NB Hot Topics Podcast

The Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical brings you the latest in general practice current affairs, reviews the latest research relevant to primary care, explores interesting and important topics in-depth, and looks at cutting edge medicine.

S6 E9: Interview with Dr Stephen Bradley on CXR rates in GP & lung cancer; orthostatic HYPERtension; overactive bladder tests
Apr 11, 2025 – 28:55
S6 E8: "The NHSE Song (Quango in the Wind)"; BV treatment; GLP1a for alcohol; GIP for prediabetes
Mar 14, 2025 – 26:20
Hot Topics Interview: Dr Helen Salisbury, GP & BMJ columnist
Feb 28, 2025 – 26:34
S6 E7: CVA with COC; Safety Netting; Antivirals for Flu
Feb 14, 2025 – 19:43
Hot Topics Interview: Dr Euan Lawson, GP & Editor of the BJGP
Jan 31, 2025 – 32:46
S6 E6: Hybrid Working; Antibiotics for Appendicitis; Patient Decision Aids for AF
Jan 17, 2025 – 22:56
S6 E5: "Granny's Not Invited to Christmas" song
Dec 20, 2024 – 02:37
Hot Topics Interview: Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer, GP & Chair of the BMA General Practice Committee England
Dec 13, 2024 – 34:59
S6 E4: Chocolate Against Diabetes; 30 Year CVD Risk Prediction; Digital Access for Minoritised Ethnic Communities
Dec 6, 2024 – 18:48
Hot Topics Interview: Dr Claire Fuller, GP & Primary Care Medical Director for NHS England
Nov 15, 2024 – 29:25
S6 E3: "GP Trainee ARRS Song"; Semaglutide & Knee OA; SLGT2i & Kidney Stones; Interview with Drs Alex Norman & Oliver Hulson on role of PSA Testing
Nov 1, 2024 – 39:50
S6 E2: Acute Migraine; Prostate Cancer Screening; 1st Contact Physio
Oct 4, 2024 – 23:55
S6 E1: SGLT2i & Dementia; De-Escalating Anti-Platelets Post-MI; RSV Vaccination
Sep 6, 2024 – 15:51
S5 E15: Nasal sprays for the common cold; what is 'full time GP'; walking for back pain
Aug 9, 2024 – 23:18
S5 E14: Discontinuing Antidepressants; Helping Persistent Symptoms; CVD In the UK
Jul 5, 2024 – 21:15
S5 E13: The "We're Making It Up" Election Song; Post-attack asthma f/up; Repeat Antibiotics for Cough; Aspirin After Breast Cancer
Jun 7, 2024 – 23:21
S5 E12: Does less GPs matter? PCNs & continuity; best drug in T2DM after metformin
May 17, 2024 – 29:13
S5 E11: AF, Hypertension & Future Cardiac Disease; DRE and Prostate Cancer Screening: Is It Time to Stop? Interview with Amy Rylance & Sam Merriel
Apr 19, 2024 – 34:32
S5 E10: Doctors Are Cheaper than Nondoctors; Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Under-Recognised; Helping Older People Stay at Home
Mar 28, 2024 – 21:58
S5 E9: “The Strike Song”; Maintaining Weight Loss; Exercise & Depression; Microplastics in Your Arteries
Mar 8, 2024 – 32:38
S5 E8: "Pharmacy First Song"; Rehab for Long Covid; Urate to Predict Acute Gout
Feb 15, 2024 – 25:12
S5 E7: Patient Experience of General Practice; Weight Loss and Cancer; Testosterone and Fractures
Jan 26, 2024 – 25:57
S5 E6: "Signing Scripts For Xmas" song; "Great Expectations - time required to deliver BMJ’s 10 minute consultations": interview with Dr Stephen Bradley & Dr Alice Harper
Dec 20, 2023 – 19:51
S5 E5: Interview with Prof Hazel Everitt - amitriptyline for IBS; methotrexate for hand OA; leaflets for LUTs
Dec 1, 2023 – 36:25
