RSM Health Matters: Recent Episodes

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RSM Health Matters is the topical podcast series produced by the Royal Society of Medicine.

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In this episode, Kaji Sritharan talks to Dr Dominic King, Health Lead of DeepMind, about the role of Artificial Intelligence and the development and introduction of Digital Technologies into the NHS.

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In this episode, Prof Gillian Leng, Deputy Chief Executive & Director of Health and Social Care at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) & Andy Thompson, Founder and Chief Executive of Proteus, discuss the role of Digital Medicines in tomorrow's NHS.

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Prof Clare Gerada, GP and Past Chairperson of the Royal College of General Practitioners & Dr Adam Kay, Junior Doctor and Author, discuss medical school and life as a junior doctor.

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In this episode Prof Clare Gerada, GP and Past Chairperson of the Royal College of General Practitioners & Dr Andrew Hartle, Consultant Anaesthetist and Past President of the AAGBI discuss patient safety.

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In this episode, Prof Gillian Leng, Deputy Chief Executive & Director of Health and Social Care at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and visiting professor at King's College London, discusses the role of NICE, recent controversies and the challenges for NICE in the future.

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In this episode, Prof Sir Simon Wessely, Regius Professor of Psychiatry at King's College London and Past President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists discusses the complexities, challenges and interim findings of the Mental Health Act review.

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In this episode, we hear the stories from of families of doctors affected by the suicide or accidental death of their loved one.

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In this episode, Prof Clare Gerada, GP and Past Chairperson of the Royal College of General Practitioners, discusses the reasons contributing to the BMAs recent vote of no confidence in the GMC, Prof Sir Norman Williams Review into Gross Negligence Manslaughter as applied to medical practice and the next steps with the review led by Prof Dame Clare Marx and the role of reflection in medicine following the Bawa-Garba case. 

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In this episode, Prof Dame Jane Dacre, Consultant Rheumatologist and President of the Royal College of Physicians and Prof Clare Gerada, GP and Past Chairperson of the Royal College of General Practitioners, discuss the ST3 application process in medicine, ways to solve the medical workforce crisis and the gender pay gap in medicine review which is currently underway.

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In this episode, Prof Marcel Levi, Consultant Physician and Chief Executive of University College London Hospitals and Prof Clare Gerada, GP and Past Chairperson of the Royal College of General Practitioners, discuss whistleblowing, changing the culture within the NHS and the role of doctors as managers.

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In this episode, Dr Hilary Cass, Consultant Paediatrician and Past President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Prof Clare Gerada, GP and Past Chairperson of the Royal College of General Practitioners, discuss the difficulties encountered in treating acutely unwell children and the crisis looming in paediatrics as a specialty.

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In this episode, Prof Sir Simon Wessely, Consultant Psychiatrist and Past President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Prof Clare Gerada, GP and Past Chairperson of the Royal College of General Practitioners, discuss the increasing use of antidepressants, factors influencing antibiotic prescribing and antimicrobial resistance, and the gender pay gap in medicine.

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