RCP Medicine Podcast
Episodes
Episode 104: Chronic Kidney Disease: What Every Clinician Needs to Know
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast, Professor Jeremy Levy, consultant nephrologist in London, joins Dr Alex Crowe, consultant physician in Li...
Episode 103: Modern Palliative Care: its Evolving Role, Individualised Prescribing and Honest Conversations at the End of Life
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Bryony Alderman, palliative care consultant and RCP sustainability clinical education fellow, joins Dr Vasiliki Thanopoulou, rheum...
Episode 102: Alcohol-related hepatitis: Diagnosis, Management and Future of care
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast, Professor Ewan Forrest, Consultant Hepatologist at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, joins Dr Jennifer Tham, G...
Episode 101: Acute Liver Failure: Differentials, Deterioration and Decisive Action
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast, transplant hepatologist Dr Mhairi Donnelly joins gastroenterology trainee Dr Jennifer Tham to explore the...
Episode 100: Shaping the Future of Medical Training: Insights from the Next Generation Oversight Group
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast, we explore the pressing challenges facing resident doctors in the NHS and the transformative work of the ...
Episode 99: Health Inequalities in Pregnancy and Postpartum Care
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast, we explore the critical issue of health inequalities during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Joining ...
Episode 98: Unmasking Myositis: A Multisystem Challenge for Every Clinician
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this collaborative episode between the RCP Medicine Podcast and the British Society for Rheumatology’s Talking Rheumatology series, consultant rh...
Episode 97: The acute hot joint
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this RCP Medicine podcast and BSR Talking Rheumatology podcast collaboration Dr Roz Benson and Dr Lisa Waters discuss a challenging case of a patie...
Episode 96: Weight, Wellness and the Mind: Rethinking Clinical Conversations
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast, Dr Sagen Zac-Varghese, Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, East and North Herts Teaching NHS Trust ...
Episode 95: Past, present and future of HIV
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast, Dr Lisa Hamza, HIV and Sexual Health Consultant at St George’s Hospital, London, joins Dr Rohan Mehra, ...
Episode 94: Obesity - person centred care
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine podcast, we delve into the complexities of obesity and the importance of person-centred care. Hosted by Dr Vasilik...
Episode 93 : Reusable Cartridge Insulin Pens – A Sustainable Approach to Diabetes Care
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast, Dr Vincent Simpson, diabetes and endocrine registrar based in Derriford, Plymouth joins Dr Bryony Alderma...
Episode 92: Respiratory - diaphragm palsy
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast, Consultant Respiratory Physician Milind Sovani joins Respiratory Registrar Daniella Draicchio and Foundat...
Episode 91: Giant cell arteritis
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this RCP Medicine podcast and BSR Talking Rheumatology podcast collaboration Dr Pip Watson and Dr Rik Patel discuss an interesting case of a patien...
Episode 90: Sustainability in the NHS
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine podcast, Professor Mark Harber, nephrologist, and RCP sustainability advisor, is joined by Chris Gormley, Chief Su...
Episode 89: Stroke neurorehabilitation
16 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine podcast, Dr Helen Banks, Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine and Training Programme Director for Rehabilitation ...
Episode 88: Mycology Unmasked: What Every Clinician Should Know
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast, Dr Neil Stone, consultant in infectious diseases and microbiology at University College London Hospitals ...
Episode 87: Sickle cell
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RCP Medicine Podcast, Dr Dale Seviar a Consultant Haematologist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is welcomed ...
Episode 86: Taking action on health and healthcare inequalities
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode RCP Medicine Podcast, we are joined by Dr John Dean, Clinical Vice President at the Royal College of Physicians and a physician in Eas...
Episode 85: IBD - Crohn's disease (part 2)
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine podcast, Professor Ailsa Hart and Dr Eathar Shakweh discuss how to approach managing Inflammatory Bowel Disease (I...
Episode 84: IBD - Ulcerative colitis (part 1)
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine podcast, Professor Ailsa Hart and Dr Eathar Shakweh discuss how to approach managing Inflammatory Bowel Disease (I...
Episode 83: Diarrhoea
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RCP Medicine podcasts Dr Racheal Cheek and Dr Ben Chadwick discuss a common presentation to Acute Medicine. We use this as a spring...
Episode 82: Alcohol
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine podcast, Rebecca Kuruvilla, a previous RCP clinical education fellow and an ST7 Clinical Pharmacology and GIM regi...
Episode 81: Sepsis
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RCP Medicine podcasts Dr Racheal Cheek and Dr Ben Chadwick discuss an interesting case involving a deteriorating patient and the ch...
Episode 80: Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT)
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RCP Medicine podcasts Dr Racheal Cheek and Dr Ben Chadwick discuss a challenging case of Deep Venous Thrombosis in a young patient....
Episode 79: Understanding Behavioural Science to Address Health Inequalities
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast, Dr. Rohan Mehra, an Infectious Diseases/Microbiology SPR, discusses the critical role of behavioural scie...
Episode 78: Stroke and neurology
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RCP medicine podcast, Dr Zeina Al-Matlik is joined by Dr John Williamson, a consultant Neurologist and Stroke Physician working in ...
Episode 77: Sustainable QI
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RCP Medicine podcasts, Dr Rebecca Kuruvilla discusses Sustainability in Quality Improvement, also known as the SusQI Framework wi...
Episode 76: Smoking and vaping
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RCP Medicine podcasts, Dr Rebecca Kuruvilla discusses e-cigarettes and vaping with the RCP’s special advisor on Tobacco, Professo...
Episode 75: Health Inequalities and Corporate Influence: Unveiling the Food Industry's Impact
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine podcast's Health Inequalities series, Dr. Rohan Mehra delves into the commercial determinants of health—how...
Episode 74: Osteoporosis
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OsteoporosisListen along to Dr Sagen Zac-Varghese, Dr Amy Purohit and Dr Elinor Roderick as they discuss osteoporosis. They discuss identifying peopl...
Episode 73: Hyponatraemia (a five-step approach)
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen along to Dr Sagen Zac-Varghese and Dr Elinor Roderick as they discuss hyponatraemia. Using analogies and a structured framework (a five-step ap...
Episode 72: Pandemic Preparedness: Are We Ready for the Next Global Threat?
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine podcast, Dr Rohan Mehra, an Infectious Diseases and Microbiology registrar with an interest in conflict and catast...
Episode 71: Women in healthcare-disparities in medicine and leadership
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Dr Rohan Mehra, RCP clinical education fellow, (Infectious diseases/microbiology SPR) and Dr Mumtaz Patel, as they shine a spotlight on fema...
Episode 70: Health inequalities and Race
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Dr Rohan Mehra, RCP clinical education fellow, (Infectious diseases/microbiology SPR) and Professor Habib Naqvi as they highlight health ine...
Episode 69: Medical practice in adults with a learning disability
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Dr Charly Annesley (Consultant Learning Disability physician) and Dr Rebecca Kuruvilla (RCP clinical education fellow and Clinical Pharmacol...
Episode 68: Inequalities in healthcare - differential attainment
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Dr Rohan Mehra, RCP clinical education fellow, (Infectious diseases/microbiology SPR) and Dr Mumtaz Patel, as they shine a spotlight on diff...
Episode 67: Fever in the returning traveller - A hot topic
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever been unsure of how to deal with the patient that turns up in A&E having travelled to some far flung places sweating profusely? Then this one ...
Episode 66: Health Inequalities- Homelessness
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Dr Rohan Mehra (Infectious diseases/microbiology SPR), Dr Pippa Medcalf and Peter Bull as they discuss health inequalities for people experi...
Episode 65: Training matters- Research; trainees’ insights from working in research
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Dr Rohan Mehra (RCP education fellow/Infectious diseases and microbiology SPR), Dr Merle Henderson and Dr Josh Elliott as they discuss resea...
Episode 64: Sustainability and climate change – why should physicians be interested?
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Dr Mark Harber (RCP special adviser on healthcare sustainability and Consultant Nephrologist at the Royal Free Hospital) and Dr Rebecca Kuru...
Episode 63: Health inequalities in the LGBTQIA+ Community what’s going on and what can you do?
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Dr Rohan Mehra (RCP education fellow/Infectious diseases and microbiology SPR) and Professor Catherine Meads as they discuss the vast Health...
Episode 62: Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis - Fever, Ferritin and Falling counts
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis or HLH, heard of the concept but never certain when it applies? Unsure of how to diagnose or manage it? Listen al...
Episode 61: Teaching under pressure - Part 2: focus on procedures
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second podcast in this two-part series Dr Raisah Khaliq and Dr Joseph Cox, both education fellows at the RCP, explore how trainees can approach...
Episode 60: Teaching under pressure - Part 1: never too busy to learn
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is the first in a two-part series. In this podcast, Dr Raisah Khaliq, a clinical education fellow at the RCP, interviews Dr Androniki Abe...
Episode 59: Stress and Storm? Managing Healthcare in Adolescence and Transition
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Dr Rohana Wright, consultant in diabetes and endocrinology, and Dr Rory Conn, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, explore ad...
Episode 58: Lethal discrimination. Why patients with serious psychiatric conditions have poor physical health?
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast Dr Jasmine Lee, education fellow at the RCP, is joined by Dr Kyra Neubauer, consultant geriatrician. They explore the poor physical he...
Episode 57: Medico-legal issues in healthcare: Part 2
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In part two of this podcast Dr Alastair Thompson, fellow of the RCP, consultant paediatrician and expert in medico-legal work is joined by Jenny Tetlo...
