All Episodes
Red Whale Primary Care Pod — 67 episodes
IBD and pregnancy, teenage periods: what can I safely prescribe?
Saying no, staying kind: boundaries in primary care
Too hot to think? Bias, heat-related illness and safer decisions
Dementia prevention, men’s health, and the art of making every contact count
Gout without the guilt: diagnosis, flares and the 360 target
Pregnancy weight gain: what is “normal"? The numbers NICE doesn’t quite give us…
PMDD: the diagnosis hiding in plain sight
Homelessness in primary care: what helps, what harms
Hay fever and common running injuries. Two primary care problems, several surprises...
Burnout: the signs we miss in ourselves (and spot in others)
Don’t miss it, don’t harm them: brain tumour clues, and considering cancer and frailty
Open wide: a primary care guide to common oral problems
The £158 million question: why aren’t we dancing to prevent falls?
Obesity and weight management in pregnancy, plus perianal masses: referral decisions and red flags
Precocious puberty: who needs an urgent referral?
Grief in general practice and acting fast with meningitis
Menopause, HRT and cognition: an update on the evidence
Navigating Domestic Abuse in Primary Care
Tick, Tick, Tick... Time To Update On An Allergy To Red Meat
Sleigh the workload: flu antiviral know‑how & the art of not over‑testing to check "I'm well"...
Adrenal insufficiency and Addison’s disease. Plus a bacterial vaginosis plot twist?
Problematic social media use or addiction? ( Plus genital warts: what can be managed in primary care and what should be referred?)
Managing menopause after a diagnosis of breast cancer
Who is eligible for cervical cancer screening, and how do you decide whether varicella post-exposure prophylaxis is needed?
Are you ready for the autumn asthma spike?
Obesity and weight management in pregnancy; plus CBT for menopausal symptoms: hero, villain or just difficult to access?
Gonorrhoea: prevention through vaccination. Also, emotionally-based school avoidance.
It's getting hot in here... hyperhidrosis. And hepatitis C: curable in more than 95% of affected individuals
Contraception, weight and GLP-1s. Plus, there is NO safe level of drinking alcohol: the missed message?
E-cigarettes and vapes… in the news again
Hyperkalaemia- who needs admission and who can be managed in the community?
The gut microbiome: what do we need to know; and multiple sclerosis: suspecting it and supporting patients.
Why do people living with severe mental illness (SMI) face one of the greatest health equality gaps in the UK?
Two challenges in primary care: Lynch syndrome and pelvic inflammatory disease
Neurodiversity in the workforce, and spotting and supporting those with Parkinson's disease
Spotting myeloma…let’s make it less tricky
Anabolic steroid use - body image issues and the pursuit of a muscular physique
I've got a pain in my foot... and these mouth ulcers won't clear up...
Fast steps: the evidence about dance for health, and supporting patients through Ramadan
Something we never want to miss, and something we might have missed... cauda equina syndrome, and the new NICE guidance on menopause- any changes to our practice?
Do physical activity monitors actually help us get moving?
The wellbeing episode- supporting ourselves, family members and patients
Spotting pertussis and antibiotic prophylaxis for STIs
Why don’t we have a national screening programme for prostate cancer in the UK?
Which itchy condition has a quality-of-life reduction similar to patients waiting for a CABG?
Gut microbiome: cutting through the noise
HRT, bleeding and endometrial cancer... Have you had more phone calls and e-consults?
Where do broken hearts go?
Alopecia: when to reassure, when a prompt referral to secondary care is needed, and everything in between...
HRT regimens and progestogen dosing: time to change our practice?
Help with decision fatigue when managing all types of anaemia in primary care
Should I worry about aminoglycoside antibiotic ear drops causing deafness?
Untreated, 50% of men and 30% of women with this condition will have had a myocardial infarction by the age of 60
A non-surgical treatment for phimosis with a success rate up to 95%?
Does spironolactone have a role in acne management?
Which syndrome increases the risk of melanoma by 5–20-fold?
Lifestyle matters, dying matters
How could you potentially save the hearing of someone with sudden-onset hearing loss?
Which of the risks associated with prescribing systemic quinolones concerns you the most?
Can you name the five eating disorder subtypes?
Is there post-exposure prophylaxis for measles?
In which scenario should you NEVER use a pulse oximeter?
Ageing, prevention, retention, crisis...
Balance and burnout prevention...plus HRT, COVID and endometriosis
A magic spell that will open your (itchy) eyes to tics, Tourette’s and tackling the latest drug swaps
When assertiveness bites... baby!
Avoid alcohol... and hot headed rash decisions?!