Red Whale Primary Care Pod

Are you ready for the autumn asthma spike?

Obesity and weight management in pregnancy; plus CBT for menopausal symptoms: hero, villain or just difficult to access?

Gonorrhoea: prevention through vaccination. Also, emotionally-based school avoidance.

It's getting hot in here... hyperhidrosis. And hepatitis C: curable in more than 95% of affected individuals

Contraception, weight and GLP-1s. Plus, there is NO safe level of drinking alcohol: the missed message?

E-cigarettes and vapes… in the news again

Hyperkalaemia- who needs admission and who can be managed in the community?

The gut microbiome: what do we need to know; and multiple sclerosis: suspecting it and supporting patients.

Why do people living with severe mental illness (SMI) face one of the greatest health equality gaps in the UK?

Two challenges in primary care: Lynch syndrome and pelvic inflammatory disease

Neurodiversity in the workforce, and spotting and supporting those with Parkinson's disease

Spotting myeloma…let’s make it less tricky

Anabolic steroid use - body image issues and the pursuit of a muscular physique

I've got a pain in my foot... and these mouth ulcers won't clear up...

Fast steps: the evidence about dance for health, and supporting patients through Ramadan

Something we never want to miss, and something we might have missed... cauda equina syndrome, and the new NICE guidance on menopause- any changes to our practice?

Do physical activity monitors actually help us get moving?

The wellbeing episode- supporting ourselves, family members and patients

Spotting pertussis and antibiotic prophylaxis for STIs

Why don’t we have a national screening programme for prostate cancer in the UK?

Which itchy condition has a quality-of-life reduction similar to patients waiting for a CABG?

Gut microbiome: cutting through the noise

HRT, bleeding and endometrial cancer... Have you had more phone calls and e-consults?

Where do broken hearts go?

Alopecia: when to reassure, when a prompt referral to secondary care is needed, and everything in between...

HRT regimens and progestogen dosing: time to change our practice?

Help with decision fatigue when managing all types of anaemia in primary care

Should I worry about aminoglycoside antibiotic ear drops causing deafness?

Untreated, 50% of men and 30% of women with this condition will have had a myocardial infarction by the age of 60

A non-surgical treatment for phimosis with a success rate up to 95%?

Does spironolactone have a role in acne management?

Which syndrome increases the risk of melanoma by 5–20-fold?

Lifestyle matters, dying matters

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

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

Can you name the five eating disorder subtypes?

Is there post-exposure prophylaxis for measles?

In which scenario should you NEVER use a pulse oximeter?

Ageing, prevention, retention, crisis...

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

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

When assertiveness bites... baby!

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

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

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

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

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