The Doctor
Welcome to The Doctor Podcast, where you will hear the voices of doctors, for doctors, brought to you by the British Medical Association.
Each month, we bring you conversations inspired by stories featured in The Doctor magazine, written by our award-winning team. You will hear voices from the medical profession, discussing the issues that matter to doctors and medical students.
Our episodes are posted every month. Follow us on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts, to be the first to hear each new episode.
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- Update frequency
- every 28 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 9
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Caring under fire | Episode 8
According to the United Nations, 2024 was the deadliest year for humanitarian workers recorded in recent history. From Gaza to Sudan, Ukraine to Myanmar, humanitarian and healthcare workers are targe…
Special job, special people | Episode 7
Working in healthcare in remote and rural areas is often sold to doctors as a chance to live and practise in beautiful surroundings with plenty of opportunity for outdoor activities. But it’s about m…
Breaking barriers to care | Episode 6
A medical environment can be overwhelming for any patient, but to those who are neurodivergent, the sensory challenges involved can be enough to put them off obtaining the healthcare they need.
In rec…
Doctors living with Parkinson's | Episode 5
When emergency medicine consultant Jonny Acheson was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease nine years ago, it came as a huge shock.
As for many NHS professionals living with the condition, a stressful jo…
Doctors who protest | Episode 4
“How can you treat a person and ignore the climate?”
Retired GPs Dr Diana Warner and Dr Sarah Benn see their climate activism as inextricable from their duty as doctors to safeguard human life.
Bot…
From all corners | Episode 3
Throughout its history the NHS has depended on overseas staff, including international medical graduates (IMG doctors), who come from all over the world to care for patients. In this episode, Dr Somt…
Life in colour | Episode 2
Art is one of the many tools that doctors can use to help heal and treat patients. Consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr Sabina Dosani has experienced this, on both sides of the stethoscope…
The lost art of listening | Episode 1
The ways that patients and doctors can feel silenced or dismissed in medicine – and how we can change this – is the focus of Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan’s book Unheard: the medical practice of silencing.
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Welcome to The Doctor podcast
Welcome to The Doctor podcast, where you will hear the voices of doctors, for doctors, brought to you by the British Medical Association.
Each month, we bring you conversations inspired by stories f…