In this episode of the RCP Medicine podcast, Professor Ailsa Hart and Dr Eathar Shakweh discuss how to approach managing Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in the acute medical setting. This is the second episode of a 2-part series, with a focus on Crohn's disease. IBD is a common condition, affecting 1 in 123 people in the UK. The 2024 State of the IBD Care in the UK report highlighted the urgent need to shorten time to diagnosis and initiate early treatment to minimise the risk of IBD-related co...
Jun 24, 2025•25 min
In this episode of the RCP Medicine podcast, Professor Ailsa Hart and Dr Eathar Shakweh discuss how to approach managing Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in the acute medical setting. This is the first episode of a 2-part series, with a focus on ulcerative colitis. IBD is a common condition, affecting 1 in 123 people in the UK. The 2024 State of the IBD Care in the UK report highlighted the urgent need to shorten time to diagnosis and initiate early treatment to minimise the risk of IBD-related ...
Jun 13, 2025•24 min
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 springboard to discuss the differences that near patient testing can make in assisting rapid diagnosis and management on the Acute Medicine Unit, and how this can influence length of stay. Dr Ben Chadwick is an Acute Medicine Consultant at Southampton General Hospital. He has a specialist interest in Medical Education and has previously been Training Pro...
Jun 02, 2025•28 min
In this episode of the RCP Medicine podcast, Rebecca Kuruvilla, a previous RCP clinical education fellow and an ST7 Clinical Pharmacology and GIM registrar talks with Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, an honorary consultant physician with a specialist interest in liver disease. They discuss the rising issue of alcohol-related harm in the UK, the impact of Covid-19 on alcohol misuse, and the role of regulation in reducing health harms. Professor Gilmore also shares insights on the changing drinking cult...
Apr 30, 2025•43 min
In this episode of RCP Medicine podcasts Dr Racheal Cheek and Dr Ben Chadwick discuss an interesting case involving a deteriorating patient and the challenges around appropriate escalation of care in the acute setting. We discuss the difficulties that can occur when dealing with a deteriorating patient, and think about different strategies to ensure that the right care can be given in the right environment. Dr Ben Chadwick is an Acute Medicine Consultant at Southampton General Hospital. He has a...
Apr 08, 2025•44 min
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. We discuss potential causes, and options for treatment, with reference to NICE guidance Dr Ben Chadwick is an Acute Medicine Consultant at Southampton General Hospital. He has a specialist interest in Medical Education and has previously been Training Programme Director for Acute Internal Medicine in Wessex and has chaired the Acute Internal Medic...
Mar 14, 2025•32 min
In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast, Dr. Rohan Mehra, an Infectious Diseases/Microbiology SPR, discusses the critical role of behavioural science in addressing health inequalities. Decreased vaccine uptake and lack of engagement with healthcare services are pressing issues, particularly among those affected by health disparities. To shed light on these challenges, Rohan is joined by Professor Susan Michie, a leading expert in health psychology and behaviour change from University College...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 20 min
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 Liverpool, to discuss one of the leading causes worldwide for disability - Strokes. Whether you are a healthcare provider, caregiver, or a stroke survivor, this podcast covers everything you need to know about the vital ins and outs of stroke. This episode unpacks essential topics such as recognizing the warning signs of strokes and acting FAST, ( ...
Dec 20, 2024•32 min
In this episode of RCP Medicine podcasts, Dr Rebecca Kuruvilla discusses Sustainability in Quality Improvement, also known as the SusQI Framework with Dr Ayoma Ratnappuli. Ayoma is an HIV/Genitourinary Medicine specialist registrar working in South London has an out of programme experience with the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare as an Education Fellow, a role she now continues with alongside her clinical training. The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare works to embed and spread SusQI into unde...
Nov 29, 2024•52 min
In this episode of RCP Medicine podcasts, Dr Rebecca Kuruvilla discusses e-cigarettes and vaping with the RCP’s special advisor on Tobacco, Professor Sanjay Agrawal. It is an area that many physicians are unclear on how to advise their patients on. In this episode, Sanjay aims to shed a light on e-cigarettes and their role on health and he will also discuss the recent report he has co-authored “ E-cigarettes and harm reduction: an evidence review ” for the RCP. Sanjay will explain how we should ...
