Episode 64: Sustainability and climate change – why should physicians be interested?

What does it mean to be a good doctor when so much illness is produced beyond the walls of healthcare? In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast, Dr Rohan Mehra speaks with paediatrician, public health researcher and broadcaster Dr Guddi Singh about health inequality, medical professionalism and her emerging concept of Justice-Based Medicine. Drawing on clinical experience, doctoral research and her BBC Radio 4 series Three Ages of Child, Dr Singh explores how poverty, housing, food insecur...

In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast, Dr Raj Amarnani, consultant in sport, exercise and musculoskeletal medicine, Fellow of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine, and current president of the Royal Society of Medicine Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Section, joins Dr Alice Cole, clinical education fellow at the Royal College of Physicians, to explore how motivational interviewing can support the NHS shift from treatment to prevention. Raj explains why patients are often not lacki...

Coeliac disease is often viewed as a straightforward gastrointestinal condition, but its presentation, diagnosis and long-term management can be far more complex than many clinicians appreciate. In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast Dr. Dushen Murugiah, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Trust Lead for Nutrition at Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, joins Dr Abhishek Ray to explore the modern approach to coeliac disease. Together they discuss classical and non-classical p...

In this episode of the RCP Medicine Podcast, respiratory consultant and clinical lead for environmental sustainability Dr Thom Daniels joins host Dr David Charles to explore why air quality should be treated as a core clinical issue rather than a distant environmental concern. Drawing on landmark coroner’s cases, including the deaths of Ella Adoo Kissi Debrah and Awaab Ishak, they examine how outdoor and indoor pollution contribute to asthma, COPD, cardiovascular disease, stroke, dementia and...

In this powerful and timely episode, Dr Ahmed Seedat — respiratory and general internal medicine consultant, global health specialist, and former policy fellow — joins Dr Krishna Misra, an experienced GP in inclusion health, for an in‑depth exploration of migrant and refugee health. Together with host Dr Rohan Mehra, they unpack the realities facing displaced populations today: from the impact of geopolitical instability and the climate emergency, to the language and stigma shaping public att...