Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker.

It's Christmas time and that means a song to get you in the festive spirit. We'll be back with the regular podcast in the New Year. 

Happy holidays everyone!

Neal

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Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast with Dr Neal Tucker. This is the second in a series of special podcasts where we talk to interesting and influential people in general practice.

In this interview we talk to Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer, GP and chair of the BMA GPC England, who is currently leading much of UK general practice through 'collective action'. We talk about her career and how she came to her current role, about the BMA collective action in England and what impact this is achieving, and what is the end goal for general practice in England.

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References

BMA GP Collective action site

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Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this edition, we look at three new research papers.

Firstly, can eating chocolate actually reduce our chance of type 2 diabetes? Sounds too good to be true... Secondly, could a blood test predict your 30-year cardiovascular risk? Finally, how does general practice access going digital affect minoritised ethnic populations?

Look out next week for the second of our special interviews. We talk to Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer, chair of the GPC in England, about what does she hope general practice will look like in the future and the effects of collective action in England.

References

BMJ Chocolate vs diabetes
NEJM 30 year CVD risk prediction
BJGP Digitalising GP access and minoritised ethnic populations

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Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast with Dr Neal Tucker. This is the first in a series of special podcasts where we talk to the movers and shakers of general practice.

We will talk to people in GP politics, leadership, media and research and discuss how their careers evolved, how they see current general practice and how they may be influencing the future of the specialism.

We start with Dr Claire Fuller, GP and current primary care medical director for NHS England. Hugely influential, you will probably know her as the author of the Fuller Stocktake report. We discuss how she came to the job, what this report found, and how it is impacting general practice in England. 

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Welcome to the latest Hot Topics Podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode, we look at two new papers on the drugs de jour: GLP1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors. Can the former reduce pain in knee osteoarthritis and can the latter prevent recurrent renal stones?

Our third paper is a consensus paper published in the BJGP on optimising PSA testing for the early detection of prostate cancer in asymptomatic men. Sponsored by Prostate Cancer UK, Neal is joined by Dr Alex Norman, a GP, and Dr Oliver Hulson, a consultant radiologist who undertakes prostate biopsy, to discuss the outcomes of this paper and the latest research in this area. For further information from Prostate Cancer UK including educational resources and webinars see the links below.

References

NEJM Semaglutide & knee OA
BMJ SGLT2i & renal stones
BJGP Consensus Paper on PSA Testing in Asymptomatic Men
NB Podcast on role of DRE in identifying prostate cancer
PCUK Prostate Cancer Education for Health Professionals
PCUK Consensus Paper Webinar

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Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode, we have three exciting new papers.

Firstly, in the BMJ a network meta-analysis on acute migraine treatments - can the new GEPANTs drugs beat existing therapies? Secondly, a paper in NEJM does screening for prostate cancer using MRI actually help? Finally in the BJGP can first contact physio be better than a GP appointment? Listen on!

References

BMJ Acute migraine therapies
NEJM Prostate cancer screening with MRI
BJGP First contact physio in GP

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Welcome to Season 6 of the Hot Topics podcast with Dr Neal Tucker. The summer holidays are over and it’s back to work so time for a new podcast.

In this episode, we look at research on whether SGLT2i might prevent dementia, on if it is safer to de-escalate sooner rather than later from dual anti-platelet therapy post-MI, and how effective is the new RSV vaccine at preventing hospitalisation in older people.

References

BMJ - SGLT2i & dementia
Lancet - De-escalation of DAPT post-MI
JAMA - RSV Vaccination Efficacy in Older People

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Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. Have you ever walked into a pharmacy and wondered whether those nasal sprays suggesting they can stop the common cold actually do anything?

Ahead of the inevitable coughs and colds of the autumn, the Lancet Respiratory provides some answers and they won’t be the ones you think... Still, right now it's the summer and time to get outside and active - especially if you have recurrent back pain. We look at a paper in the Lancet exploring whether just simply walking can be the problem. Finally, from the BJGP we examine a paper looking at what being a "full-time GP" means and how, sometimes, definitions can be REALLY important.

Resources

BJGP Trends in Full-Time Working in GP
Lancet Effectiveness of Walking for Back Pain
Lancet Resp Nasal Sprays for URTIs

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Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast with Dr Neal Tucker and the first in a new series of interviews with key contributors to UK general practice from the world of politics, policy and research.

We start with one of the most important hot topics of 2024 - the possibility of industrial action by general practice in England. We are joined by Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer, chair of the GPC England, to discuss how we have got to this point and the role of the BMA, what industrial action would look like in general practice, and how much impact these measures would have on practices, patients and negotiations for a new contract.

Resources

BMA Protect you patients, protect your GP practice webpage - if you want to vote in the BMA GP partner ballot on industrial action, join the BMA for free, or know more about the proposed industrial action

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Welcome to a new episode of the Hot Topics Podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. Today is election results day but we're not talking about politics, we're focusing on the research.

We look at a paper in the latest BJGP which looks at which factors influence a patient's decision to discontinue anti-depressants, explore a paper in the Lancet on whether a symptom-clinic led by GPs can improve outcomes for patients with multiple and persistent symptoms, and discuss trends in cardiovascular disease in the UK over the past 20 years, published in the BMJ this week.

References

NB Blog on Discontinuation of Antidepressants
BJGP Discontinuation of antidepressants
Lancet Symptom clinic
BMJ CVD trends

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