S5 E4: Interview with Prof Miriam Santer on BMJ Spironolactone for acne in GP; physician associates; once-weekly insulin; tirzepatide vs insulin for T2DM
Nov 10, 2023 – 31:56
S5 E3: "Three Coats" song; interview with Dr Jessica Watson on BJGP "WHY Test" study; rosuva vs atorvastatin; DNA cancer blood tests
Oct 20, 2023 – 34:34
S5 E2: Hot Topics 25th birthday interview with Simon Curtis; semaglutide in heart failure and obesity; nurse-led sleep restriction therapy for insomnia
Sep 29, 2023 – 37:10
S5 E1: GP motivations; morning after pill & NSAIDs; cancer risk with non-erosive GORD
Sep 15, 2023 – 21:38
S4 E16: "Summertime Blues" song
Aug 11, 2023 – 03:40
S4 E15: Donanemab & Alzheimer's Disease; Diet Against Dementia; Weekend Exercise; Opioids & Acute Back Pain
Jul 21, 2023 – 16:35
S4 E14: The Stethoscope Song; HRT & Dementia, HF Monitoring, New Obesity Meds
Jun 30, 2023 – 26:27
S4 E13: JOMT: CVD with Dr Jim Moore; Methotrexate Monitoring, Opioid Withdrawal Strategies
Jun 9, 2023 – 40:59
S4 E12: "GP Access Song"; JOMT Interview with Dr Matt Doyle on Allergy; Predictors of Post-covid fatigue; Peanut allergy patch
May 12, 2023 – 41:07
S4 E11: Inflammation vs Cholesterol and CVD; Bempedoic Acid; Coffee & Tea for T2DM
Apr 21, 2023 – 18:35
S4 E10: "The Grass Ain't Always Greener" Song; Removing QOF, Caffeine & Acute Cardiac Issues; New Menopause Drugs
Mar 31, 2023 – 27:10
S4 E9: "Do The Maths" song; JOMT interview - Dr Sam Merriel talks about prostate cancer; also antibiotic resistance, nitrofurantoin failure, kidney stones
Mar 10, 2023 – 40:32
S4 E8: JOMT Interview with PCRS chair, Dr Katherine Hickman; pushing bad pills, eye drops for myopia, CVD risk prediction in cancer survivors
Feb 17, 2023 – 29:19
S4 E7: NHS in crisis, still... Molnupiravir for acute covid, healthy lifestyle for dementia, patient perspective on FIT
Jan 27, 2023 – 19:49
S4 E6: The GP Wonderland Song
Dec 23, 2022 – 01:42
S4 E5: Thinking distal DVTs; High dosage in Heart Failure; Just One More Thing... Rachel Ainley discusses IBD
Dec 2, 2022 – 26:11
S4 E4: Continuity; maternal mortality; Just One More Thing: Sarah Davies discusses diabetes
Nov 18, 2022 – 27:43
S4 E3: Pension Song #1; BP meds at night?; CVD screening; "Future of General Practice" report; patient record access
Oct 21, 2022 – 25:34
S4 E2: Gestational Diabetes, CVD risk & modifiable factors; roflumilast for psoriasis; bronchodilators for non-COPD smoking symptoms
Sep 30, 2022 – 20:01
S4 E1: Supplements + sweeteners aren't good for your health, autoimmune disease & CVD risk, statin & muscle pain, open source diabetes
Sep 9, 2022 – 22:30
S3 E15: Gout and CV events; early identification of colorectal cancer; barriers to shared decision making in multimorbidity
Aug 3, 2022 – 20:08
S3 E14: The "Sorry, I'm Not Sorry" Song; bye bye Boris; prescribing for anxiety, bariatric surgery to reduce cancer, RSV vaccine
Jul 8, 2022 – 24:41
S3 E13 - "Plans for change", Panorama and Partnership; NICE Traffic Lights, internet based CBT for trauma; opioids post-surgery
Jun 17, 2022 – 23:32
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?
May 25, 2022 – 20:46
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
May 6, 2022 – 33:41
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
Apr 8, 2022 – 24:37