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Welcome to the monthly Primary Care Pod from Red Whale – join GPs Nik Kendrew and Caroline Greene as each month they discuss a roundup of four key topics for primary care clinicians, which can also be found in our popular free Pearls . We look at the evidence, the guidelines and the media coverage and make learning together as a primary care community as relaxing and enjoyable as possible. We invite you to nominate your primary care heroes and share your “best intentions” stories. So, grab a cuppa or put on your trainers and head out for some fresh air whilst you enjoy this month’s podcast. We'd love to hear your feedback by email - podcast@redwhale.co.uk or leave us a voice message - https://www.speakpipe.com/RedWhalePrimaryCarePod

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Welcome to the monthly Primary Care Pod from Red Whale – join GPs Nik Kendrew and Caroline Greene as each month they discuss a roundup of four key topics for primary care clinicians, which can also be found in our popular free Pearls . We look at the evidence, the guidelines and the media coverage and make learning together as a primary care community as relaxing and enjoyable as possible. We invite you to nominate your primary care heroes and share your “best intentions” stories. So, grab a cuppa or put on your trainers and head out for some fresh air whilst you enjoy this month’s podcast. We'd love to hear your feedback by email - podcast@redwhale.co.uk or leave us a voice message - https://www.speakpipe.com/RedWhalePrimaryCarePod

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English


Episodes
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How could you potentially save the hearing of someone with sudden-onset hearing loss?

5/10/2024
Send us a Text Message. Grab your trainers, your dog lead or a cuppa and join us for some free CPD as we have another relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: All of the above questions, and more, will be answered during the episode. Listen as soon as you can to ensure you have full access to all the free resources. And hear a best intentions story that highlights that one size doesn’t fit all, especially when it comes to lifestyle medicine!! Send us your feedback podcast@redwhale.co.uk or send a voice message Sign up to receive Pearls here. Pearls are available for 3 months from publish date. After this, you can get access them - plus 100s more articles - when you buy a one-day online course from Red Whale OR sign up to Red Whale Unlimited. Find out more here. Follow us: X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Disclaimer: We make every effort to ensure the information in this podcast is accurate and/ correct at the date of publication, but it is of necessity of a brief and general nature, and this should not replace your own good clinical judgement, or be regarded as a substitute for taking professional advice in appropriate circumstances. In particular, check drug doses, side-effects and interactions with the British National Formulary. Save insofar as any such liability cannot be excluded at law, we do not accept any liability for loss of any type caused by reliance on the information in this podca...

Duration:00:45:25

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Which of the risks associated with prescribing systemic quinolones concerns you the most?

4/12/2024
Send us a Text Message. Grab your trainers, your dog lead or a cuppa and join us for some free CPD as we have another relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: All of the above questions, and more, will be answered during the episode. Listen as soon as you can to ensure you have full access to all the free resources. And hear about how some home grown tomatoes brought a primary care team together, but left an unpleasant taste in the mouth!! Send us your feedback podcast@redwhale.co.uk or send a voice message Sign up to receive Pearls here. Pearls are available for 3 months from publish date. After this, you can get access them - plus 100s more articles - when you buy a one-day online course from Red Whale OR sign up to Red Whale Unlimited. Find out more here. Follow us: X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Disclaimer: We make every effort to ensure the information in this podcast is accurate and/ correct at the date of publication, but it is of necessity of a brief and general nature, and this should not replace your own good clinical judgement, or be regarded as a substitute for taking professional advice in appropriate circumstances. In particular, check drug doses, side-effects and interactions with the British National Formulary. Save insofar as any such liability cannot be excluded at law, we do not accept any liability for loss of any type caused by reliance on the information in this podca...

Duration:00:46:59

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Can you name the five eating disorder subtypes?

3/8/2024
Send us a Text Message. Grab your trainers, your dog lead or a cuppa and join us for some free CPD as we have another relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: All of the above questions, and more, will be answered during the episode. Listen as soon as you can to ensure you have full access to all the free resources. And hear about how a young primary care parent needed to watch their back whilst trying to juggle everything on a busy work day!! Useful resources: Hana Lovima Send us your feedback podcast@redwhale.co.uk or send a voice message Sign up to receive Pearls here. Pearls are available for 3 months from publish date. After this, you can get access them - plus 100s more articles - when you buy a one-day online course from Red Whale OR sign up to Red Whale Unlimited. Find out more here. Follow us: X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Disclaimer: We make every effort to ensure the information in this podcast is accurate and/ correct at the date of publication, but it is of necessity of a brief and general nature, and this should not replace your own good clinical judgement, or be regarded as a substitute for taking professional advice in appropriate circumstances. In particular, check drug doses, side-effects and interactions with the British National Formulary. Save insofar as any such liability cannot be excluded at law, we do not accept any liability for loss of any type caused by reliance on the information in this podca...

