Nuffield Summit 2017 - Reducing Demand
As the NHS strains under pressure from rising patient activity, an ageing population, and financial constraints, The BMJ hosted a discussion on how clinicians should be helping to manage demand at last week ’s Nuffield Trust health policy summit. Taking part are: - Eileen Burns, president of the British Geriatrics Society - Andrew Fernando, GP... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 16, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Nuffield Summit 2017 - Reducing Demand
As the NHS strains under pressure from rising patient activity, an ageing population, and financial constraints, The BMJ hosted a discussion on how clinicians should be helping to manage demand at last week ’s Nuffield Trust health policy summit. Taking part are: - Eileen Burns, president of the British Geriatrics Society - Andrew Fernando, GP and medical director of North Hampshire Urgent Care - Candace Imison, director of policy at the Nuffield Trust - Martin Marshall, vice chair of the Roya l College of General Practitioners - Amanda Philpott, chief officer of two clinical commissioning groups - Maxine Power,...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 16, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Nuffield Summit 2017 - Reducing Demand
As the NHS strains under pressure from rising patient activity, an ageing population, and financial constraints, The BMJ hosted a discussion on how clinicians should be helping to manage demand at last week’s Nuffield Trust health policy summit. Taking part are: - Eileen Burns, president of the British Geriatrics Society - Andrew Fernando, GP and medical director of North Hampshire Urgent Care - Candace Imison, director of policy at the Nuffield Trust - Martin Marshall, vice chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners - Amanda Philpott, chief officer of two clinical commissioning groups - Maxine Power, d...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 16, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Christmas 2016 - War
In this year's Christmas BMJ 2016 podcasts, we’ve been discussing morality, compassion, truth. In this final one, it's time for war. After the second world war, there was an attempt to bring a moral sense to conflict - and Julian Sheather, specialist adviser on ethics and human rights to the BMA, and author of the christmas editorial “medicine under fire” is worried about the retrenchment of those ideals. http://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i6464 Peter Wever is a doctor in The Netherlands, and has been uncovering the story of the number 10 stationary hospital, in st-omer in northern france - a British army hospital ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - December 23, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Christmas 2016 - Health and happiness
Underneath all of our civilisation and science, we’re still primates - and the connection between patient and doctor can be reinforced by simply taking a hand. Robin Youngson, cofounder of hearts in healthcare, and Mitzi Blennerhassett, who has written extensively on patient engagement, have co-authored an editorial calling for the humanisation of medicine, and we talk to them about the power of touch. Read the editorial: www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i6262 Andrew Steptoe is the British Heart Foundation professor of psychology, at University College London. He and colleagues have been using a large cohort study to measu...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - December 21, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Extremism, religion and psychiatric morbidity
What sociological factors can lead people to adopt extremist views or commit terrorist activities? What is the relationship between extremism, religion and depression? In this podcast Professor Jeremy Coid discusses these questions and talks to Raj Persaud about the findings of his study into extremist views among young British men. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - November 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Tags: Science & Medicine Source Type: podcasts

Opioid Use Disorder
Edward H. Livingston, MD, discusses the British Columbia Ministry of Health’s 2015 guidelines on clinical management of opioid use disorder in adults with Keith Ahamad, MD,  Evan Wood, MD, PhD, ABIM, FRCPC, Tony L. Yaksh, PhD, and Humayun J. Chaudhry, DO, MS, MACP, FACOI. Articles and resources discussed in this episode:  Opioid Use and Addiction Microsite, Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder (JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis), The Vancouver Opioid Use Disorder Guideline, Model Policy on DATA 2000 And Treatment of Opioid Addiction in the Medical Office   (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - August 11, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

"What's the point in living, in a body I don't want" - how the NHS treats trans people
James Barrett, president of the British Association of Gender Identity Specialists, and Nina, a trans woman, join us to discuss how difficult it can be for trans people to access gender clinics, and what barriers are faced by the community after their transition has been completed. Read James Barrett's personal... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 11, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

”What’s the point in living, in a body I don’t want” - how the NHS treats trans people
James Barrett, president of the British Association of Gender Identity Specialists, and Nina, a trans woman, join us to discuss how difficult it can be for trans people to access gender clinics, and what barriers are faced by the community after their transition has been completed. Read James Barrett's personal view: http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i1694 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 11, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Médecins Sans Frontières's Dunkirk spirit
As France has moved in recent weeks to clear camps where migrants stay while trying to cross illegally into Britain, M édecins Sans Frontières has just opened a new one. Sophie Arie talks to Caroline Gollé, medical coordinator at the Médecins Sans Frontières​ La Linière camp​. Read more about the camp:http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i1696 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 31, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Médecins Sans Frontières's Dunkirk spirit
As France has moved in recent weeks to clear camps where migrants stay while trying to cross illegally into Britain, M édecins Sans Frontières has just opened a new one. Sophie Arie talks to Caroline Gollé, medical coordinator at the Médecins Sans Frontières​ La Linière camp​. Read more about the camp: http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i1696 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 31, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

M édecins Sans Frontières’s Dunkirk spirit
As France has moved in recent weeks to clear camps where migrants stay while trying to cross illegally into Britain, Médecins Sans Frontières has just opened a new one. Sophie Arie talks to Caroline Gollé, medical coordinator at the Médecins Sans Frontières​ La Linière camp​. Read more about the camp: http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i1696 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 31, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Why are Dutch GPs happier than British ones?
General practice is similar in the Netherlands and the UK yet it appeals far more to young Dutch doctors than to their British counterparts. In collaboration with the Dutch medical journal Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, Roger Damoiseaux, professor of general practice, and Margaret McCartney, Glasgow GP and The BMJ columnist, met to try... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 8, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Why are Dutch GPs happier than British ones?
General practice is similar in the Netherlands and the UK yet it appeals far more to young Dutch doctors than to their British counterparts. In collaboration with the Dutch medical journal Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, Roger Damoiseaux, professor of general practice, and Margaret McCartney, Glasgow GP and The BMJ columnist, met to try to work out why. Sophie Arie reports Read the feature: http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h6870 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 8, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts