Gestational diabetes occurs in 3-5% of all pregnancies (1 in 20 pregnant women will develop gestational diabetes).

This Essential Knowledge Update (EKU8) podcast highlights the risks associated with gestational diabetes and discusses the screening, diagnosis and management of the condition. 

In the UK in 2017 there were 7,697 alcohol-specific deaths.

This Essential Knowledge Update (EKU8) podcast looks at hazardous and harmful drinking and alcohol dependence and explores the thresholds of alcohol use, the impact on mental health/addiction and how to raise potential issues within primary care with patients regarding their alcohol use.

This Essential Knowledge Update Podcast explores a variety of important primary care topics including self-harm, suicide and risk, psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, lower urinary tract symptoms in men and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.