, osteoporosis and emetophobia

106

Podcast: health inequalities

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Podcast: chronic pelvic pain, early diagnosis of heart failure, and hearing loss

108

Podcast: diabetic neuropathy, GP wellbeing, and delirium

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Podcast: anxiety, chronic cough in children, and paediatrics research

110

Podcast: pulmonary rehabilitation, diabetes and frailty, and measles

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Podcast: HIV stigma, cervical cancer, and depression

112

Podcast: fear of cancer recurrence, skin cancer in people of colour, and hypothyroidism

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Podcast: mental health needs of displaced people, supporting the LGBTQ+ community, and managing PE

114

Podcast: End-of-life care planning, colorectal cancer and bronchiolitis

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Podcast: focus on contraception

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Podcast: depression, Tourette syndrome, and skin cancer

117

Podcast: liver disease, gout, and the links between COPD and lung cancer

118

Podcast: paediatric gynaecology, plant-based nutrition, and syncope

119

Podcast: climate change, CKD, and scarlet fever

120

Podcast: a frighteningly common men’s health condition

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Podcast: sleep apnoea, and the DiRECT study

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Vulval disorders and neuropathic pain

123

IBD update, depression and pain, and treatment adherence

124

Cancer patients’ expectations, and urinary incontinence in women

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The changing picture of cancer

126

Menopause interview with Dr Louise Newson

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Rheumatoid arthritis and sexual dysfunction in women with diabetes

128

Monkeypox and diabetes technology

129

GP appraisal tips and sustainable asthma care