Boggled Docs

Send a text This week Nik is joined by low carb GP Dr David Unwin and clinical psychologist Dr Jen Unwin to discuss the fascinating and worrying topic of sugar addiction in the context of ultra processed foods and the recent BBC documentary with Dr Chris van Tulleken "What are we feeding our kids?" Are we a nation of carb and sugar addicts? We also have our usual look at the medical news...

Send a text This week Nik is joined by Dr Naren Senthil Nathan to discuss the Netflix documentary 'The Playbook. Doc Rivers: A Coach's Rules for Life'. We discover Ubuntu which means "I am, because you are" and explore the concept that a person is a person through other people. What can we learn from this, and how can it help us to navigate the current primary care crisis?...

Send a text This week Nik is joined by Dr James Thambyrajah again, and their discussion turns out to have a distinct mental health theme. The main focus is Tom Holland's recent movie on Apple  TV + 'Cherry'. Could this lead to a patient presenting to us in primary care with PTSD- would you be ready for them? We also have the usual look at the medical news headlines and the week in d...

Send a text This week Dr Lucy Cox and Dr Helen Barnes from Red Whale's women's health team join Nik to discuss the recent Channel 4 documentary 'Davina McCall: Sex, Myths and the Menopause'. It's great to have the menopause being discussed on prime time TV, and it certainly gave us a lot to talk about as we tried to see the issues brought up from different angles. Was it f...

Send a text This week GP Dr Jess Harland is back, and talks to us about ‘The Surrogates’ a documentary first shown on BBC3, and now available on the iPlayer. This leads to an interesting conversation where we realise that all of us have our own experience of the fertility journey, and we don’t need to have experienced it all to be able to empathise with others. We also have the usual medical news...

Send a text This week our guest is Nick Inge CEO of iTrust Assurance, a whistleblowing consultancy. He is also a former police officer who has worked in counter terrorism and is the ideal person to give us the inside track on the drama of the moment: 'Line Of Duty' on BBC TV. What does he predict will happen? Who is the fourth man?! We talk about how wrong doing and corruption might pres...

Send a text This week consultant paediatrician Dr Jamie Carter joins Nik to discuss the BBC documentary series 'Football's darkest secret', and the child abuse that football ignored. Decades later, the survivors' voices have finally been heard. At least 50% of your safeguarding Level 3 training should be met through participatory (interactive) events. However, by listening to t...

Send a text This week Nottingham GP Dr Jamie Parker joins Nik to talk about the Netflix film starring Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes, 'The Dig'-  and how watching this might lead on to discussions regarding end of life care. How can we get better at these difficult conversations? There's also the usual look at the medical news headlines and the week on daytime TV. Twitter: @Boggle...

Send a text This week GP Katharine McClenaghan joins Nik to talk about the documentary available on Curzon: " The Ponds" which charts a year in the lives of the men and women who swim in the cold water of the ponds at Hampstead Heath- some of them on a daily basis. It's a joyful and uplifting documentary, but is there any science behind the anecdotal benefits evident for all the par...

Send a text Vulnerability or oversharing? Only one of them takes courage... For this episode, Nik's joined by Dr Caroline Walker: psychiatrist, therapist, speaker, trainer, coach, and founder of The Joyful Doctor. They want YOU to feel better this week, so they're discussing the inspirational Netflix documentary  'Brené Brown: The Call to Courage' , and use it as a springboard...

Send a text This week Nik is joined again by GP Abbie Brooks to discuss the most talked about show of the season! What can Regency era London seen in Bridgerton teach us about birth control knowledge amongst young people today, and engaging with patients via social media? Quite a lot in fact!... We also have the usual look at the medical news headlines and the past week in daytime TV. Twitter: @Bo...

Send a text In a week when there were two high profile documentaries about suicide on TV, Nik is joined by Dr Lee David -a GP and CBT therapist with special interests in mental health and resilience, compassion, behaviour change and education for health professionals. We discuss the BBC documentary 'Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency' and the Channel 4 documentary ' Caroline Flack : H...

