Previous Episodes
2022
Episode 108: Future pandemics, WHO pandemic treaty
Episode 107: Fourth wave of COVID-19
Episode 106: Covid and the brain
Episode 105: The bivalent vaccine
Episode 104: The latest information on virus mutations
Episode 103: The current and future shape of pandemic management in the UK
Episode 102: Impact on the brain
Episode 100 is unavailable for online viewing (Read about the event here)
Episode 99: Tackling hesitancy and online misinformation
2021
Episode 93: Your questions answered
Episode 92: Professor Tim Spector
Episode 90: Understanding the impact on diabetes
Episode 89: Schools, infection and the impact on children
Episode 88: LGBTQ+ health and care in the pandemic
Episode 87: Managing and preventing hospital infections
Episode 86: Your questions answered
Episode 85: Health inequalities in the pandemic
Episode 84: A health service perspective on ending restrictions
Episode 83: Ventilation and infection control
Episode 82: Post pandemic staff recovery with The Royal College of Surgeons
Episode 81: Should we vaccinate children?
Episode 80: The global pandemic response - now, and looking to the future
Episode 79: Delta variant and the end of restrictions
Episode 78: UK health security with Dr Jenny Harries
Episode 77: Your questions answered
Episode 76: Media in a health crisis
Episode 75: Controlling the virus in prisons and secure locations
Episode 74: Pandemic responses from around the world
Episode 72: Training the next generation
Episode 71: Mental health in the pandemic
Episode 70: Vaccine efficacy, safety and the way ahead
Episode 69: Europe and the third wave?
Episode 68: Professor Chris Whitty
Episode 67: Matters of the heart
Episode 66: The pandemic year - what happens next?
Episode 65: Virus mutations: past, present and future (Part 2)
Episode 64: Pandemic sociology and why it matters
Episode 63: Tackling growing cancer and surgical waiting lists
Episode 62: Which treatments are effective?
Episode 61: Allocating critical care and scarce resources in the pandemic
Episode 60: The race to vaccinate a country
Episode 59: Your questions answered
Episode 58: Rebuilding America after the insurrection
Episode 57: Virus mutations: past, present and future
Episode 56: What is the scale of vaccine scepticism?
2020
Episode 55: Policing health in a pandemic
Episode 54: One year on, what have we learned?
Episode 53: Are vaccines a silver bullet for the crisis?
Episode 52: Your questions answered
Episode 51: The African Experience
Episode 50: Vaccines and living with the virus
Episode 49: ICU - what has changed?
Episode 48: GP perspective on the crisis
Episode 47: Treating severe cases and the inflammatory response
Episode 46: Sweden and the second wave: how do we live with COVID?
Episode 45: Mathematical models and predicting the path of the virus
Episode 44: Your questions answered
Episode 43: Long COVID: Understanding the shadow of the virus
Episode 42: The impact on surgery and surgery and surgical waiting lists
Episode 41: A global pandemic: public health strategies around the world
Episode 40: Back to school: infection, risk and mental health
Episode 38: Challenges of testing
Episode 37: Managing local outbreaks
Episode 36: Maintaining and restoring specialised services during the pandemic
Episode 35: Your questions answered
Episode 34: Behavioural science and the pandemic
Episode 33: The impact on medical training: how can we recover?
Episode 32: Rehabilitation after the viral infection
Episode 31: NHS and the pandemic: capturing the lessons
Episode 30: Update on trials and treatments
Episode 29: The role of the human genome
Episode 28: Cardiac and cardiovascular issues
Episode 27: Impact on older population
Episode 25: Thrombotic complications
Episode 23: Women's health and pregnancy - what are the risks?
Episode 22: Emerging from the pandemic: future health service challenges
Episode 21: Caring for our children in a time of COVID-19
Episode 19 is unavailable for online viewing
Episode 18: Even more of your questions answered
Episode 16: Mental health, mental illness and COVID-19
Episode 15: BAME patients and COVID-19
Episode 14: Can the UK learn from Europe and, if so, what?
Episode 13: Drug and other therapeutic options
Episode 12: A view from the CMO's department
Episode 11: The pathophysiology of the virus
Episode 10: The mental health of NHS staff with Adam Kay and Dr Clare Gerada
Episode 9: Your questions answered
Episode 8: NHS Nightingale Hospitals with Professor Charles Knight
Episode 7: Exploring the global pandemic with Professor David Heyman
Episode 6: Policymaking on masks for general public w/ Prof Trisha Greenhalgh
Episode 5: What do we know with Professor Peter Openshaw
Episode 4: Trade-offs in a pandemic - the surgeon's perspective
Episode 3: A view from inside an Intensive Care Unit
Episode 2: Response to a pandemic with Professor Paul Cosford
Episode 1: Facing hard truths of the frontlines with Dr Rachel Clarke