The BMJ Podcast
1) CRISPR, stemcell banking, and a football world cup
CRISPR technology has revolutionised biological research, and for the first time it’s out of the lab and into the NHS, as NICE has approved its use as cost effective. Kenneth Charles, senior lecturer ...Show More
2) The pitfalls of home test kits
If you’ve been in a high street pharmacy or supermarket recently, chances are you’ll have seen home test kits for all sorts of indications; blood sugar level, vitamin deficiencies, thyroid function, a...Show More
3) The Future for Physician Associates? | Prof. Gillian Leng
Professor Gillian Leng, President of the Royal Society of Medicine was asked to carry out an independent review into the role of physician and anaesthetic associates. She sits down with Kamran Abbasi,...Show More
4) NHS 10 year plan dissected
This week we’re focusing on the NHS. On the 3rd of July the UK’s Prime Minister, Kier Starmer finally announced the NHS’ 10 year plan. His Labour government laid out a vision for where the healthcare ...Show More
5) What are doctors demanding? | New BMA Chair, Tom Dolphin
Rebecca Coombes interviews Dr. Tom Dolphin, consultant anaesthetist and newly elected chair of the BMA Council. Watch this interview on our YouTube.
6) Time to rethink GP's advice on weightloss, and tricagrelor data doubts
Last December, The BMJ published an investigation into the 2009 PLATO trial - exposing serious problems with that study’s data analysis and reporting. Our follow up investigation has shown that those...Show More
7) The plan for NHS league tables is bad, and will lead to unintended consequences
In this episode, we hear about ketamine addiction. It's the news, but the rise in addiction amongst young people in the UK has caused concern for some time. Irene Guerrini and Nicola Kalk, both addic...Show More
8) Wellness industry lies, and preventative AI evaluation
Devi Sridhar's new book  “How Not to Die (Too Soon) - The Lies We’ve Been Sold, and the Policies That Could Save Us” is focussing on the way wellness culture ignores the societal context in which hea...Show More
9) Conflict in South Asia, and simplifying GRADE.
Recent escalations in the ever simmering tension between India and Pakistan brought us closer to conflict - conflict between two nuclear powers. For a long time doctors have campaigned for nuclear dis...Show More
10) Malaria free China, an academic medicine revolution, and retracted data's impact
China was declared malaria free in 2021 - and we'll hear how persistence was key to their success, and what new technologies are available to help the rest of the world become malaria free, from Regin...Show More