An authentic yet lighthearted take on the world of medicines and healthcare in the UK

Obesity Episodes

April 3, 2025

7.8 Dr Margaret McCartney - Conflicts of Interest and the Skinny Jabs

We are joined by Dr Margaret McCartney a practising General Practitioner & Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of St Andrews. She is a vocal advocate for Evidence Based Medicine and regular journal journal / newspaper columnist and contributor to the BBC Radio 4 programme Inside Health

Listen to the Episode

Dec. 20, 2024

The Aural Apothecary Almanac 2024. Weight loss drugs, Assisted dying and the Weight of the British National Formulary

Pull up a chair and join the Three Apothecaries around the fire as we wrap up the year with a lively chat featuring friends and colleagues Clare Howard and Jonathan Underhill.

Listen to the Episode

March 12, 2021

Episode 5 - Lindsay Harper, the treatment of obesity and resilience in healthcare.

Lindsay is the Director of Pharmacy at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group . Previously she was the lead intestinal failure specialist pharmacist on the national intestinal failure unit at Salford We talk to Lindsay about the role of clinical pharmacists and their transition from secondary to primary and about systems leadership & resilience in healthcare

Listen to the Episode