Nov 15, 2024•38 min
In this episode of the RCP Medicine podcast's Health Inequalities series, Dr. Rohan Mehra delves into the commercial determinants of health—how private sector activities influence health outcomes and deepen inequalities. This episode focuses on the food industry, examining how corporate actions like product design, marketing, and lobbying can negatively impact public health. Joining Rohan is Dr. Chris Van Tulleken, an infectious diseases consultant at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London...
Oct 24, 2024•55 min
Osteoporosis Listen along to Dr Sagen Zac-Varghese, Dr Amy Purohit and Dr Elinor Roderick as they discuss osteoporosis. They discuss identifying people with osteoporosis, investigating for causes of falls and secondary causes of osteoporosis, use of FRAX, understanding bone mineral density, and, management to reduce fracture risk, including diet, exercise and medications. Sagen Zac-Varghese is a consultant in diabetes, endocrinology and general internal medicine and lead for undergraduate studen...
Oct 10, 2024•36 min
Listen along to Dr Sagen Zac-Varghese and Dr Elinor Roderick as they discuss hyponatraemia. Using analogies and a structured framework (a five-step approach), they talk you through diagnosing and managing people with hyponatraemia, walk you through a case and, illustrate how to discuss this with your patients. Sagen Zac-Varghese is a consultant in diabetes, endocrinology and general internal medicine and lead for undergraduate students at the East and North Herts NHS Trust. She is the RCP educat...
Sep 27, 2024•29 min
In this episode of the RCP Medicine podcast, Dr Rohan Mehra, an Infectious Diseases and Microbiology registrar with an interest in conflict and catastrophe medicine, delves into the critical issue of pandemic preparedness. As we reflect on the challenges faced during the COVID-19, and other pandemics, the question remains: how ready are we for the next inevitable outbreak? Joining Dr. Mehra is Professor Tom Solomon, a leading expert with nearly three decades of experience in emerging infections....
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Listen to Dr Rohan Mehra, RCP clinical education fellow, (Infectious diseases/microbiology SPR) and Dr Mumtaz Patel, as they shine a spotlight on female leadership in healthcare. They discuss many of the issues facing women in leadership position within healthcare and the challenges faced in reaching those positions. Inequality remains deeply engrained within the healthcare workforce and urgently needs addressed and Mumtaz and Rohan outline how this could be done. Dr Mumtaz Patel is a consultant...
Aug 02, 2024•42 min
Listen to Dr Rohan Mehra, RCP clinical education fellow, (Infectious diseases/microbiology SPR) and Professor Habib Naqvi as they highlight health inequalities that exist due to race and what you can do to improve this situation. Sadly, racism is still pervasive in society and healthcare is not immune from this and needs urgently addressed. They explore some of the inequalities that exist due to race, how they need to be tackled and what you can do in your daily practice to try and address these...
Jul 15, 2024•48 min
Listen to Dr Charly Annesley (Consultant Learning Disability physician) and Dr Rebecca Kuruvilla (RCP clinical education fellow and Clinical Pharmacology and GIM registrar) discuss health inequalities in the population of patients living with a learning disability and why we need more physicians who are trained in this area of medicine. They also talk to Dr Alex Tyler who is an ST6 registrar in Geriatrics and GIM who is completing a PG certificate in Medical Practice in Adult Learning Disability...
Jun 14, 2024•30 min
Listen to Dr Rohan Mehra, RCP clinical education fellow, (Infectious diseases/microbiology SPR) and Dr Mumtaz Patel, as they shine a spotlight on differential attainment in healthcare. This is a pervasive issue within UK healthcare which requires work from everyone. Here Rohan and Mumtaz illustrate the issue, how it impacts people and what you can do to try and make a difference. Dr Mumtaz Patel is a consultant in nephrology in Manchester as well as Senior censor and Vice President for education...
Jun 07, 2024•36 min
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 is for you! Listen along as Dr Alex Kew delivers a masterclass on how to treat a patient with an acute undifferentiated fever, at times, ably assisted by Dr Rohan Mehra (Infectious diseases/Microbiology SPR). They provide you with a framework to help with even the trickiest cases that will allow you to get to the bottom of what is going on. Dr Alex...
