Podcasts by Deep Breath In

What's in store for general practice in the UK from 2022-04-30T10:08:03

With the focus on covid, and the pressure on hospitals, it may be easy to overlook what’s happening in general practice in the UK - but changes are afoot. Our new health secretary Sajid Javid doesn...

Great Explanations from 2022-03-24T12:01:05

We see patients all the time who ,more than any drug or cure, just want an explanation for their symptoms, to understand why they feel the way they do. But giving an explanation isn't necessarily ...

Diagnostic excellence with Hardeep Singh, Denise Connor, and Gurpreet Dhaliwal from 2022-03-07T12:43:02

Diagnosis is a complex categorisation task driven by mental models that reside in long term memory. Through education and experience, clinicians form scripts that encapsulate their knowledge of sp...

Ramadan with Ammad Mahmood and Sahira Dar from 2022-02-18T15:12:56

As Ramadan draws near, clinicians may be approached by their Muslim patients to discuss managing their health conditions during the month of fasting. How should someone with a chronic condition, su...

Vaccine mandate's unintended consequences from 2022-02-09T12:24:13

There was a proposed vaccine mandate for NHS staff in the UK (now abandoned) but in other countries mandates continue, but are they without harm, and do we have evidence about how effective they ar...

How can a patient sue for their conception? from 2022-01-25T18:16:41

A recent case against a GP in England has worried the profession - does the fact that a patient, born with a neural tube defect, successfully sued their mother's GP open up the floodgates for litig...

Christmas 2021 with Inga Usher and Aswin Chari from 2021-12-23T12:57:38

With Christmas 2021 only just around the corner, we round off the year by chatting about our ‘Deep Breath In’ highlights, and by sharing some of the great feedback we’ve received from our listeners...

Green general practice with Richard Smith and Aarti Bansal from 2021-12-08T10:33:59

Following the recent COP26 Climate Change Summit, we discuss, in this week’s episode, the announcement that some 50 countries have committed to reach net zero carbon emissions within their healthca...

The GP crisis with Gareth Iacobucci and Lucy Martin from 2021-11-22T10:31:31

Primary care in the UK is in crisis. General practice was already under huge strain, as a result of the pandemic, high levels of seasonal respiratory viruses, as well as chronic understaffing and u...

Eating disorders with Simon Chapman, Zoe John and Victoria Adeniji from 2021-11-08T11:40:19

Over the past 18 months, eating disorder specialists have seen a huge rise in the number of referrals, and experts have said that the pandemic has created “the perfect storm” for eating disorders, ...

Obstructive sleep apnoea with Sophie West and Robert Koefman from 2021-10-22T17:47:44

Fatigue is one of the most common presenting symptoms GPs see in a consultation, and it feels like, during the pandemic, more of us than ever have been experiencing excessive tiredness. With our gu...

Headaches and team debriefings with Heather Angus-Leppan and Michaela Kolbe from 2021-10-08T17:09:12

A slightly different spread of this episode of Deep Breath In, Navjoyt Tom and Jenny are discussing two separate topics, headaches and team debriefings. Firstly headaches, the team discuss why so ...

Fitting IUDs with Rebekah Fenton from 2021-09-24T17:32:31

Doctors are taught from medical school about the benefits of IUD, and are often advocates of them to patients. However, recent media attention on the pain that some women suffer when having their ...

Covid in children with Greg Zimet and Amanda Kvalsvig from 2021-09-10T14:31:03

As the scientific community in the UK still debates whether to vaccinate kids under 16, that leaves us as an outlier to the rest of the world where parents are being encouraged to seek the vaccinat...

The complexity of primary care - with Rani Lill Anjum from 2021-08-27T10:41:17

There's a plan from the Royal College of General Practitioners, to stop the profession buckling under the huge pressure applied by the workforce crisis and covid 19. The steps outlined are very pr...

Prediabetes or a borderline HbA1c result - with Sam Finnikin and Seamus O'Mahony from 2021-07-30T13:40:45

A borderline hba1c result will initiate a conversation with a patient - but how useful is that "prediabetes" check-in, and can GPs ever adequately describe what the elevated risk of having a risk f...

Lockdown dementia with Jason Karlawish and Jennifer Watt from 2021-07-15T13:45:26

The pandemic had a high mortality toll in care homes, but measures to try and reduce that, through extreme social isolation, has had its own cost. Social interaction, particularly with close famil...

Medicalising the mind with Suzanne O'Sullivan from 2021-06-18T09:47:39

Our environment moulds our brains, and alters development, and so there are culture-bound ways that our bodies express distress. In this week’s episode, we discuss the mysterious phenomenon of Sw...