Send a text This week Dr Nighat Arif, who you might know from her work as a GP and women's health specialist on 'BBC Breakfast' and 'This Morning', joins Nik to discuss the hard hitting BBC drama ' I May Destroy You'. We discuss how to prepare to make sure you are ready if a patient discloses that they have been sexually assaulted. We have the usual look at the h...

Send a text This week  Nik's joined by Philippa Harris, who is a learning disability liaison nurse, to discuss the BBC documentary  'Katie Price: Harvey and me". How does Philippa help patients with learning disability that come into hospital either for acute or elective admissions? What could we be doing better in primary care? We have the usual look at the news headlines, daytime...

Send a text Jill, Ritchie, Colin, Roscoe, Ash and Gregory had such an impact on everyone who watched, that we couldn't just cover the first 2 epsiodes. This week Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan and Dr Rex Melville are back to talk about the final 3 episodes of 'It's A Sin'. We've had several messages from people sharing their experiences of what it was like caring for patients with...

Send a text This week GP Dr Jess Harland joins Nik to talk about how we deal with complaints in primary care. For this we needed an example of conflict and a toxic relationship... Where better to look than the drama of sizzling hot reality show 'Married At First Sight Australia' currently on streaming service All4? We  have our usual look at the medical news headlines- and one of the tab...

Send a text This week we're joined by legendary GP Steve Pratt. With a background in public health and training as a mindfulness teacher, who better to look at the recent paper regarding the effectiveness of low carb diets in the remission of diabetes AND to review the new Headspace TV show on Netflix? There's a 'Million Pound Question' to help you remember the Simon Broome cri...

Send a text This week we are joined by two HIV specialists to talk about 'It's A Sin' the new Channel 4 drama from Russell. T. Davies which doesn't pull any punches in dealing with the 1980s AIDS crisis.  Dr Rex Melville was involved in testing and managing patients with HIV from the beginning of the epidemic- initially in Melbourne and Sydney and then from 1993 in London, so h...

Send a text This week GP Annie Keeley joins us to talk about the BBC documentary 'The Truth About...Improving Your Mental Health'.  It's offical! Listening to Boggled Docs whilst exercising is good for your mental health... other podcasts are available ;) We also chat about the gut biome and how probiotics have been shown to improve mood. The benefits of social prescribing and how i...

Send a text This week GP Dr Abbie Brooks joins us to talk about the recent BBC show " The truth about boosting your immune system" which was presented by Dr Ronx- they had some great information to share in a very interesting documentary.  Who knew that eating enough fibre, haviong enough vitamin D, moderate exercise, getting enough sleep, 30 second cold showers and having massages could...

Send a text This week we're joined by GP Dr Osman Bhatti as we look at how easy it is to overindulge during the festive period and how we can help our patients with positive lifestyle changes by employing the GRIN model from Jen and David Unwin. We also have the usual look at the medical news headlines and the past week in daytime TV.  Twitter: @BoggledDocs Instagram: @BoggledDocs #BDdose #BD...

Send a text This week we head back to simpler times- do you remember August? Oh to be able to have a conversation about hot nights, thunderstorms and flying ants! As promised, we're releasing one of our pilot episodes as GP Charlotte Hart joins Nik to talk about an episode of "Casualty" on BBC1 ( still available on iPlayer) that dealt with a major character living with bipolar disor...

Send a text This week, in our Christmas episode, Nik is joined again by GP Fiona Ritchie to talk about "Last Christmas" starring Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding . It's  a fantastic seasonal watch, but also has some very strong health related themes to discuss. It has the potential to pack a massive emotional punch with some of our patients too, especially in these difficult times. A...

Send a text This week Nik is joined by doctors Tabitha Morrison and Fenella Powell, two great friends from medical school, to talk about the Channel 4 show "Naked Attraction". How did the show evolve and what do we think it's trying to achieve? Does it deliver? Whatever the case, it may result in patients coming to consult with us regarding body image and self esteem concerns. Would...

Send a text This week Nik is joined by GPs Lucy Cox and Helen Barnes to talk about the Netflix drama "Sex Education".  What happens when a boy at secondary school whose mother happens to be a sex therapist gives out sex therapy advice without any formal training?! We talk about body confidence in teenagers, contraception and STIs amongst other issues. There's the usual look at recen...