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S4 E3: Pension Song #1; BP meds at night?; CVD screening; "Future of General Practice" report; patient record access
NB Hot Topics Podcast - October 21, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutesWelcome to a new NB Hot Topics Podcast with Dr Neal Tucker. Amongst all the political turmoil, healthcare must go on. In this episode, we look at: The new government report (someone's still working, for better or for worse) on the Future of General Practice The implications practices need t...
S4 E2: Gestational Diabetes, CVD risk & modifiable factors; roflumilast for psoriasis; bronchodilators for non-COPD smoking symptoms
NB Hot Topics Podcast - September 30, 2022 10:00 - 20 minutesWelcome to the new Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. After a whirlwind week where general practice has been populistically politicised on all sides, in this episode we stay on safer ground and look at new research. The BMJ highlights the future risk of cardio- and cerebr...
S4 E1: Supplements + sweeteners aren't good for your health, autoimmune disease & CVD risk, statin & muscle pain, open source diabetes
NB Hot Topics Podcast - September 09, 2022 11:00 - 22 minutesWelcome back to the new series of the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. A sober start with the death of the Queen yesterday and reflecting on the pressures of general practice and the profoundly sad story of Gail Milligan. But the progress of medicine never stops and the...
S4 E1: Supplements + sweeteners aren't good for your health, autoimmune disease & CVD risk, statin & muscle pain, open source diabetes
NB Hot Topics Podcast - September 09, 2022 11:00 - 22 minutesWelcome back to the new series of the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. A sober start with the death of the Queen yesterday and reflecting on the pressures of general practice and the profoundly sad story of Gail Milligan. But the progress of medicine never stops and the...
S3 E15: Gout and CV events; early identification of colorectal cancer; barriers to shared decision making in multimorbidity
NB Hot Topics Podcast - August 03, 2022 12:00 - 20 minutesWelcome to a new Hot Topics Podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. It's the summer holidays! We hope a little pressure is off at your practices and you might even get a break yourself. In this podcast, we discuss the latest news including whether GPs simply aren't working hard enough a...
S3 E14: The "Sorry, I'm Not Sorry" Song; bye bye Boris; prescribing for anxiety, bariatric surgery to reduce cancer, RSV vaccine
NB Hot Topics Podcast - July 08, 2022 13:00 - 24 minutesWelcome to another Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker leading you through the latest news and research in general practice. Of course, we must touch on the demise of Boris Johnson and how he might still be in power if he'd just learned a thing or two from general practice. ...
S3 E13 - "Plans for change", Panorama and Partnership; NICE Traffic Lights, internet based CBT for trauma; opioids post-surgery
NB Hot Topics Podcast - June 17, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutesIn this new episode of the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical. Dr Neal Tucker reflects on a busy week in the politics of UK general practice: "plans for change" from the English health secretary, but the head of primary care for NHSE says partnerships aren't going anywhere. Meanwhile, Panorama ...
S3 E12 - Monkeypox song; more about monkey pox; keeping the frail mobile; preventative medicine - what is it good for?; treating mild hypertension in pregnancy - right or wrong?
NB Hot Topics Podcast - May 25, 2022 21:00 - 20 minutesWelcome to the latest Hot Topics podcast with Dr Neal Tucker! This week we think about monkeypox. Do we need to worry? What do we need to look out for? Can my pet rat give it to me? Beyond a disease very few of us are likely to ever see, we look at new research on improving mobility in people...
S3 E12 - Monkeypox song; more about monkeypox; keeping the frail mobile; preventative medicine - what is it good for?; treating mild hypertension in pregnancy - right or wrong?
NB Hot Topics Podcast - May 25, 2022 21:00 - 20 minutesWelcome to the latest Hot Topics podcast with Dr Neal Tucker. This week we think about monkeypox. Do we need to worry? What do we need to look out for? Can my pet rat give it to me? Beyond a disease very few of us are likely to ever see, we look at new research on improving mobility in people...
S3 E11 - Self-monitoring BP in pregnancy, ezetimibe or PCSK9 inhibitors for CVD risk & a treatment for alopecia! Plus interview with Aarti Bansal & Veena Aggarwal on Improving Asthma Care & Sustainability in the NHS
NB Hot Topics Podcast - May 06, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutesIn the latest Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical Dr Neal Tucker discusses the latest research important in primary care and interviews two experts in improving asthma care and sustainable healthcare. In new research we examine: The role of self-monitoring of BP in women with hypertension or h...
