Suddenly shielding and vaccination variation, with Kevin Fenton and Kamlesh Khunti
Suddenly 1.7m extra people have been told to shield from coronavirus, thanks to the QCovid algorithm, and that's causing confusion - ethnicity is one of the risk factors in QCovid, and yet there is a ...
26 Feb 20211h 1min
Mental health toll of lockdown with Daisy Fancourt and Farhana Mann
In the UK, we are currently in the midst of our third lockdown since the pandemic began, and there has been a huge surge in people experiencing mental distress, anxiety and depression during the past ...
11 Feb 202151min
Long covid with Melissa Heightman and Jenny Mollica
It has been estimated that 10% of people who get covid-19 are still experiencing symptoms over 10 weeks later, and the common symptoms of long covid include fatigue, breathlessness, chest pain and ‘br...
29 Jan 202140min
Tips on rolling out the covid-19 vaccine with Mark Porter, Andrew Pollard and Julia Marcus
Thanks to an incredible scientific effort, vaccines for COVID-19 have arrived in the UK and GPs, and other primary care health professionals, are now being faced with the monumental challenge of vacci...
14 Jan 202148min
The Deep Breath talking wellbeing evidence round-up of the year.
In this end-of-year podcast from Deep Breath In, we're bringing you a light hearted look back at 2020, and trying to remember some of the non-covid-19 medicine that has crossed our desks. This festiv...
1 Jan 20211h 5min
Changing behaviour with Cindy Gray and Shahroo Izadi
Old habits die hard, and never does the saying seem more apt than at this time of the year, when many of us start thinking about our New Year’s resolutions, and try to adopt a “new year, new me” menta...
17 Des 202048min
Insomnia with Lauren Hale and Michael Kelleher
GP consultations with patients about sleep problems can go in several directions – could they be a symptom of depression? Financial worries? Sleep apnoea? Is poor sleep merely a condition of modern li...
4 Des 202053min
Long breath - when someone has problem swallowing pills
When someone, either an adult or child, has problem swallowing pills or capsules, there are some options open to help. In this podcast, a pharmacist and a psychologist join us to talk about liquid for...
21 Nov 202030min