Duration:00:50:44

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Is there post-exposure prophylaxis for measles?

2/9/2024
Send us a Text Message. Grab a cuppa and join us for some free CPD as we have another relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: All of the above questions, and more, will be answered during the episode. Listen as soon as you can to ensure you have full access to all the free resources. And hear about how crossed wires in a consultation lead to red-faced moment!! Episode links: https://movingmedicine.ac.uk/ https://dermnetnz.org/topics/scabies https://www.yhphnetwork.co.uk/links-and-resources/coi/migrant-health/prevention-and-management-of-infectious-diseases/ https://dermnetnz.org/topics/measles Send us your feedback podcast@redwhale.co.uk or send a voice message Sign up to receive Pearls here. Pearls are available for 3 months from publish date. After this, you can get access them - plus 100s more articles - when you buy a one-day online course from Red Whale OR sign up to Red Whale Unlimited. Find out more here. Follow us: X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Disclaimer: We make every effort to ensure the information in this podcast is accurate and/ correct at the date of publication, but it is of necessity of a brief and general nature, and this should not replace your own good clinical judgement, or be regarded as a substitute for taking professional advice in appropriate circumstances. In particular, check drug doses, side-effects and interactions with the British National Formulary. Save insofar as any such liability cannot be excluded at law, we do not accept any liability for loss of any type caused by reliance on the information in this podca...

Duration:00:52:31

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In which scenario should you NEVER use a pulse oximeter?

1/12/2024
Send us a Text Message. Grab a cuppa and join us for some free CPD as we have another relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: All of the above questions will be answered during the episode. Listen as soon as you can to ensure you have full access to all the free resources. And hear about a home visit with a canine catheter catastrophe!! FeverPain score: https://ctu1.phc.ox.ac.uk/feverpain/index.php Centor Score: https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/104/centor-score-modified-mcisaac-strep-pharyngitis ENT UK Commissioning Guide: Tonsillectomy 2021 : https://www.entuk.org/_userfiles/pages/files/guidelines/Revised%20ENT%20UK%20Tonsillectomy%20commissioning%20guide%20edit%20to%20final%20(002).pdf Send us your feedback podcast@redwhale.co.uk or send a voice message Sign up to receive Pearls here. Pearls are available for 3 months from publish date. After this, you can get access them - plus 100s more articles - when you buy a one-day online course from Red Whale OR sign up to Red Whale Unlimited. Find out more here. Follow us: X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Disclaimer: We make every effort to ensure the information in this podcast is accurate and/ correct at the date of publication, but it is of necessity of a brief and general nature, and this should not replace your own good clinical judgement, or be regarded as a substitute for taking professional advice in appropriate circumstances. In particular, check drug doses, side-effects and interactions with the British National Formulary. Save insofar as any such liability cannot be excluded at law, we do not accept any liability for loss of any type caused by reliance on the information in this podca...

Duration:00:51:04

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Ageing, prevention, retention, crisis...

12/8/2023
Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: AAnd hear about a colleague’s car-tastrophe… NICE patient information leaflet - familial breast cancer: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg164/ifp/chapter/About-this-information Send us your feedback podcast@redwhale.co.uk or send a voice message Sign up to receive Pearls here. Pearls are available for 3 months from publish date. After this, you can get access them - plus 100s more articles - when you buy a one-day online course from Red Whale OR sign up to Red Whale Unlimited. Find out more here. Follow us: X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Disclaimer: We make every effort to ensure the information in this podcast is accurate and/ correct at the date of publication, but it is of necessity of a brief and general nature, and this should not replace your own good clinical judgement, or be regarded as a substitute for taking professional advice in appropriate circumstances. In particular, check drug doses, side-effects and interactions with the British National Formulary. Save insofar as any such liability cannot be excluded at law, we do not accept any liability for loss of any type caused by reliance on the information in this podca...

Duration:00:51:31

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Balance and burnout prevention...plus HRT, COVID and endometriosis.