Burnout with Rachel Morris, Cat Chatfield and Abi Rimmer from 2021-06-04T14:41:32

Burnout has become something of a buzzword recently, but has now been officially classified as a syndrome caused by the workplace. Over the course of the pandemic, clinicians have been under more s...

Health anxiety with Guy Edwards and Helen & Peter Tyrer from 2021-05-20T17:17:47

In general practice, doctors commonly see patients who are experiencing varying degrees of health anxiety, which can be difficult to navigate. GPs often want to offer reassurance, but reassurance c...

Long Breath - Whitney Robinson on getting out the vaccines from 2021-05-07T16:11:16

In this episode, we're bringing you the full interview, a deep breath, with Whitney Robinson, a social epidemiologist and associate professor at UNC Chapel Hill.

Whitney gives us her take on how ...

GPs vs. surgeons with Clara Munro and Sarah Robinson from 2021-04-22T17:11:49

There is a common perception of surgery that it’s an old boys’ club, and that anyone joining the profession is expected to match the archetypal personality type in order to fit in. Whilst this is s...

Vaccines and headaches - with Heather Angus-Leppan and Whitney Robinson from 2021-04-09T17:31:27

Two topics currently being hotly discussed in the media and in clinical practice are headaches after the COVID vaccine, and the impact that structural racism is having on vaccine uptake. Headache...

Remote prescribing with Geva Greenfield and Benedict Hayhoe from 2021-03-26T11:27

The past year has seen an increase in antibiotic prescriptions, especially for broad-spectrum antibiotics. This might be due to the rise in teleconsultations, which limit the ability to examine pat...

Making the most of tele-dermatology with Lucy Thomas and Afzal Ansary from 2021-03-14T17:25:32

The use of telemedicine is on the rise, and the pandemic has led to an increased demand for this service, due to the availability of face-to-face appointments being severely limited. In this week...

Suddenly shielding and vaccination variation, with Kevin Fenton and Kamlesh Khunti from 2021-02-26T18:31:34

Suddenly 1.7m extra people have been told to shield from coronavirus, thanks to the QCovid algorithm, and that's causing confusion - ethnicity is one of the risk factors in QCovid, and yet there is...

Mental health toll of lockdown with Daisy Fancourt and Farhana Mann from 2021-02-11T13:19

In the UK, we are currently in the midst of our third lockdown since the pandemic began, and there has been a huge surge in people experiencing mental distress, anxiety and depression during the pa...

Long covid with Melissa Heightman and Jenny Mollica from 2021-01-29T14:06:53

It has been estimated that 10% of people who get covid-19 are still experiencing symptoms over 10 weeks later, and the common symptoms of long covid include fatigue, breathlessness, chest pain and ...

Tips on rolling out the covid-19 vaccine with Mark Porter, Andrew Pollard and Julia Marcus from 2021-01-14T18:04:46

Thanks to an incredible scientific effort, vaccines for COVID-19 have arrived in the UK and GPs, and other primary care health professionals, are now being faced with the monumental challenge of va...

The Deep Breath talking wellbeing evidence round-up of the year. from 2021-01-01T12:29:52

In this end-of-year podcast from Deep Breath In, we're bringing you a light hearted look back at 2020, and trying to remember some of the non-covid-19 medicine that has crossed our desks. This fes...

Changing behaviour with Cindy Gray and Shahroo Izadi from 2020-12-17T09:49:23

Old habits die hard, and never does the saying seem more apt than at this time of the year, when many of us start thinking about our New Year’s resolutions, and try to adopt a “new year, new me” me...

Insomnia with Lauren Hale and Michael Kelleher from 2020-12-04T10:14:08

GP consultations with patients about sleep problems can go in several directions – could they be a symptom of depression? Financial worries? Sleep apnoea? Is poor sleep merely a condition of modern...

Long breath - when someone has problem swallowing pills from 2020-11-21T11:36:52

When someone, either an adult or child, has problem swallowing pills or capsules, there are some options open to help. In this podcast, a pharmacist and a psychologist join us to talk about liquid ...

A lump in the throat with Nick Hamilton, Deonne Dersch-Mills and Bonnie Kaplan from 2020-11-05T16:51:13

A lump in the throat is a classic GP presentation, but one that often causes a lot of worry. Many people are struggling with high levels of anxiety anyway at the moment, and this may manifest physi...

Deep Breath In - EUPD with Leisha Davies, Soumitra Burman-Roy and Marie Stella McClure from 2020-10-22T14:21:19

Personality disorder is often referred to as the “Cinderella” diagnosis of mental health. Around 1 in 20 people is estimated to have a personality disorder, and it is a neglected and under-resource...

