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Primary Care Knowledge Boost

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About the show

All things General Practice! Join doctors Sara and Lisa as they interview specialists from around Greater Manchester with the aim of improving the confidence and knowledge of local primary care clinicians. The podcast has been made possible due to the support of Wigan CCG and GP Excellence in Greater Manchester.

Latest episodes

  • An approach to nausea and vomiting in palliative care

    July 22, 2026 · 31 min

    Doctors Lisa and Sara talk to Palliative Care Consultants Doctors Cat Barrat Ayres and Cat MacDermott about nausea and vomiting in palliative patients. We talk through their overview of assessing patients with these symptoms, tips to work…

  • The value of lifestyle medicine in general practice

    July 2, 2026 · 56 min

    Doctors Lisa and Sara discuss lifestyle medicine with Dr Lydia Vogelaar-Kelly. We cover what lifestyle medicine is and her approach to it in general practice. We then look at some interesting cases that highlight how effective lifestyle…

  • Tips for listening, and how to avoid dismissing young women

    April 8, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

    In this really interesting episode, Doctors Lisa and Sara talk to Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan - Consultant in Sexual Health and HIV Medicine, and Dr Laura Tinner - Research Fellow in Centre for Public Health, at Bristol University. Rageshri…

  • Chronic Kidney Disease

    March 11, 2026 · 58 min

    Doctors Lisa and Sara talk to Consultant Nephrologist Dr James Tollitt about Chronic Kidney Disease. We started by defining this and asking detailed questions on diagnosis, pitfalls to avoid, before getting his advice on risk stratifying…

  • Type 2 Diabetes: Management Tips

    February 18, 2026 · 52 min

    Doctors Lisa and Sara talk to Consultant Endocrinologist Dr Rupinder Kochhar about patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Using hypothetical cases, we talk a little bit about diagnosis, but spend most of the time discussing the details of…

  • Managing Heart Failure, CKD and T2DM in Primary Care

    February 4, 2026 · 60 min

    Doctors Lisa and Sara talk to Consultant Nephrologist Dr Darren Green about patients with Type 2 Diabetes who also have Chronic Kidney Disease and Heart Failure.  We go through a hypothetical case to illustrate some of the finer points of…

  • Parkinson's Disease

    January 7, 2026 · 33 min

    Doctors Lisa and Sara are back with Consultant Neurologist Dr Antonella Macerollo for this episode about Parkinson’s disease.  We look at a typical case and discuss what Parkinson’s is, the differentials, the need for time to discern…

  • Round up of the Year 2025

    December 17, 2025 · 17 min

    Doctors Sara and Lisa discuss the podcast episodes over the year. We talk about our longer term learning points, how the year has gone and what's to come. ___ We really want to make these episodes relevant and helpful: if you have any…