S3 E10 - How racism influences guidelines: interview with Dr Dipesh Gopal; does a 4th covid vax work? acute covid complication risk, breast pain & cancer, UTI & Abx, iron supplements
NB Hot Topics Podcast - April 08, 2022 10:00 - 24 minutesWelcome to another Hot Topics podcast with Dr Neal Tucker. In this busy edition, we discuss whether national guidelines are affected by bias against race or ethnicity, potentially driving health inequalities. GP and researcher Dr Dipesh Gopal joins us for an interview to examine issues around N...
S3 E9 - The RCGP Membership Fee Song; Working weekends; Covid in hamsters; The Triple F*** Syndrome; Child mental health; Recurrent UTIs
NB Hot Topics Podcast - March 18, 2022 08:00 - 21 minutesIn the Hot Topics podcast, Neal Tucker discusses the latest primary care news and research. This week: Reflecting on NHS England's PCN stipulations - general practice finds itself in a lose-lose situation. Is it a coincidence it comes just as a think tank backed by the health secretary pushes ...
S3 E8: The end of covid; accuracy of lateral flow tests; new DVT algorithm; remember Zika?
NB Hot Topics Podcast - February 25, 2022 09:00 - 18 minutesIn the latest Hot Topics podcast with Dr Neal Tucker, we reflect on the government removing covid measures and how this affects general practice. In research, we have a look at a timely BMJ paper on the accuracy of lateral flow tests? As we prepare to stop testing, does the data provide us wi...
S3 E7 - Covid blues song; racism, nationalisation, incentivisation; new covid drugs; does continuity help?
NB Hot Topics Podcast - February 04, 2022 11:00 - 26 minutesAfter not being out the house for 13 days due to him and the kids having covid, Neal Tucker uses the Hot Topics podcast for a bit of escapism. Apart from singing the blues, in this podcast we discuss the latest medical news including reports of racism in the NHS, government calls for nationalis...
S3 E6 - Stating the obvious, treatment time after VTE and CVA; best meds for obesity
NB Hot Topics Podcast - January 14, 2022 12:00 - 18 minutesHappy New Year! Welcome to a new episode of the Hot Topics podcast with Neal Tucker. In this episode, we have a look at research that states the obvious (non-covid infections went down during lockdowns) and why we feel the need to formalise it. We also look at new research suggesting a shorter ...
S3 E5 - The Omicron song, vaccine clinics and what we've achieved this year
NB Hot Topics Podcast - December 16, 2021 09:00 - 14 minutesWelcome everyone to the last Hot Topics podcast for 2021! In this episode Neal Tucker discusses the omicron variant, the cancelling of the festive season for general practice and the effectiveness of vaccines and boosters. While it doesn't feel like there's much cheer at the moment he also re...
S3 E4: The RTI surge song, NICE depression or not, Long Covid guidance, balloon bariatric surgery
NB Hot Topics Podcast - November 26, 2021 14:00 - 21 minutesWelcome back to another Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. Everyone in his family has a cold - is this the anticipated surge in respiratory tract infections we've expected to see or could it have a simpler explanation? We also look at the new draft Depression guideline fro...
S3 E3 - Rescuing ourselves with a shared vision; funding GP & multimorbidity; empagliflozin for HFpEF; AF - to screen or not to screen
NB Hot Topics Podcast - October 22, 2021 13:00 - 20 minutesIn this latest Hot Topics Podcast, Dr Neal Tucker reflects on the NHSE Rescue Package and asks if we are going to strike are we clear what we want general practice to be? Time for us to make up our minds. In research we look at multimorbidity clusters and consultation rates - how should this in...
S3 E2 - The press, corporations & conspiracies; ondansetron for kids with gastro; PHQ9, what is it good for?
NB Hot Topics Podcast - October 07, 2021 11:00 - 15 minutesIn this latest episode of the Hot Topics podcast, Neal Tucker considers why the press have been attacking general practice and who stands to gain. We also look at new research in to giving anti-emetics for children with gastroenteritis, the accuracy of PHQ9 in the assessment of depression and wh...
S3 E1 - Heath secretaries, COVID boosters, Quadpill for BP & Cannabis for pain
NB Hot Topics Podcast - September 17, 2021 12:00 - 23 minutesWelcome, to Season 3 of the Hot Topics podcast with Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode, we lament why Health Secretaries appear to hate healthcare. We also look at the rationale for covid boosters with new research on the vaccine response in the immunosuppressed and waning efficacy in the general ...
