Red Whale Primary Care Pod

Send us a text 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.  In the second of two episodes this month, Ali and Nik discuss:  E-cigarettes and vapes… in the news again. The recent ban on the sale of single-use, disposable vapes has been implemented, in part, because disposable vapes...

Send us a text 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.  In the first of two episodes this month, Ali and Nik discuss:  Potassium 6.1… what should we do? We share a GEMS: assessing and managing hyperkalaemia in primary care. Cancer, sexuality and gender: supporting LGBTQIA+ peo...

Send us a text 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.  In the second of two episodes this month, Ali and Nik discuss:  The gut microbiome: what do we need to know? What is known, and what just isn’t known? Multiple sclerosis: suspecting it and supporting patients. Listen as s...

Send us a text 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.  In the first of two episodes this month, Ali and Nik discuss:  Glue ear: should we refer as soon as we suspect? Contraception after a diagnosis of breast cancer: supporting choice. Physical health and severe mental illnes...

Send us a text 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.  In the second of two episodes this month, Ali and Nik discuss:  Lynch syndrome: what’s the role of primary care? How can people access testing, and what support and surveillance can be offered?  Diagnosing pelvic inflamma...

Send us a text 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.  In the first of two episodes this month, Ali and Nik discuss:  Neurodiversity in the workforce. We’ve been teaching about autism, ADHD and the umbrella approach to neurodiversity on our digital and face to face courses. Y...

Send us a text 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.  In the second of two episodes this month, Fiona and Nik discuss:  What jumped out at us from our brand new video byte: ‘Ramadan - Impact on diabetes and other chronic illnesses’ Spotting Myeloma… let’s make it less tricky...

Send us a text Grab your trainers, your dog lead, your gardening clothes 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.  In the first of two episodes this month, Fiona and Nik discuss:  Anabolic steroid use. Body image concerns and pursuing an increasingly muscular appearance is becoming a growing issue, particularly...

Send us a text 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.  In the second of two episodes this month, Ali and Nik discuss:  ‘I’ve got a pain in my foot.’ Do you feel less confident when consulting about feet? We can help… ‘These mouth ulcers won’t clear up.’ We talk about Behçet’s...

Send us a text Grab your trainers, your dog lead, your dancing shoes 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.  In the first of two episodes this month, Ali, Nik and special guests Hussain Al-Zubaidi and Osman Bhatti discuss:  Dance for health. What is the evidence that this helps. Which disease is particularly h...

Send us a text 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.  In the second of two episodes this month, Fiona and Nik discuss:  Spinal cord compression and cauda equina syndrome. They’re on our (long!) list of things we never want to miss. They’re uncommon presentations, but they ca...

Send us a text 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.  In the first of two episodes this month, Fiona and Nik discuss:  Acute cough and pneumonia in adults. Who needs face-to-face assessment? Who needs antibiotics? ‘I got this new gadget’… we consider technology to support he...

Send us a text 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.  In the second of two episodes this month, Ali and Nik discuss:  Wintering, time to restore ourselves. We share an article from our lifestyle medicine course, offering a roadmap to wellbeing that we can use to support ours...

Send us a text 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.  In the first of two episodes this month, Ali and Nik discuss:  3% of adults presenting to primary care with an acute cough have pertussis, but would you spot it? What is our role in primary care if a patient approaches us...

Send us a text Grab your trainers, your dog lead, your jingle bells, 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. In the second of two episodes this month, Fiona and Nik discuss:  Diagnosing diabetes: do you know MODY from LADA? PSA testing in asymptomatic men. Why don’t we have a national screening programme for pr...

Send us a text Grab your trainers, your dog lead, your jingle bells, 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. In the first of two episodes this month, Fiona and Nik discuss:  Chronic urticaria. How confident are you in spotting and managing it? Preparing for the worst…we consider the important issue of bleeding...

Send us a text Grab your trainers, your dog lead or a pumpkin spice latte and join us for some free CPD as we have another relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom.  October was another bumper month of information, meaning that we can’t possibly squeeze it all into one handy sized episode, so in the second of two episodes this month, Ali and Nik discuss:   Mpox- what do w...

Send us a text Grab your trainers, your dog lead or a pumpkin spice latte and join us for some free CPD as we have another relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom.  October was another bumper month of information, meaning that we can’t possibly squeeze it all into one handy sized episode, so in the first of two episodes this month, Ali and Nik discuss:  HRT, bleeding and...

Send us a text 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.  September was another bumper month of information, meaning that we can’t possibly squeeze it all into one handy sized episode, so in the second of two episodes this month, Ali and Nik discuss:  Nephrotic syndrome in childr...

Send us a text Grab your trainers, your dog lead or a pumpkin spice latte and join us for some free CPD as we have another relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom.  September was another bumper month of information, meaning that we can’t possibly squeeze it all into one handy sized episode, so in the first of two episodes this month, Ali and Nik discuss:  How to approach...

Send us a text 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.  August was another bumper month of information, meaning that we can’t possibly squeeze it all into one handy sized episode, so in the second of two episodes this month, Caroline and Nik discuss:  The national Medical Exami...

Send us a text 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.  August was another bumper month of information, meaning that we can’t possibly squeeze it all into one handy sized episode, so in the first of two episodes this month, Caroline and Nik discuss:  Wilson’s disease. How would...

Send us a text 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. July was another bumper month of information and we couldn't squeeze it all into one handy sized episode, so in the second of two episodes this month, Ali and Nik discuss:  All things worm related. You’ve been requesti...

Send us a text 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.  July was another bumper month of information, meaning that we can’t possibly squeeze it all into one handy sized episode, so in the first of two episodes this month, Nik and guest presenter Ali discuss:  Seeing REDs with e...

Send us a text 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.  June was another bumper month of information, meaning that we couldn’t possibly squeeze it all into one handy sized episode, so in the second of two episodes this month, Nik and Caroline discuss:  Motor neurone disease: sp...