Episode 56: Medico-legal issues in healthcare: Part 1
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In part one of this podcast Dr Alastair Thompson, fellow of the RCP, consultant paediatrician and expert in medico-legal work is joined by Jenny Tetlo...
Episode 55: Professor Sir Michael Marmot on health inequity: Part 2
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode continues the conversation between Professor Sir Michael Marmot and Dr Jasmine Lee as they discuss the challenges faced now following ove...
Episode 54: Professor Sir Michael Marmot on health inequity: Part 1
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Professor Sir Michael Marmot and Dr Jasmine Lee discuss the impact of social determinants of health inequity looking at research and policie...
Episode 53: Transition gap analysis
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Medicine Zoë Fleet, Curriculum and credentials manager at the RCP and previous Curriculum and assessment manager at the Joint Roya...
Episode 52: Clean Air
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Dr Ian Sinha and Dr Laura Gordge discuss the effects of air pollution, in recognition of ‘Clean Air day’ on 16 June 2022. Dr Ian Sinha ...
Episode 50: Health Inequalities (Drug Addiction)
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Seun Anyiam and Dr Molly Bradbury discuss the impact of drug abuse. Dr Seun Anyiam is a regional representative of the RCP Trainees committee, work...
Episode 49: Health Inequalities (Ethnicity and Health Inequalities)
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Dr Veena Raleigh, epidemiologist and Senior Fellow of The King's Fund and Dr Ajay Verma, consultant gastroenterologist at Kettering Gen...
Episode 48: Health Inequalities (Air Pollution)
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jenny Baverstock and Professor Stephen Holgate discuss air pollution and health.RCP Links Education Events Membership Improving care Policy and ca...
Episode 47: Health Inequalities (Sustainability)
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Florence Wedmore, a junior doctor and education fellow, talks about sustainable healthcare with Jyoti Baharani, a renal physician.RCP...
Episode 46: Health Inequalities (Smoking)
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
RCP Links Education Events Membership Improving care Policy and campaigns RCP Social Media Instagram LinkedIn Facebook X Bluesky Music: Episode 5...
Episode 45: Paracetamol
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Amie and Dr Nerys Conway discuss toxicology, specifically the effects of paracetamol, and the treatment of overdose in acute ...
Episode 44: Health Inequalities (Obesity)
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode for World Obesity Day, Dr Seun Anyiam and Professor John Wilding discuss all things obesity, including how to tackle the incre...
Episode 43: Chest Pain and Pregnant
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
RCP Links Education Events Membership Improving care Policy and campaigns RCP Social Media Instagram LinkedIn Facebook X Bluesky Music: Episode 5...
Episode 42: Health Inequalities
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Dr Seun Anyiam and Professor Carol Brayne discuss the issue of health inequalities and explore how the unconscious biases of ...
Episode 41: Stroke
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Doctor Burbridge speaks again with Cat Atkin, and they discuss being on the overnight stroke team.FundingThis podcast has bee...
Episode 40: UTI
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today Doctor Burbridge is joined by Cat Atkin, an acute medicine trainee, to discuss the case of a 37 year-old lady with lower back pain and vomiting....
Episode 39: Professor Andrew Goddard
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amie chats with Professor Andrew Goddard, President of the RCP, about how Covid-19 has altered the clinical landscape, and also about his personal exp...
Episode 38: A Tale of Two Cases Part 2.
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the second of a two-parter, Amie and Hussain discuss a case of a 90 year-old lady who also has a shortness of breath...FundingThis podcast has been...
Episode 37: A Tale of Two Cases Part 1: Hyperkalemia
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of a two-parter, Hussain and Amie discuss a 70 year-old man admitted with breathlessness...FundingThis podcast has been made with an educ...
Episode 36: Classic Covid Case?
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Hussain returns to talk to Amie about a case she dealt with early on in the Covid-19 pandemic.FundingThis podcast has been ma...
Episode 35: Decisions During Covid-19
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Amie and Dr Chris Bassford discuss decision making during this especially challenging time.FundingThis podcast has been made ...
Episode 34: Postpartum Headache
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 34, Amie considers the case of a woman, 3 days postpartum, who is admitted with a headache.RCP Links Education Events Membership Improving...
Episode 33: Inflammatory Bowel
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 33: Inflammatory Bowel by RCP LondonRCP Links Education Events Membership Improving care Policy and campaigns RCP Social Media Instagram Li...
Episode 32: Multiple Myeloma
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Amie and special guest, Cat Atkin (acute medicine trainee), talk about a case of an elderly patient who's recently been feeling more an...
Episode 31: Breathlessness
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 31: Breathlessness by RCP LondonRCP Links Education Events Membership Improving care Policy and campaigns RCP Social Media Instagram Linked...
