Clinical Update

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Welcome to the Clinical Update podcast – the weekly podcast that brings you thought-provoking clinical education from MIMS Learning, that you can fit into your busy life. The podcast is aimed at UK healthcare professionals and may count for up to 0.5 hours of CPD towards your appraisal.


We interview the experts to provide you with key insights linked to the e-learning on MIMS Learning and the education we deliver at our live virtual and in-person events. Our editors provide lively discussion of featured learning modules and of research from our regular monthly research briefings.


Topics covered include primary care, dermatology, oncology, diabetes, cardiology, gastroenterology, mental health, respiratory medicine and women’s health. Dive in, learn in a new way and get inspiration for your daily practice.


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Episode Date
Falls in older people and what GPs can do to prevent them
May 06, 2026
Scabies: rising cases, clinical challenges and global impact with Dr Claire Fuller
Apr 29, 2026
How medical conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, eating disorders and diabetes affect oral health
Apr 22, 2026
Hayfever diagnosis and management with Dr Glenis Scadding
Apr 15, 2026
Identifying perinatal mental health disorders including depression, anxiety, and psychiatric emergencies
Apr 08, 2026
Will Whitehorn: “We have to industrialise in space. It is an imperative”
Apr 02, 2026
Meeting respiratory challenges in primary care with Dr Steve Holmes
Apr 01, 2026
Space-Comm Expo: Jamming, spoofing, FOMO and farming
Mar 26, 2026
Diabetes risk factors, diagnosis, management, and complications
Mar 25, 2026
Evidence-based prescribing and medication safety in breastfeeding with pharmacist Rachel Pilgrim
Mar 18, 2026
Infant and child nutrition problems encountered in primary care
Mar 11, 2026
Diagnosing atrial fibrillation and preventing stroke with Dr Chris Arden
Mar 04, 2026
Why the business of space is everyone’s business
Mar 03, 2026
Mental health in primary care case studies
Feb 25, 2026
Shared decision-making and personalised care in general practice, ,with Dr Sam Finnikin
Feb 18, 2026
Insomnia, obstructive sleep apnoea, and night sweats
Feb 10, 2026
Safer use of the contraceptive pill, patch and injection explained by Dr Toni Hazell
Feb 04, 2026
Heavy menstrual periods, endometrial risk factors and unscheduled bleeding on hormone replacement therapy
Jan 28, 2026
Interview with GP Dr Tim Sanders on emergency preparedness in primary care
Jan 21, 2026
British Obesity Society president Jane DeVille-Almond on obesity and malnutrition
Jan 14, 2026
Obesity risk factors, associated conditions, and weight loss medications
Jan 07, 2026
2025 round-up – clinical highlights and practice tips
Dec 31, 2025
CKD podcourse with Dr Andrew Frankel, part 3: advanced management
Dec 19, 2025
CKD podcourse with Dr Andrew Frankel, part 2: monitoring and management
Dec 19, 2025
CKD podcourse with Dr Andrew Frankel, part 1: diagnosis and classification
Dec 19, 2025
Interview: expert tips on eye conditions, red flags in back pain and supporting patients with severe mental illness
Dec 17, 2025
Podcourse preview: migraine management with Dr Deborah Kerr
Dec 16, 2025
Studio discussion: traction alopecia, hypopigmentation, skin cancer and other dermatological presentations in skin of colour
Dec 10, 2025
Interview: Dr Farnaaz Sharief on resilience and finding balance in a pressured system
Dec 03, 2025
Studio discussion: bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis and lung cancer
Nov 26, 2025
Interview: pancreatic cancer risk factors, symptoms, and new developments in earlier detection
Nov 19, 2025
Studio discussion: thyroid and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Nov 12, 2025
Interview: GP Dr Pipin Singh on lower urinary tract symptoms in men and their link to prostate enlargement, detrusor overactivity and other conditions
Nov 05, 2025
Studio discussion: navigating dementia assessment in primary care, risk factors, differentials, and patient support
Oct 29, 2025
Interview: Dr Steve Brinksman on supporting people with alcohol misuse in primary care
Oct 22, 2025
Studio discussion: NHS vaccination programme changes for chickenpox and shingles, and diagnosis and management of these conditions
Oct 15, 2025
Interview: two patients’ experiences of breast cancer diagnosis, and top tips for primary care on signs and symptoms, family history, continuity of care and patient support
