How do we solve population pressure and climate crisis in space? How has GPS allowed us to provide 12% more food globally? How did the UK become a global leader in small satellite manufacture after the British Government said, “there’s no future for the UK satellite industry”? How did Elon Musk turn reusable rockets from science fiction to science fact in less than 20 years? What else are “Elon and Jeff” going to allow us to do? And why is SpaceX still “the elephant in the room”?

Join Alice as she talks to Will Whitehorn, chair of giant space tech investor Seraphim and former president of Virgin Galactic, and they discuss the implications of “The Elon Musk show” and its legacy, “the beginnings of a competitive space industry of scale”.

Contributors:

Alice Bunn, President of UKspace

Dr Alice Bunn OBE FIMechE FRAeS CEng | LinkedIn

UKspace: Overview | LinkedIn

Will Whitehorn OBE, Seraphim Space Investment Trust

Will Whitehorn OBE | LinkedIn

Key topics covered:

• UK satellite manufacture
• UK universities
• SpaceX valuation
• Reuseable rockets
• Agricultural management
• Population pressure
• Climate crisis
• Solar power
• Data centres in space
• Industrialising in space

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Up to one-third of patients with a previous asthma diagnosis show no evidence of the condition upon further evaluation – so GPs should be prepared to re-evaluate, according to respiratory GP Dr Steve Holmes.

Dr Holmes says: ‘When I see somebody and I think it’s asthma but the FeNO is normal and the eosinophils are normal, and then I send them for spirometry and that test is normal too, quite often at each time they come back with those normal results, I’m re-evaluating whether it is actually asthma or not.’

As well as asthma diagnosis, this podcast covers current challenges in asthma management, including overuse of short-acting bronchodilator inhalers, and the shift towards maintenance and reliever therapy (MART) and on-demand anti-inflammatory reliever (AIR) therapy. Dr Holmes also touches on current developments in management of COPD, and pitfalls in acute respiratory assessment.

Educational objectives

After listening to this podcast, healthcare professionals should be better able to:

• Recall the percentage of people with an asthma diagnosis who do not actually have asthma
• Ensure that they are following guideline-based recommendations for asthma diagnosis
• Proactively find patients who are overusing short-acting bronchodilator inhalers
• Reflect on how best to transfer patients to MART and AIR therapy
• Consider how to promote face-to-face inhaler technique coaching by healthcare professionals
• Identify normalised breathlessness so as to pick up more cases of COPD
• Consider how to identify COPD patients who might benefit from referral for biologic therapy
• Prioritise respiratory rate in acute assessment, and be aware of the limitations of pulse oximeters

You can access the website version of this podcast, along with a list of key learning points, on MIMS Learning - and make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

Useful resources

MIMS Learning

Guidance update: BTS/NICE/SIGN guidelines on diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management

Challenges in respiratory care learning plan

MIMS

MIMS table on asthma and COPD preparations and compatible devices

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What did the Space-Comm Expo conference and exhibition tell us about connecting space and wider business? How does this manifest as tech connectivity in telecoms and why do farmers care about that? What did we learn about the benefits of extreme cold in manufacturing laboratories and why do pharmas care about that? How vulnerable are global logistics to the spoofing of navigation signals? And why is the UK government centralising space strategy in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology?

Join Alice and Jonners as they reflect on the UK space sector’s largest trade event and the “energy, diversity and …sheer scope of what this industry has to offer”.