Episode 30: Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 30, Amie and Cat Atkin, a NIHR clinical lecturer and acute medical registrar, discuss acute back pain on call and who best to turn to for a...
Episode 29: Toxins and Poisons Part One
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Amie and guest presenter Dr Nerys Conway discuss commonly misused drugs and their effects.RCP Links Education Events Membership Improving c...
Episode 28: Anti-coagulation and Bleeding (Featuring Professor Cheng-Hock Toh)
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Amie is joined by the Academic Vice president of the RCP, Professor Cheng-Hock Toh.Amie and Cheng-Hock discuss a difficult case of bleeding ...
Episode 27: Breaking Bad News
17 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amie and Bryony discuss breaking bad news, using some difficult cases they have been involved in.eLearning: Breaking bad newsRCP Links Education Even...
Episode 26: Leg Weakness and Pain
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of series 2, Amie and Bryony discuss a rock climber with uncommon symptoms...Links Clinical Treatment Guidelines - RSDSAComplex ...
Episode 25: Diabetic Ketoacidosis
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amie and Hussain are back with another medical emergency. This week it’s diabetic ketoacidosis. Investigations and management are discussed. Amie ex...
Episode 24: Decompensated Liver Disease
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amie and Akon approach a difficult case of jaundice. How to manage decompensated liver disease and the latest guidelines are discussed. Amie covers th...
Episode 23: Let's Talk About Vitamins
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amie and Hussain discuss a case with a very unexpected cause. Amie revisits the Kreb's cycle. Hussain remains baffled.RCP Links Education Events...
Episode 22: Acute Kidney Injury
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 22: Acute Kidney Injury by RCP LondonRCP Links Education Events Membership Improving care Policy and campaigns RCP Social Media Instagram L...
Episode 21: A Case of Odd Behaviour
13 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amie and Dr Becky Chubb take us through the case of an 82 year old who has a surprising diagnosis...RCP Links Education Events Membership Improving c...
Episode 20: Another Crisis
06 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Education Fellow, Dr Akon Esara, takes us through the key points of a frequent attender. RCP Links Education Events Membership Improving care Policy...
Episode 19: Gut Instinct - Upper GI Bleed
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Hussain and Amie discuss their general medical approach to Upper GI bleed management, with a little help from a couple of famous name...
Episode 18: Delirium Myths and Legends
23 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In her second guest episode, consultant psychiatrist Dr Becky Chubb goes through the key points of delirium diagnosis and management.RCP Links Educat...
Episode 17: Never to be Forgotten
16 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hussain and Amie delve into an unusual case where a very commonly prescribed drug becomes the focus.Sepsis in adults - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatme...
Episode 16: A Right Pain In The Back
02 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amie and Hussain unpick a case with this most common of symptoms, presenting to an ambulatory care unit. RCP Links Education Events Membership Impro...
Episode 15: Liaising With a Psychiatrist
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amie and guest consultant psychiatrist- Dr Becky Chubb- take us through the key points of mental health in medicine, including the all-important menta...
Episode 14: Night Fever
19 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RCP Medicine podcast, Amie and Hussain de-brief about a case presenting with fever, weight loss and night sweats. All is not as...
Episode 13: Hyponatraemia
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 13, Hussain and Amie compare their generalist approaches to the ‘low sodium’ resultRCP Links Education Events Membership Improving car...
Episode 12: Pleural Effusion Part 2
05 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hussain recalls the drainage of a hepatic hydrothorax, and a rare complication.RCP Links Education Events Membership Improving care Policy and campai...
Episode 11: Bones, Moans, Stones And Groans
28 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Amie explores the investigation and management of hypercalcaemia.RCP Links Education Events Membership Improving care Policy and campaigns ...
Episode 10: 'Flu-monia'
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amie gives her take on the guidelines of pneumonia management, sometimes complicated by influenza.RCP Links Education Events Membership Improving car...
Episode 9: Pleural Effusion Part 1
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Hussain recalls a case presenting to the acute medical take with a unilateral pleural effusion, highlighting key initial investigations and ...
Episode 8: Meningitis on the Acute Take
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amie recollects a serious case which highlights the importance of prompt recognition, and treatment, of meningitis.RCP LinksEducation and learningEven...
Episode 7: To LP or not LP
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Amie investigates the evidence-base behind lumbar punctures and headachesResourcesSpontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Systematic Review a...
Episode 6: Just One More To See
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amie recollects a serious case which highlights the importance of prompt recognition, and treatment, of meningitis.RCP Links Education Events Members...
Episode 5: A Difficult Day
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 5, Hussain discusses a tragic case that highlights the challenges of having difficult conversations during a busy on-call shift.RCP Links ...
Episode 4: COPD in a Hurry
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Hussain runs through the management of COPD presentations on the acute take, with some important points about smoking (and vaping!).R...