Oct 08, 2025
Studio discussion: encountering neurodivergence in primary care
Oct 01, 2025
Podcast: Dr Amina Al-Yassin on supporting children and young people with mental health difficulties in primary care
Sep 24, 2025
Podcourse preview: diagnosing, monitoring and managing CKD with Dr Andrew Frankel
Sep 18, 2025
Studio discussion: managing cardiovascular risk factors in primary care, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidaemia
Sep 17, 2025
Interview: advanced nurse practitioner Beverely Bostock on asthma and COPD
Sep 10, 2025
Studio discussion: causes of nasal problems including recurrent nosebleeds, hayfever and possible malignancy
Sep 03, 2025
Dr Joy Shacklock on child safeguarding in primary care
Aug 27, 2025
Studio discussion: how GPs can confidently consult with patients with sexual problems
Aug 20, 2025
Interview: Dr Suneeta Kochhar on cardiovascular disease in women
Aug 13, 2025
Studio discussion: identifying clinical depression in primary care and the role of antidepressants
Aug 06, 2025
Dr Angelika Razzaque on acute dermatological presentations
Jul 30, 2025
Studio discussion: signs and symptoms of endometrial, ovarian and cervical cancer
Jul 23, 2025
Interview: Dr Toni Hazell on obesity, weight loss injections and considerations for patients taking oral contraception and HRT
Jul 16, 2025
Studio discussion: red flags associated with fever in adults and children
Jul 09, 2025
Special episode: asthma, menopause, childhood infections and cancer diagnosis, highlights from MIMS Learning Live South
Jul 02, 2025
Studio discussion: Musculoskeletal disorders
Jun 25, 2025
Interview: Dr Patrick Holmes on identifying type 3c diabetes in primary care
Jun 18, 2025
Identifying end of life, the role of GPs in palliative care, and discussions with patients
Jun 11, 2025
Dr Kevin Barrett on diagnosis and management of bowel problems in older people
Jun 04, 2025
What you need to know about the learning on offer at the MIMS Learning Live South event
May 28, 2025
Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham on caring for people with learning disabilities
May 21, 2025
Red flags and possible causes of speech and voice disorders
May 14, 2025
Professor Lesley Regan on women's health across the life course
May 07, 2025
Tiredness in primary care: common causes and diagnoses
Apr 30, 2025
Dr Cara Bossley on the diagnosis of paediatric asthma and NICE/BTS/SIGN guidelines on asthma
Apr 23, 2025
Diagnosis and management of diabetes-related kidney disease, recognising the effect of multimorbidity, and cardio-renal-metabolic disease
Apr 16, 2025
GP Dr Pipin Singh on when to use faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) in primary care, in order to avoid delayed diagnosis of colorectal cancer
Apr 09, 2025
Identification of autoimmune disorders: type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, coeliac disease and bullous pemphigoid
Apr 02, 2025
Professor Willie Hamilton on cancer risk assessment in primary care
Mar 26, 2025
Paediatric skin conditions: scarlet fever, erythema toxicum neonatorum, baby acne, congenital dermal melanosis, eczema and chickenpox
Mar 19, 2025
Dr Ravi Ramanathan on changes to GP appraisal, including creating a kindness culture
Mar 12, 2025
Eating disorders: common misconceptions, typical and atypical presentations, and tips on supporting patients
Mar 05, 2025
Dr Majid Kazmi on haematological cancers, including leukaemia and myeloma
Feb 26, 2025
Stress and its effect on the heart, including broken heart syndrome, acute coronary syndrome, and cardiovascular risk factors
Feb 19, 2025
Drs Matt Sawyer and Mike Tomson on how to make general practice greener, environmentally sustainable prescribing and the effect of climate change on health
Feb 12, 2025
World Cancer Day, and signs and symptoms of oesophageal and pancreatic cancer
Feb 04, 2025
Professor Alex Miras on the drivers of obesity, approaching the issue of weight loss with patients, and medications
Jan 29, 2025
Eye problems in primary care: vision loss, blurred vision, eye pain, diplopia and thyroid eye disease
Jan 22, 2025
Dr Sarah Bull on how a rapid diagnostic clinic for non-site specific cancer symptoms helps to speed up cancer diagnosis
Jan 15, 2025
NHS England’s Professor Peter Johnson on proactive cancer case finding, screening programmes, and tackling fear of cancer diagnosis among patients
Jan 10, 2025
Three key pieces of the primary care puzzle around earlier cancer diagnosis
Jan 01, 2025
2024 highlights – health inequalities, frailty and vaccine hesitancy