S2 E16 - Blood bottle crisis; community covid treatments; rotator cuff injury; FIT testing for cancer
NB Hot Topics Podcast - August 11, 2021 17:00 - 16 minutesIn this summer holidays episode of the Hot Topics Podcast, Neal Tucker looks at the latest research for the primary care community. Firstly, three treatments for covid-19 in community-managed patients - do they work? Next rotator cuff injury - can progressive exercise beat usual care and is th...
S2 E15 - Self-isolation, Freedom and GP; Drug Optimisation for the Multimorbid; Antispasmodics for Low Back Pain
NB Hot Topics Podcast - July 16, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutesIn this episode, Neal Tucker squeezes in a podcast between childcare during self-isolation. When he's let out there will be a new sort of Freedom in England, should the rest of the UK be jealous? We think about rising covid numbers, how this impacts general practice (and the rest of the health...
S2 E14 - Crisis of identity in GP; implantable arrythmia monitors for AF; wearable glucose monitors for diabetes
NB Hot Topics Podcast - June 16, 2021 14:00 - 21 minutesIn this episode of the Hot Topics Podcast, Neal Tucker considers if there is a crisis of identity in GP and how the ever-increasing workload has changed the traditional role of a GP. Is there a solution? Possibly, but not everyone will agree. In new research, we focus on new technology. Are imp...
S2 E14: Crisis of identity in GP; implantable arrythmia monitors for AF; wearable glucose monitors for diabetes
NB Hot Topics Podcast - June 16, 2021 14:00 - 21 minutesIn this episode of the Hot Topics Podcast, Neal Tucker considers if there is a crisis of identity in GP and how the ever-increasing workload has changed the traditional role of a GP. Is there a solution? Possibly, but not everyone will agree. In new research, we focus on new technology. Are imp...
S2 E13 - Wounded animals
NB Hot Topics Podcast - May 26, 2021 20:00 - 22 minutesApproach a wounded animal with caution. Someone should have told this to NHS England before they wrote THAT letter. In this podcast, in classic GP style, we reflect on how this makes us feel and come to the only obvious conclusion. (We've kept it family friendly...) Meanwhile, Neal Tucker has a...
S2 E12 - Remote consulting and the state of GP; Antidepressant withdrawal techniques; Blood pressure lowering for normotensives; Vagus nerve stimulation after stroke
NB Hot Topics Podcast - May 07, 2021 12:00 - 18 minutesWelcome back! Neal Tucker takes you through the latest Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical. In this edition after a "cry for help" from a UK practice written in a 16-page letter to patients we look at new research in the BJGP on remoting consulting and ask for your thoughts on the state of gener...
S2 E11 - Headaches, AZ and Thrombosis; Green Light for Inhaled Steroids in GP; Risk of death on discharge post-COVID
NB Hot Topics Podcast - April 16, 2021 05:00 - 20 minutesThe big news this week has been the risk of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis post-AZ vaccine and it's been giving us all a headache, but this has overshadowed further new data confirming benefit of inhaled corticosteroids for acute mild covid and guidance that we can offer this to older patients...
S2 E10 - Inhaled steroids for COVID in GP; risk of COVID in adults with kids; 3 days of antibiotics for pneumonia; more semaglutide stuff
NB Hot Topics Podcast - March 26, 2021 13:00 - 21 minutesBig news in this new Hot Topics podcast as we discuss very positive data on the role of inhaled budesonide for early mild COVID in community-based patients - the STOIC trial may radically change our management of COVID but why hasn't this been a huge story and should we wait to change our practi...
S2 E9 - Long COVID in kids, statins and muscle pain, health inequalities and consultation length
NB Hot Topics Podcast - March 05, 2021 12:00 - 21 minutesWelcome back to the Hot Topics Podcast. In this episode, Neal Tucker talks about Long COVID in children, changes in violence injuries during lockdown, the prospect of a universal coronavirus vaccine, and the challenges of increasing vaccination rates in general practice. In new research, we d...
S2 E8 - GP and the Environment - interview with Terry Kemple; BP meds & falls; Semaglutide & weight loss; a little COVID...
NB Hot Topics Podcast - February 12, 2021 14:00 - 24 minutesWelcome to another Hot Topics Podcast! As we rapidly vaccinate the UK our thoughts today turn to the longer term and how environmental issues affect our patients and what practices can do about it. Neal Tucker is joined by Terry Kemple, GP and founder of the Green Impact for Health Toolkit, ...
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