Coughing kids with Tim Spector and Edward Snelson from 2020-10-08T14:06:16

Persistent coughing in children is always a challenge, both for parents trying to describe and measure the cough, and for doctors making a diagnosis. In the current climate, this is all the more di...

'Flu vaccine season - with Nikki Turner and Jeff Kwong from 2020-09-24T16:00:07

With the annual flu season looming, GPs are anticipating a frenzy of vaccinations, perhaps more so than ever this year. As so many 'flu and respiratory viruses circulate every year, and as the 'fl...

Take a deep breath with Stephanie DiGiorgio from 2020-09-17T10:53:37

Sometimes, in Deep Breath In, we only get a chance to include a brief bit of a much longer conversation with our guests. In these Deep Breaths, we're going to bring you some of those more in depth ...

Talking about obesity with Stephanie deGiorgio and Naveed Sattar from 2020-09-10T08:41:38

Fatphobia has been described as society’s last ‘ism’. Whilst our understanding of weight and health has changed over time, there is still a stigma towards people who are overweight or obese, and an...

Time For A Pill Check With Anne McGregor And Tara Stein from 2020-08-28T07:23:28

Contraceptive pill check-up appointments used to be simple and straightforward for GPs, and frequently felt like a welcome reprieve from more complex consultations. However, there’s often more to t...

Take a deep breath with Tom Chatfield from 2020-08-21T09:50:43

Sometimes, in Deep Breath In, we only get a chance to include a brief bit of a much longer conversation with our guests. In these Deep Breaths, we're going to bring you some of those more in depth ...

Thinking about vitamin D with Andrew Grey and Tom Chatfield from 2020-08-13T14:00:48

Interest in vitamin D, and it’s association with a range of health outcomes continues - at least if the regular flurry of papers on the subject that are submitted to The BMJ are anything to go by, ...

“Trust me, I’m a GP” with Karen Praeter and Rhea Boyd from 2020-07-31T14:28:26

In light of the publication of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review (the Cumberlege report) in early July, which assessed the use of vaginal mesh, sodium valproate and Primod...

Tackling racism with Annabel Sowemimo, Shani Scott and Joan Saddler OBE from 2020-07-16T17:02:09

The signs and symptoms of racism have long permeated our society, and are embedded in our clinical practice and medical education. Recent events in the US, including the murder of George Floyd, hav...

Lowering the shield with Julia Marcus and Carol Liddle from 2020-07-02T13:44:40

The relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown regulations is raising a lot of questions, both for doctors and for patients. This week, we discuss how the lack of clarity and coherence in public health me...

Resetting General Practice with Martin Marshall, Jenny Doust and Toyin Ajayi from 2020-06-17T13:34:14

In this week’s episode, our focus is on what the post-COVID world of general practice might look like. The pandemic has exposed the inequalities in our social and healthcare systems, but has also g...

Testing times with James McCormack and Jess Watson from 2020-06-04T10:39:23

For GPs, testing patients is their “bread and butter”. This week, we discuss the “better safe than sorry” attitude towards testing, which is so common among doctors – are we guilty of over-testing ...

Talking about dying from covid with Scott Murray and Katherine Shear from 2020-05-21T16:39:32

With COVID-19 still ongoing, and at the forefront of the minds of doctors, patients and members of the public alike, difficult conversations are taking place - GPs are encouraged to talk about deat...

Coping with Covid with Monica Schoch-Spana and Jud Brewer from 2020-05-06T23:27:26

In this week’s episode, we discuss bystander guilt, convergence, brain hacks and “how you can sneeze on someone’s brain from anywhere in the world”. How can GPs cope with the myriad worries around ...

Teleconsulting with Trish Greenhalgh and Fiona Stevenson from 2020-04-22T17:41:46

A new podcast from The BMJ, to help GP's feel more connected, heard, and supported. Subscribe on;Apple podcasts - https://bit.ly/applepodsDBI Spotify - https://bit.ly/spotifyDBIGoogle podcasts - h...

Feeling the fear with Iona Heath and Danielle Ofri from 2020-04-22T17:11:52

A new podcast from The BMJ, to help GP's feel more connected, heard, and supported. Subscribe on;Apple podcasts - https://bit.ly/applepodsDBI Spotify - https://bit.ly/spotifyDBIGoogle podcasts - h...

Deep Breath In - breathe more easily with The BMJ from 2020-04-08T17:09:53

“Deep breath in…and out. Again, deep breath in…and out.”We tune in to patients’ breath sounds, seeking confirmation of a diagnosis - one more supporting piece of evidence to reassure anxious patien...