Dec 18, 2024
Dr Prina Ruparelia on ‘treatable traits’ in chronic cough, and the under-recognised phenomenon of cough hypersensitivity
Dec 11, 2024
Dealing with emergencies in primary care: nosebleeds, anaphylaxis, back pain-related emergencies and requests for emergency contraception
Dec 04, 2024
The Good Grief Trust’s Linda Magistris on how best to offer help and hope to bereaved people, and peer-to-peer support for healthcare professionals
Nov 27, 2024
COPD’s changing diagnosis, identification and management, and treatment of exacerbations
Nov 20, 2024
Professor Mike Kirby on prostate cancer diagnosis, treatment developments and primary care management following treatment
Nov 13, 2024
Skin, hair and nail symptoms of cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes and psychological distress
Nov 06, 2024
Dr Alistair Robertson on identifying and managing frailty in primary care: why, what and how
Oct 30, 2024
Vulvodynia, dyspareunia, chlamydia, and other common sexual health disorders in women
Oct 23, 2024
Professor Lesley Kavi on supporting people with postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) and other post-viral conditions in primary care
Oct 16, 2024
Ear symptoms: hearing loss, acute otitis externa, red flags to look out for, and supporting patients with tinnitus
Oct 09, 2024
Making best use of social prescribing in primary care, connecting communities and tackling inequalities, with social prescribing expert Monica Boulton
Oct 02, 2024
Primary care management of chronic pain (with or without an identified cause), neuropathic pain and postherpetic neuralgia
Sep 25, 2024
Disorders of gut brain interaction: irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia, the microbiome, and current recommendations around probiotic use
Sep 18, 2024
Hair loss: red flags, psychological causes, traction alopecia in Black women, and effective treatments
Sep 11, 2024
Supporting people with severe mental illness such as psychosis in primary care: interview with GP Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham
Sep 04, 2024
Neurological symptoms: blackouts, vertigo, facial pain, gait disturbance, headache and migraine
Aug 28, 2024
Best care for nursing home patients: interview with GP Dr Pipin Singh
Aug 21, 2024
Coronary artery disease, GORD, and anxiety as potential causes of chest pain
Aug 14, 2024
Interview with consultant oncologist Dr Jay Naik about latest developments in NHS breast cancer care
Aug 07, 2024
Podcast: thyroid disorders
Jul 31, 2024
Podcast: culturally appropriate lifestyle advice
Jul 24, 2024
Podcast: pregnancy challenges
Jul 17, 2024
Podcast: vaccine hesitancy
Jul 10, 2024
Podcast: paediatric infectious disease
Jul 03, 2024
Podcast: hayfever, melanoma and summer illnesses
May 29, 2024
Podcast: lipid management, osteoporosis and emetophobia
May 15, 2024
Podcast: health inequalities
May 01, 2024
Podcast: chronic pelvic pain, early diagnosis of heart failure, and hearing loss
Apr 17, 2024
Podcast: diabetic neuropathy, GP wellbeing, and delirium
Apr 03, 2024
Podcast: anxiety, chronic cough in children, and paediatrics research
Mar 20, 2024
Podcast: pulmonary rehabilitation, diabetes and frailty, and measles
Mar 06, 2024
Podcast: HIV stigma, cervical cancer, and depression
Feb 21, 2024
Podcast: fear of cancer recurrence, skin cancer in people of colour, and hypothyroidism
Feb 07, 2024
Podcast: mental health needs of displaced people, supporting the LGBTQ+ community, and managing PE
Jan 24, 2024
Podcast: End-of-life care planning, colorectal cancer and bronchiolitis
Nov 29, 2023
Podcast: focus on contraception
Nov 21, 2023
Podcast: depression, Tourette syndrome, and skin cancer
Nov 01, 2023
Podcast: liver disease, gout, and the links between COPD and lung cancer
Oct 18, 2023
Podcast: paediatric gynaecology, plant-based nutrition, and syncope
Oct 04, 2023
Podcast: climate change, CKD, and scarlet fever
Sep 20, 2023
Podcast: a frighteningly common men’s health condition
Sep 06, 2023
Podcast: sleep apnoea, and the DiRECT study
Aug 23, 2023
Vulval disorders and neuropathic pain
Jun 28, 2023
IBD update, depression and pain, and treatment adherence
Jun 14, 2023
Cancer patients’ expectations, and urinary incontinence in women
May 31, 2023
The changing picture of cancer
May 17, 2023
Menopause interview with Dr Louise Newson
May 03, 2023
Rheumatoid arthritis and sexual dysfunction in women with diabetes
Apr 19, 2023
Monkeypox and diabetes technology
Apr 05, 2023
GP appraisal tips and sustainable asthma care
Mar 22, 2023