#1025ADHD therapies, and the NHS gig economyThere is an enormous amount of research on treatment for ADHD - pharmaceutical and otherwi... more05 Dec 202540 MINS40:4005 Dec 2025
#1024Special Episode - The Covid Inquiry"Damning” and “unforgivable failures” is how some papers headlines reacted to criticism of... more03 Dec 202531 MINS31:0403 Dec 2025
#1023Climate, “car spreading”, and conflictIt’s the BMJ’s annual climate issue - and in this episode, we’ll be hearing about more way... more18 Nov 202544 MINS44:1218 Nov 2025
#1022Doctors against the far rightFar right rallies have been held across the UK, culminating in a large parade in London wh... more03 Nov 202531 MINS31:1103 Nov 2025
#1021The shaky science of the Q-collar, exercise for osteoarthritis, and patient choice.This week on the podcast The BMJ investigates Q-COLLAR, an American device that distributo... more21 Oct 202536 MINS36:1021 Oct 2025
#1020The difficulty of delirium diagnosis, the lack of agency in the 10 year plan, and Gaza woundsIn this episode of the podcast; In July this year, the Government published their 10 year ... more07 Oct 202544 MINS44:1407 Oct 2025
#1019Doctors still have questions about the UK's assisted dying billIn today’s episode: Assisted Dying moves closer to becoming UK law. The proposed legislati... more22 Sep 202538 MINS38:0522 Sep 2025
#1018Starvation in Gaza is a multi-generational disasterIn today’s episode: ---Rethinking how we measure the harm caused by the arms industry --... more09 Sep 202536 MINS36:4509 Sep 2025
#1017CRISPR, stemcell banking, and a football world cupCRISPR technology has revolutionised biological research, and for the first time it’s out ... more21 Aug 202536 MINS36:1621 Aug 2025
#1016The pitfalls of home test kitsIf you’ve been in a high street pharmacy or supermarket recently, chances are you’ll have ... more29 Jul 202527 MINS27:5829 Jul 2025
#1015The Future for Physician Associates? | Prof. Gillian LengProfessor Gillian Leng, President of the Royal Society of Medicine was asked to carry out ... more24 Jul 202552 MINS52:5324 Jul 2025
#1014NHS 10 year plan dissectedThis week we’re focusing on the NHS. On the 3rd of July the UK’s Prime Minister, Kier Star... more15 Jul 202542 MINS42:2615 Jul 2025
#1013What are doctors demanding? | New BMA Chair, Tom DolphinRebecca Coombes interviews Dr. Tom Dolphin, consultant anaesthetist and newly elected chai... more11 Jul 202534 MINS34:3511 Jul 2025
#1012Time to rethink GP's advice on weightloss, and ticagrelor data doubtsLast December, The BMJ published an investigation into the 2009 PLATO trial - exposing ser... more01 Jul 202533 MINS33:3801 Jul 2025
#1011The plan for NHS league tables is bad, and will lead to unintended consequencesIn this episode, we hear about ketamine addiction. It's in the news, but the rise in addic... more16 Jun 202526 MINS26:0916 Jun 2025
#1010Wellness industry lies, and preventative AI evaluationDevi Sridhar's new book “How Not to Die (Too Soon) - The Lies We’ve Been Sold, and the P... more02 Jun 202538 MINS38:5302 Jun 2025
#1009Conflict in South Asia, and simplifying GRADE.Recent escalations in the ever simmering tension between India and Pakistan brought us clo... more19 May 202540 MINS40:1519 May 2025
#1008Malaria free China, an academic medicine revolution, and retracted data's impactChina was declared malaria free in 2021 - and we'll hear how persistence was key to their ... more07 May 202536 MINS36:3607 May 2025
#1007The problem of prognostication in assisted dying.The UK government is debating legislation to allow assisted dying in England and Wales, wh... more23 Apr 202530 MINS30:4823 Apr 2025
#1006Trump is trying to destroy universities - Ashish Jha, Dean of Public Health at Brown UniversityKamran Abbasi interviews Professor Ashish Jha, Dean of Public Health at Brown University a... more11 Apr 202550 MINS50:1911 Apr 2025
#1005Reducing benefits will not get disabled people back to work, and explaining overdiagnosisThe UK’s chancellor has announced a £5bn cut to benefits, much of which will be borne by t... more09 Apr 202532 MINS32:3509 Apr 2025
#1004What does the death of NHS England, and the western alliance, mean for health?In the UK, the prime minister has announced the disbanding of NHS England, Nigel Crisp - f... more26 Mar 202537 MINS37:4826 Mar 2025
#1003The data on physician associates in the UK, and speaking up in the NHSWe've just published a new rapid review on the safety and efficacy of physician and anaest... more12 Mar 202547 MINS47:0212 Mar 2025
#1002Phil Banfield on the British Medical Association's plan to support doctorsFrom pay restoration, to making sure there are enough training posts for resident doctors,... more05 Mar 202529 MINS29:2305 Mar 2025
#1001Combating disinformation, and time to stop spinal injections for chronic painIn this episode of the BMJ's Medicine and Science podcast, editor-in-chief Kamran Abbasi d... more26 Feb 202531 MINS31:1026 Feb 2025