11/10/2023
Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: And hear about a hot and sticky cornered colleague… Boggled Docs episode 'Focus Your Mind On The Menopause': https://www.buzzsprout.com/1300702/10567446-focus-your-mind-on-the-menopause Supporting information on risk factors for progression to severe COVID-19: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta878/chapter/5-Supporting-information-on-risk-factors-for-progression-to-severe-COVID-19 Liverpool University COVID-19 drug interactions tool: https://www.covid19-druginteractions.org/checker See transcript tab on Buzzsprout site for full show notes with links... Send us your feedback podcast@redwhale.co.uk or send a voice message Sign up to receive Pearls here. Pearls are available for 3 months from publish date. After this, you can get access them - plus 100s more articles - when you buy a one-day online course from Red Whale OR sign up to Red Whale Unlimited. Find out more here. Follow us: X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Disclaimer: We make every effort to ensure the information in this podcast is accurate and/ correct at the date of publication, but it is of necessity of a brief and general nature, and this should not replace your own good clinical judgement, or be regarded as a substitute for taking professional advice in appropriate circumstances. In particular, check drug doses, side-effects and interactions with the British National Formulary. Save insofar as any such liability cannot be excluded at law, we do not accept any liability for loss of any type caused by reliance on the information in this podca...

Duration:00:55:17

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A magic spell that will open your (itchy) eyes to tics, Tourette’s and tackling the latest drug swaps…

10/6/2023
Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: And hear about a multitasking, time pressured, dance themed debacle… Links You can check availability of insulin brands at: www.sps.nhs.uk Tourette's Action (UK support group for those with an established diagnosis): https://www.tourettes-action.org.uk/ Molluscum contagiosum images: https://www.pcds.org.uk/clinical-guidance/molluscum-contagiosum#management https://dermnetnz.org/topics/molluscum-contagiosum Send us your feedback podcast@redwhale.co.uk or send a voice message Sign up to receive Pearls here. Pearls are available for 3 months from publish date. After this, you can get access them - plus 100s more articles - when you buy a one-day online course from Red Whale OR sign up to Red Whale Unlimited. Find out more here. Follow us: X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Disclaimer: We make every effort to ensure the information in this podcast is accurate and/ correct at the date of publication, but it is of necessity of a brief and general nature, and this should not replace your own good clinical judgement, or be regarded as a substitute for taking professional advice in appropriate circumstances. In particular, check drug doses, side-effects and interactions with the British National Formulary. Save insofar as any such liability cannot be excluded at law, we do not accept any liability for loss of any type caused by reliance on the information in this podca...

Duration:00:46:09

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When assertiveness bites... baby!

9/8/2023
Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of this month’s Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: And hear a cautionary tale from a listener about how, despite the best intentions, a nail issue didn’t turn out to be as straight forward as first thought… Lyme disease rash: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lyme-disease/ https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/signs_symptoms/rashes.html Send us your feedback podcast@redwhale.co.uk or send a voice message Sign up to receive Pearls here. Pearls are available for 3 months from publish date. After this, you can get access them - plus 100s more articles - when you buy a one-day online course from Red Whale OR sign up to Red Whale Unlimited. Find out more here. Follow us: X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Disclaimer: We make every effort to ensure the information in this podcast is accurate and/ correct at the date of publication, but it is of necessity of a brief and general nature, and this should not replace your own good clinical judgement, or be regarded as a substitute for taking professional advice in appropriate circumstances. In particular, check drug doses, side-effects and interactions with the British National Formulary. Save insofar as any such liability cannot be excluded at law, we do not accept any liability for loss of any type caused by reliance on the information in this podca...

Duration:00:52:01

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Avoid alcohol... and hot headed rash decisions?!

8/4/2023
Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of this month’s Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: And hear how a wedding day best intention went horribly wrong, knocking things sideways! Beat the heat: staying safe in hot weather Effective Approaches to Combat Vaccine Hesitancy Measles on black and brown skin website Send us your feedback podcast@redwhale.co.uk or send a voice message Sign up to receive Pearls here. Pearls are available for 3 months from publish date. After this, you can get access them - plus 100s more articles - when you buy a one-day online course from Red Whale OR sign up to Red Whale Unlimited. Find out more here. Follow us: X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Disclaimer: We make every effort to ensure the information in this podcast is accurate and/ correct at the date of publication, but it is of necessity of a brief and general nature, and this should not replace your own good clinical judgement, or be regarded as a substitute for taking professional advice in appropriate circumstances. In particular, check drug doses, side-effects and interactions with the British National Formulary. Save insofar as any such liability cannot be excluded at law, we do not accept any liability for loss of any type caused by reliance on the information in this podca...

Duration:00:48:30

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Who needs a holiday? How about some free CPD by the sea?...