Contributors:

Alice Bunn, President of UKspace

Dr Alice Bunn OBE FIMechE FRAeS CEng | LinkedIn

UKspace: Overview | LinkedIn

Jonathan Daves, The Karman Line

Jonathan Daves | LinkedIn

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Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-k%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n-line/id1876605462

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3qED4CgdRDxfKKzYNKZCIH?si=lZ-I4a19SPGLAJL-dHi4DQ

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheKármánLineUK

Key topics covered:

Space-Comm Expo, London, March 2026

Conference overview

Sector integration

Insurance

Customer utility

Government role

Future outlook

Technological advancements

· Telecoms

· Manufacturing

Defence and security

· Satellite capabilities

· Current threats

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Primary care professionals have broadly welcomed the 2026 update to the NICE type 2 diabetes guidelines because it focuses on reducing the risk of diabetes-related complications, such as cardiovascular disease, as well as optimising glycaemic control. With this in mind, MIMS Learning medical editors Dawn and Sangeeta take a deep dive into the extensive diabetes content available on MIMS Learning.

They look at how both latent autoimmune diabetes (LADA) and type 3c diabetes can be misdiagnosed as type 2 diabetes, risk factors for diabetes (such as obesity), and multiple diabetes-related complications (including cardio-renal-metabolic disease).

Educational objectives

After listening to this podcast, healthcare professionals should be better able to:

• Describe the different types of diabetes that might present in primary care
• Discuss how ethnicity can affect both the risk of diabetes and the risk of diabetes-related complications
• Review the overlap in management of type 2 diabetes, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease
• Recall potential diabetes-related complications, including cardio-renal-metabolic disease and foot ulcers.

You can access the website version of this podcast, along with a list of key learning points, on MIMS Learning - and make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

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Cardio-renal-metabolic disease: clinical review

Case study: latent autoimmune diabetes in adults

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

Diabetes-related skin conditions and diseases

Identifying and managing young-onset type 2 diabetes

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

Type 2 diabetes in South Asian and African-Caribbean populations

Understanding painful diabetic neuropathy

Other resources

Petition launched for routine diabetes testing after death of two-year-old wrongly diagnosed with tonsilitis

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In this episode of the Clinical Update podcast, MIMS Learning deputy editor Rhiannon talks to pharmacist Rachel Pilgrim about the impact of medication on breastfeeding cessation. Rachel describes how her own experience inspired her research into this area, and discusses how primary care can support patients with consistent, evidence-based information (and where to find this):

‘Medicines shouldn't be a barrier to breastfeeding but ... uncertainty, conflicting guidelines, conservative licensing, and probably patchy training as well, creates a huge amount for prescribers and mums to navigate.’

The discussion covers the public health importance of breastfeeding, physiological factors influencing drug transfer into breast milk, and the relationship between health inequalities and breastfeeding.

Educational objectives

After listening to this podcast, healthcare professionals should be better able to:

• Explain the public health importance of breastfeeding and recall the WHO recommendation for breastfeeding to 2 years and beyond
• Note UK breastfeeding rates and how these compare with global statistics
• Identify physiological factors that influence drug transfer into breast milk
• Understand the relationship between health inequalities and breastfeeding

You can access the website version of this podcast, along with a list of key learning points, on MIMS Learning - and make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

Key prescribing resources:

• MIMS
• Hale's Medications & Mothers' Milk
• The Breastfeeding Network
• UK Drugs in Lactation Advisory Service
• e-lactancia
• LactMed
• Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS)

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This episode of the Clinical Update podcast discusses the range of feeding, nutritional and gastroenterology problems a GP might encounter in a paediatric population, including gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), cow’s milk allergy (CMA), and malnutrition.

The podcast discusses learning points for primary care professionals around infant feeding and childhood nutrition. It also looks at the stepwise management of GORD, clinical diagnosis of CMA, and the hidden prevalence of malnutrition.

How to accurately plot faltering growth and when to trigger specialist referrals or safeguarding protocols is also highlighted.

