Episodi

  • Challenging Consultations Podcast

    Challenging Consultations Podcast
    Dec 22 2025
    Primary care consultations can be challenging for a number of reasons. In this podcast, Dr. Ed Pooley discusses the key skill of relationship building within general practice and how this can be achieved with a variety of consultation techniques. He addresses issues of raised emotions within consultations, how to recover a consultation which is going badly, and the key skill of housekeeping as it refers to GP consultations. The podcast also discusses how consultation skills might change over the course of a career and the importance of recognising issues which can or can’t be resolved within general practice.

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    24 min
  • EKU Podcast: Eczema

    EKU Podcast: Eczema
    Dec 9 2025
    Eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis, is estimated to affect 1 in 5 children and 1 in 10 adults in the UK, making it one of the most prevalent skin conditions experienced across all age groups. It is the leading cause of skin-related disability in the UK and there has been an increased prevalence of eczema in the last 10 years.

    In this podcast Dr Thomas Round talks to Dr Khyati Bakhai, a GP in North East London about eczema. They discuss the definition of eczema, as well as the presentation, symptoms, risk factors including family history and other allergies, discussions during consultation, treatments such as emollients, protopics and steroid creams, assessing for infection, referral to secondary care when needed, management of flare ups and shared decision making with patients for ongoing management.

    For more information please see:
    • RCGP eLearning course on Atopic Eczema
    • RCGP eLearning Hub on Atopic Dermatitis
    • RCGP Essential Knowledge Update module on Atopic eczema in under 12s & Venous eczema and chronic venous disease
    • RCGP podcast on Dermatology Podcast: Skin of Colour

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    20 min
  • Net Zero Podcast

    Net Zero Podcast
    Nov 24 2025
    In 2020 the NHS became the world’s first health system to commit to reaching Net Zero and take action to reduce the future impacts of climate change.

    Take a walk through London to the Story Garden with Dr Toni Hazell, Deputy Medical Director for eLearning and Dr Liliana Risi, provost and past chair of the RCGP North East London Faculty, a past NHS GP in Tower Hamlets and Associate of Greener Practice to learn more about the topic of Net Zero.

    In this podcast we discuss climate health equity, the environmental benefits of social prescribing and preventing illness plant-based diet, all of which are covered within our three recently released eLearning courses, as well as Greener Practice, Singing for breathing and Clean air champions.

    RCGP Net Zero Hub

    RCGP eLearning modules on:
    • Climate health equity
    • The environmental benefits of social prescribing
    • Preventing illness: plant-based diet
    The Story Garden

    Correction: Green social prescribing can save the NHS more than £600 million per year and cite.
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    25 min
  • EKU Podcast: Fatty liver disease

    EKU Podcast: Fatty liver disease
    Oct 20 2025
    Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), also known as Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is estimated to affect up to 1 in 5 people in the UK. Rates are increasing with rising levels of obesity. Although most cases of MASLD are linked to excess weight, you can develop the disease if you have a healthy weight.

    In this podcast, Dr Thomas Round talks to Dr Helen Jarvis, a GP and Clinical lecturer and researcher at Newcastle University with an interest in liver disease about fatty liver disease in primary care.

    • RCGP. EKU Module on Diagnosis and management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. May 2024.
    • RCGP. Liver Toolkit. June 2025
    • BSG. BSG Guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests. December 2021.
    • NICE. NG49. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): assessment and management. July 2016 (last reviewed October 2024).
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    25 min
  • The GP with an extended role in allergy

    The GP with an extended role in allergy
    Oct 14 2025
    In this podcast, Dr. Liz Angier discusses the GPwER role in allergy and how this would ideally be integrated into the local allergy team, improving service provision for patients. The podcast covers theory training as well as how to gain practical experience, including the ways in which the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology can help to link potential GPwERs with clinical experience. The podcast also covers some wider issues including the need for education in schools and in the food industry. Those who would like to know more about the GPwER role should visit the GPwER page of the RCGP website and click on the allergy framework, or email gpwer@bsaci.org.

    An educational grant was received from British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (BSACI) for the production of the podcast. Editorial and content decisions were made solely by the RCGP.
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    19 min
  • EKU Podcast: Adenomyosis & Endometriosis

    EKU Podcast: Adenomyosis & Endometriosis
    Aug 18 2025
    Adenomyosis affects around 10% of women in the UK and is most prevalent in women aged 40-50, particularly those who have had pregnancies. It is frequently found alongside endometriosis and uterine fibroids and can cause heavy, painful, or irregular periods.

    In this podcast Dr Thomas Round talks to Dr Sharon Dixon, a GP in Oxford with a background in endometriosis research and supporting GPs with female patients suffering with endometriosis and their periods, about the symptoms, initial assessment, diagnosis and treatment of adenomyosis as well as its possible causes and overlap with endometriosis.

    • British Journal of General Practice article on Uterine adenomyosis: an update for GPs
    • RCGP EKU Programme module on Endometriosis: diagnosis and management
    • RCGP eLearning course on Endometriosis
    • RCGP eLearning course on Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
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    22 min
  • Adverse effects of antipsychotics

    Adverse effects of antipsychotics
    Jun 2 2025
    In this 20 minute podcast, Dr Emma Nash speaks to Dr Sally Higginbottom about adverse effects of antipsychotic medication, with a focus on movement disorders and strategies to detect them early in routine practice.

    Funding for this podcast was received from Teva Pharmaceuticals. Teva Pharmaceuticals reviewed the content for scientific accuracy and full editorial control remains the sole responsibility of the RCGP.
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    18 min
  • EKU Podcast: Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment

    EKU Podcast: Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment
    Jun 2 2025
    Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading global cause of death, with an estimated 18 million deaths each year (over 30% of all global deaths). In 2022, around 175,000 people in the UK died from CVD, accounting for about 27% of all deaths — the second most common cause of death after dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

    In this podcast, Dr Thomas Round talks to Dr Nicholas Jones, a salaried GP in Oxford with a special interest in cardiology, about primary risk assessment and lipid management in cardiovascular disease.

    EKU Programme module on Cardiovascular disease: risk assessment, reduction & lipid modification.

    British Journal of General Practice article on Cardiovascular disease — risk assessment and reduction: NICE 2023 update for GPs.
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    31 min