7/7/2023
Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of this month’s Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: And hear a clinical room calamity from one listener involving a fabulous skirt and a sample pot! Red Whale women’s health team’s episode of Boggled Docs discussing 'Davina McCall's Pill Revolution' : https://www.buzzsprout.com/1300702/13119543-contraception-in-crisis-davina-to-the-rescue GP evidence website: https://gpevidence.org Red Whale and Up: The Adult Cerebral Palsy Movement have joined forces to support primary care with a free one-hour webinar that will explore the unmet health needs of adults living with cerebral palsy: Red Whale Webinars RCPsych responds to BBC Panorama programme on antidepressants: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-features/latest-news/detail/2023/06/19/rcpsych-responds-to-bbc-panorama-programme-on-antidepressants RCGP response to panorama on antidepressants: ‘Prescription anti-depressants play a vital role in the treatment of mental health conditions, says College Chair’ https://www.rcgp.org.uk/News/BBC-panorama-investigation Send us your feedback podcast@redwhale.co.uk or send a voice message Sign up to receive Pearls here. Pearls are available for 3 months from publish date. After this, you can get access them - plus 100s more articles - when you buy a one-day online course from Red Whale OR sign up to Red Whale Unlimited. Find out more here. Follow us: X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Disclaimer: We make every effort to ensure the information in this podcast is accurate and/ correct at the date of publication, but it is of necessity of a brief and general nature, and this should not replace your own good clinical judgement, or be regarded as a substitute for taking professional advice in appropriate circumstances. In particular, check drug doses, side-effects and interactions with the British National Formulary. Save insofar as any such liability cannot be excluded at law, we do not accept any liability for loss of any type caused by reliance on the information in this podca...

Duration:00:52:19

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Save a life, change a life, quality of life…

6/9/2023
Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of this month’s Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: And hear a premonitory account from one listener that might mean you don’t need a shower and a change of clothes before finishing your clinic! Send us your feedback podcast@redwhale.co.uk or send a voice message Sign up to receive Pearls here. Pearls are available for 3 months from publish date. After this, you can get access them - plus 100s more articles - when you buy a one-day online course from Red Whale OR sign up to Red Whale Unlimited. Find out more here. Follow us: X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Disclaimer: We make every effort to ensure the information in this podcast is accurate and/ correct at the date of publication, but it is of necessity of a brief and general nature, and this should not replace your own good clinical judgement, or be regarded as a substitute for taking professional advice in appropriate circumstances. In particular, check drug doses, side-effects and interactions with the British National Formulary. Save insofar as any such liability cannot be excluded at law, we do not accept any liability for loss of any type caused by reliance on the information in this podca...

Duration:00:44:14

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Our first episode

5/17/2023
Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of this month’s Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: And find out about one listeners best intentions to get some physical activity and how they were thwarted by an unexpected encounter. Send us your feedback podcast@redwhale.co.uk or send a voice message Sign up to receive Pearls here. Pearls are available for 3 months from publish date. After this, you can get access them - plus 100s more articles - when you buy a one-day online course from Red Whale OR sign up to Red Whale Unlimited. Find out more here. Follow us: X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Disclaimer: We make every effort to ensure the information in this podcast is accurate and/ correct at the date of publication, but it is of necessity of a brief and general nature, and this should not replace your own good clinical judgement, or be regarded as a substitute for taking professional advice in appropriate circumstances. In particular, check drug doses, side-effects and interactions with the British National Formulary. Save insofar as any such liability cannot be excluded at law, we do not accept any liability for loss of any type caused by reliance on the information in this podca...

Duration:00:39:20

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To vape or not to vape?..and other primary care questions

5/17/2023
Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of this month’s Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: And hear a salutary tale from one listener that might just help you avoid a blood sugar showdown! Send us your feedback podcast@redwhale.co.uk or send a voice message Sign up to receive Pearls here. Pearls are available for 3 months from publish date. After this, you can get access them - plus 100s more articles - when you buy a one-day online course from Red Whale OR sign up to Red Whale Unlimited. Find out more here. Follow us: X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Disclaimer: We make every effort to ensure the information in this podcast is accurate and/ correct at the date of publication, but it is of necessity of a brief and general nature, and this should not replace your own good clinical judgement, or be regarded as a substitute for taking professional advice in appropriate circumstances. In particular, check drug doses, side-effects and interactions with the British National Formulary. Save insofar as any such liability cannot be excluded at law, we do not accept any liability for loss of any type caused by reliance on the information in this podca...

Duration:00:43:22