Welcome to the monthly Primary Care Pod from Red Whale – join GPs Nik Kendrew and Caroline Greene as each month they discuss a roundup of four key topics for primary care clinicians, which can also be found in our popular free Pearls . We look at the evidence, the guidelines and the media coverage and make learning together as a primary care community as relaxing and enjoyable as possible. We invite you to nominate your primary care heroes and share your “best intentions” stories. So, grab a ...
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Which syndrome increases the risk of melanoma by 5–20-fold?
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Send us a Text Message. 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. There was so much information in the Pearls that we released over the 5 weeks of May that we’ve realised that we can’t possibly squeeze it all into one handy sized …
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Send us a Text Message. 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. There was so much information in the Pearls that we released over the 5 weeks of May that we’ve realised that we can’t possibly squeeze it all into one handy sized …
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How could you potentially save the hearing of someone with sudden-onset hearing loss?
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Send us a Text Message. 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. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: Acute prostatitis: is it the last stand for the floxacins?! Adenomyosis: demystifying the condition behind the headlines. How …
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Which of the risks associated with prescribing systemic quinolones concerns you the most?
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Send us a Text Message. 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. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: Acute aortic dissection. What would you do if you suspected it? The limping child. Who goes in to hospital? Who might be able …
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Can you name the five eating disorder subtypes?
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Send us a Text Message. 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. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: Recent changes with progestogen-only pills. How is the new POP different from the others? Erectile dysfunction, and what is Er…
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Is there post-exposure prophylaxis for measles?
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Send us a Text Message. Grab 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. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: Actively beating the new year blues. How can we build conversations about physical activity into our consultations? Scabies surge: how do you spot it and mana…
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In which scenario should you NEVER use a pulse oximeter?
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Send us a Text Message. Grab 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. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: Galleri: will this blood test revolutionise cancer diagnosis? We review the evidence behind it and ask: How effective is it when cancer is suspected, and how …
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Ageing, prevention, retention, crisis...
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Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: Healthy ageing: adding quality to years? What does ‘healthy ageing’ look like? What are the 3 trajectories of ageing? How can we work as a primary care team to promote the basics that increase the chance of…
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Balance and burnout prevention...plus HRT, COVID and endometriosis.
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Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: HRT for primary prevention? About 25% of menopausal-age women have no symptoms and so do not require HRT to treat vasomotor or other hormone-related issues. However, they may be influenced by media messages…
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A magic spell that will open your (itchy) eyes to tics, Tourette’s and tackling the latest drug swaps…
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Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: GLP-1 mimetics shortages: tackling drug swaps. The headline grabbing GLP-1 mimetics are rarely out of the news- most recently due to supply issues for people with type 2 diabetes. How do we deal with this? …
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Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of this month’s Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: Bites: human, animal and insect. It’s still that time of year when the triage list is full of: “Bite ? Infected”. We look at all things bite related including assessment, management and who needs anti…
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Avoid alcohol... and hot headed rash decisions?!
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Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of this month’s Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: one child in every class at school is potentially affected and unsupported. What can we do about this, and why is discussing alcohol in pregnancy a taboo? Varicella zo…
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Who needs a holiday? How about some free CPD by the sea?...
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Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of this month’s Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: Intrauterine systems, and how they just got a bit simpler… Diabetes and frailty: how we need all our primary care superpowers across the whole multi-professional team to think about the big picture! J…
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Save a life, change a life, quality of life…
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Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of this month’s Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: Would you spot serotonin syndrome? Lower urinary tract symptoms: prescribing pointers for 5ARIs BMI and ethnic groups Anorexia, nutrition and hydration in the last days of life Infantile spasms: would…
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To vape or not to vape?..and other primary care questions
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Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of this month’s Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: Menopause in the media: How our HRT GEMS can help the whole team Swap to stop: can e-cigarettes help smokers quit. Chronic diarrhoea: could it be microscopic colitis? How to assess and manage postural…
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Send us a Text Message. Join us for a relaxed round up of this month’s Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom. This month, Nik and Caroline discuss: NICE guidance on semaglutide for obesity “Light bulb” conditions - we explore neuroendocrine tumours. Moral injury: looking afters our teams and ourselves! A structured approach to chronic cough in ad…
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