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.
- Update frequency
- every 21 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
S4 E9: "Do The Maths" song; JOMT interview - Dr Sam Merriel talks about prostate cancer; also antibiotic resistance, nitrofurantoin failure, kidney stones
Welcome to the Hot Topics Podcast with host, Dr Neal Tucker. In this bumper edition, we have the next in our Just One More Thing series. We interview Dr Sam Merriel in collaboration with Prostate Ca…
S4 E8: JOMT Interview with PCRS chair, Dr Katherine Hickman; pushing bad pills, eye drops for myopia, CVD risk prediction in cancer survivors
Welcome to the Hot Topics podcast with Dr Neal Tucker. In this episode, we speak to Dr Katherine Hickman, current chair of the Primary Care Respiratory Society, who answers our three Just One More T…
S4 E7: NHS in crisis, still... Molnupiravir for acute covid, healthy lifestyle for dementia, patient perspective on FIT
Welcome to another HOT TOPICS podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In the podcast cast we reflect on the latest commentaries from the political parties and medical organisations on how they …
S4 E6: The GP Wonderland Song
Welcome to the latest NB Hot Topics podcast. It’s Christmas and no one needs anything too serious. Enjoy the song. Happy holidays everyone! See you in 2023.
Neal
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S4 E5: Thinking distal DVTs; High dosage in Heart Failure; Just One More Thing... Rachel Ainley discusses IBD
Welcome to a new episode of the Hot Topics Podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. In this podcast, we look at new research in the BMJ on optimal duration to treatment distal DVTs (wait... do w…
S4 E4: Continuity; maternal mortality; Just One More Thing: Sarah Davies discusses diabetes
Welcome to the new Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. We're dealing with heavy topics today - the Autumn Statement, how losing continuity is detrimental to patient care, materna…
S4 E3: Pension Song #1; BP meds at night?; CVD screening; "Future of General Practice" report; patient record access
Welcome to a new NB Hot Topics Podcast with Dr Neal Tucker. Amongst all the political turmoil, healthcare must go on.
In this episode, we look at:
- The new government report (someone's still working, …
S4 E2: Gestational Diabetes, CVD risk & modifiable factors; roflumilast for psoriasis; bronchodilators for non-COPD smoking symptoms
Welcome to the new Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. After a whirlwind week where general practice has been populistically politicised on all sides, in this episode we stay on …
S4 E1: Supplements + sweeteners aren't good for your health, autoimmune disease & CVD risk, statin & muscle pain, open source diabetes
Welcome back to the new series of the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. A sober start with the death of the Queen yesterday and reflecting on the pressures of general practice …
S3 E15: Gout and CV events; early identification of colorectal cancer; barriers to shared decision making in multimorbidity
Welcome to a new Hot Topics Podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker. It's the summer holidays! We hope a little pressure is off at your practices and you might even get a break yourself.
In thi…
S3 E14: The "Sorry, I'm Not Sorry" Song; bye bye Boris; prescribing for anxiety, bariatric surgery to reduce cancer, RSV vaccine
Welcome to another Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical with Dr Neal Tucker leading you through the latest news and research in general practice. Of course, we must touch on the demise of Boris Johnso…
S3 E13 - "Plans for change", Panorama and Partnership; NICE Traffic Lights, internet based CBT for trauma; opioids post-surgery
In this new episode of the Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical. Dr Neal Tucker reflects on a busy week in the politics of UK general practice: "plans for change" from the English health secretary, bu…
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?
Welcome to the latest Hot Topics podcast with Dr Neal Tucker. This week we think about monkeypox. Do we need to worry? What do we need to look out for? Can my pet rat give it to me?
Beyond a disease…
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
In the latest Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical Dr Neal Tucker discusses the latest research important in primary care and interviews two experts in improving asthma care and sustainable healthcare.
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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
Welcome to another Hot Topics podcast with Dr Neal Tucker. In this busy edition, we discuss whether national guidelines are affected by bias against race or ethnicity, potentially driving health ine…
S3 E9 - The RCGP Membership Fee Song; Working weekends; Covid in hamsters; The Triple F*** Syndrome; Child mental health; Recurrent UTIs
In the Hot Topics podcast, Neal Tucker discusses the latest primary care news and research.
This week:
- Reflecting on NHS England's PCN stipulations - general practice finds itself in a lose-lose situat…
S3 E8: The end of covid; accuracy of lateral flow tests; new DVT algorithm; remember Zika?
In the latest Hot Topics podcast with Dr Neal Tucker, we reflect on the government removing covid measures and how this affects general practice.
In research, we have a look at a timely BMJ paper on…
S3 E7 - Covid blues song; racism, nationalisation, incentivisation; new covid drugs; does continuity help?
After not being out the house for 13 days due to him and the kids having covid, Neal Tucker uses the Hot Topics podcast for a bit of escapism.
Apart from singing the blues, in this podcast we discuss …
S3 E6 - Stating the obvious, treatment time after VTE and CVA; best meds for obesity
Happy New Year! Welcome to a new episode of the Hot Topics podcast with Neal Tucker.
In this episode, we have a look at research that states the obvious (non-covid infections went down during lockdown…
S3 E5 - The Omicron song, vaccine clinics and what we've achieved this year
Welcome everyone to the last Hot Topics podcast for 2021!
In this episode Neal Tucker discusses the omicron variant, the cancelling of the festive season for general practice and the effectiveness o…