You can access the website version of this podcast, along with a list of key learning points, on MIMS Learning - and make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Educational objectives

After listening to this podcast, healthcare professionals should be better able to:

• Differentiate between gastro-oesophageal reflux and GORD
• Identify red flag symptoms in vomiting infants that might indicate urgent secondary care referral
• Recognise the clinical presentation of IgE- and non-IgE-mediated cow’s milk allergy
• Understand the impact of ultra-processed foods on malnutrition in children with obesity
• Apply UK-WHO growth chart thresholds to accurately identify significant faltering growth
• Recall the medical and behavioural differentials for suboptimal weight gain in infants
• Evaluate the role of multidisciplinary teams in managing avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) and sensory aversions
• Understand the GP’s professional responsibility regarding safeguarding in cases of growth failure

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

Presenters

Sangeeta Krishnan, medical editor

Pat Anderson, editor

MIMS Learning

Twickenham

UK

Episode produced by Jude Owen

MIMS Learning resources

Malnutrition in children

NICE guidance on GORD in children

Feeding difficulties in infants

Faltering growth

Podcast: Dr Joy Shacklock on child safeguarding in primary care

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Atrial fibrillation (AF) can be asymptomatic and, sometimes, the condition is only identified when a person has had an AF-related stroke. For this reason, according to GP Dr Chris Arden, ‘we need to be far more proactive and more opportunistic’ about identifying AF in primary care. This could involve performing pulse checks at flu clinics or chronic disease clinics, focusing on elderly patients given they are most at risk of developing AF.

Dr Chris Arden talks to Dawn Liz Powell, in this Clinical Update podcast episode, about the diagnosis and management of AF in primary care. He discusses the pros and cons of single-lead ECGs, how to mitigate the risk of bleeding in people on direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), and when to refer.

Educational objectives

After listening to this podcast, healthcare professionals should be better able to:

• Review the opportunities for AF case finding
• Reflect on the role of lifestyle factors including alcohol consumption in triggering AF in susceptible individuals
• Discuss the emerging role of single-lead ECG technologies identifying AF
• How to mitigate the risk of bleeding in people on DOACs
• Recognise the importance of continuing anticoagulation in frail, older people

You can access the website version of this podcast, along with a list of key learning points, on MIMS Learning - and make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

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Atrial fibrillation: diagnosis, case-finding and assessment

Atrial fibrillation: the ABC approach to management

Confidence in Obesity Care

Stroke: clinical review

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Direct oral anticoagulants for the prevention of stroke

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As of 2026, the UK space industry is a significant and strategic driver of the national economy, contributing over £19 billion in revenue and supporting tens of thousands of high-skilled jobs. Satellite-based services and data underpin roughly 18% of UK GDP, equivalent to approximately £454 billion of the wider economy. And the sector is growing exponentially.

But this is just the tip of the iceberg. For the space industry to fully realise its potential it needs more of the right people to understand what’s happening and get involved. People like policy makers, investors, regulators, planners, communicators, lawyers and consultants.

Dr Alice Bunn, the president of UK Space, and her panel of guests, Sam Alden co-CEO of Space Solar, Nick Shave managing director of Astroscale and Anushka Sharma founder of Naaut, discuss the surprising, awe inspiring business of space and make the compelling case for why more companies and investors should get involved.

Contributors:

Host:

Alice Bunn, President of UKspace

Dr Alice Bunn OBE FIMechE FRAeS CEng | LinkedIn

UKspace: Overview | LinkedIn

Guests:

Nick Shave, Managing Director of Astroscale

Nick Shave FRAeS | LinkedIn

Astroscale: Overview | LinkedIn

Sam Adlen, CEO of Space Solar

Sam Adlen | LinkedIn

Space Solar: Overview | LinkedIn

Anushka Sharma, founder of Naaut

Anushka Sharma | LinkedIn

Naaut: About | LinkedIn

Key topics covered:

Impact of Space on Everyday Life

• Practical Applications
• Environmental Monitoring
• Global Security

Sustainability and Innovation in Orbit

• Space Debris
• Manufacturing in Microgravity
• Space-Based Solar Power

Economic and Regulatory Landscape

• Cost Reduction
• Investment and Finance
• Regulation and Policy

The Future of Space Exploration

• New Platforms
• Academic Contribution

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