Mar 29, 2024•1 hr 33 min
Listen to Dr Rohan Mehra (Infectious diseases/microbiology SPR), Dr Pippa Medcalf and Peter Bull as they discuss health inequalities for people experiencing homelessness. Pete shares some powerful accounts of times he has interacted with healthcare when he was without a permanent residence. He highlights the negatives, but also important steps healthcare professionals can take to make the situation better. Pippa describes how her hospital have introduced systems to best help those experiencing h...
Feb 19, 2024•38 min
Listen to Dr Rohan Mehra (RCP education fellow/Infectious diseases and microbiology SPR), Dr Merle Henderson and Dr Josh Elliott as they discuss research as a trainee. They discuss what a day as a trainee involved in research looks like and how varied that can be, whilst providing helpful tips to anyone thinking of getting involved in research, and what the RCP is doing to promote research in healthcare. Dr Merle Henderson is undertaking a PhD exploring biomarkers of neuronal inflammation, immun...
Jan 26, 2024•36 min
Listen to Dr Mark Harber (RCP special adviser on healthcare sustainability and Consultant Nephrologist at the Royal Free Hospital) and Dr Rebecca Kuruvilla (RCP clinical education fellow and Clinical pharmacology/GIM registrar) discuss why sustainability is an issue that all clinicians working in the NHS need to be concerned about. They also discuss simple ways healthcare workers can have an impact on climate change in their day-to-day practice. Below are links to some of the documents discussed...
Jan 05, 2024•26 min
Listen to Dr Rohan Mehra (RCP education fellow/Infectious diseases and microbiology SPR) and Professor Catherine Meads as they discuss the vast Health inequalities facing LGBTQIA+ communities. They outline practical steps that you as a clinician can take to ensure you do not contribute to or worsen health inequalities in your local environment as well as suggestions at national level to help tackle this issue. Professor Catherine Meads is a senior systematic reviewer at Anglia Ruskin university ...
Dec 15, 2023•39 min
Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis or HLH, heard of the concept but never certain when it applies? Unsure of how to diagnose or manage it? Listen along as Dr Rohan Mehra (RCP education fellow/Infectious diseases and microbiology SPR) and Dr Alexis Jones (Rhematology consultant, UCLH) discuss a clinical case and provide key points to remember so that you can identify when HLH might be the problem, who to call and what to do to tackle this potentially devastating condition. Links https://www.hist...
Dec 13, 2023•51 min
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 teaching on clinical procedures. They explore the difficulties of teaching practical skills with the recent NHS service demands, and proactive approaches to make the most of opportunities that arise. They also discuss the potential benefits to the workforce of changing the culture towards procedural education. In the second part of this podcast we...
May 30, 2023•22 min
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 Abelidis who is an acute physician. The podcast explores ways in which on the job teaching can be embedded into the day regardless of however busy the clinical environment may be. Tried and tested tips and tricks are shared as well as ways in which junior clinicians can be made to take the lead on their own learning. There is also an introduction to t...
May 25, 2023•25 min
In this episode Dr Rohana Wright, consultant in diabetes and endocrinology, and Dr Rory Conn, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, explore adolescent healthcare and the importance of positive interactions during this period of life. To learn more you can visit the RCP Young Adults and Adolescents Steering Group (YAASG) webpage. Rohana and Rory mention several resources during this podcast, you can access them here: Adolescent Health Programme: www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/adolescent-heal...
Feb 24, 2023•44 min
In this podcast Dr Jasmine Lee, education fellow at the RCP, is joined by Dr Kyra Neubauer, consultant geriatrician. They explore the poor physical health of patients with serious mental illness and discuss how over many decades the lost opportunities to address this problem has meant there has been no improvement in the significant morbidity and reduced life expectancy of this group. To learn more about this topic access the Royal College of Physicians signs UK-wide consensus statement on worki...
Jan 04, 2023•37 min
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 Tetlow, a solicitor who represents claimants in clinical negligence claims. They explore the process by which clinical negligence claims are managed by NHS Trusts, record keeping and how we can learn from mistakes. Profile link for Jenny Tetlow Sound credit: bensound.com...
Dec 09, 2022•23 min
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 Tetlow, a solicitor who represents claimants in clinical negligence claims. They explore clinical negligence claims from both the claimant’s and defendant’s point of view, and why patients may make a legal claim for compensation. Profile link for Jenny Tetlow Sound credit: bensound.com...
Dec 02, 2022•25 min
