15 Best UK Medical Podcasts

1. The Resus Room

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Emergency Medicine podcasts based on evidence based medicine focussed on practice in and around the resus room.
Hosts Simon Laing, Rob Fenwick, James Yates
Producer/Network Simon Laing, Rob Fenwick & James Yates
Email ****@gmail.com
Location United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 857Facebook 13.3KTwitter 25.7K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Since Mar 2016 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Health Check

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Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
Host Claudia Hammond
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@janklow.co.uk
Location London, England, United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 384Facebook 9.2MTwitter 585.7KInstagram 593.8K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. Medicine and Science from The BMJ

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Leading the debate on health to engage, inform, and stimulate doctors, researchers, and other health professionals.
Host Brandy Schillace
Producer/Network BMJ Podcasts
Email ****@bmj.com
Location London, England, United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 231Facebook 120.3KTwitter 487.1KInstagram 28.5K Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Practical Neurology Podcast

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The Practical Neurology Podcast is the essential guide for the everyday life of all neurologists. Just like our journal Practical Neurology, this podcast is useful for everyone who sees neurological patients and who wants to keep up-to-date and safe in managing them. In other words, this is a podcast for jobbing neurologists who plough through the tension headaches and funny turns week in and week out. Subscribe to enjoy deep dives into each journal issue with editors Prof. Philip Smith and Dr. Geraint Fuller, discussions on recent case reports with Prof...MORE Hosts Dr. Amy Ross Russell, Prof. Martin Turner, Prof. Philip Smith, Dr. Geraint Fuller
Producer/Network BMJ Podcasts
Email ****@bmj.com
Location London, England, United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 127Facebook 27.1KTwitter 18.6KInstagram 28.5K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. The Zero to Finals Medical Revision Podcast

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Hello and welcome to the Zero to Finals podcast. My name is Dr Thomas Watchman. I am a GP in the UK and I love creating educational material for studying medicine. This podcast is designed to be a time-efficient revision tool to help you study for your medical exams. Each podcast leads on from the next and each season tackles a different area of medicine. The podcast supplements the material available on the www.zerotofinals.com website, in the Zero to Finals books and on the Zero to Finals YouTube channel. Whilst listening to a podcast you can follow along with written information and illustrations on the Zero to Finals website or books. You can also find Zero to Finals on instagram, Facebook and twitter...MORE Host Thomas Watchman
Producer/Network Thomas Watchman
Email ****@zerotofinals.com
Location United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 918Facebook 4.6KTwitter 3KInstagram 104.5K Avg Length 10 min Format Bite size Since Nov 2018 Video Podcast YouTube
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6. Medical Evidence Matters with Liz Tucker

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Medical Evidence Matters with Liz Tucker (formerly known as What Your GP Doesn't Tell You) was a finalist in the recent 2024 Independent Podcast Awards. This fortnightly podcast reveals the stories from the world of medicine that others don't, won't or only very partially report. Aimed at both doctors and the public, it's hosted by award winning medical journalist and former BBC producer Liz Tucker, who reports not just on the science but on the finance and money that can impact it...MORE Host Liz Tucker
Producer/Network Liz Tucker
Email ****@verveproductions.co.uk
Location London, England, United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 96 Avg Length 55 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. NB Hot Topics Podcast

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The Hot Topics podcast from NB Medical brings you the latest in general practice current affairs, reviews the latest research relevant to primary care, explores interesting and important topics in-depth, and looks at cutting edge medicine.MORE Host Neal Tucker
Producer/Network NB Medical Education
Email ****@nbmedical.com
Location Boldon Colliery, England, United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 145Facebook 7.8KTwitter 5.5KInstagram 995 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. RCP Medicine Podcast

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The RCP Medicine podcast is a discussion of different topics relevant to physicians. Episodes discuss and explore different topics including real-life clinical cases, new evidence-based guidelines and specific physician issues in the modern healthcare environment. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the presenters and not necessarily the RCP. MORE Producer/Network Royal College of Physicians
Email ****@rcplondon.ac.uk
Location London, England, United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 187Facebook 60.3KTwitter 299Instagram 12.1K Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Since Apr 2019 Get Email Contact

9. TheBMA

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Podcast by The British Medical Association about UK medical.
Email ****@bma.org.uk
Location London, England, United Kingdom
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Facebook 41KTwitter 172.3KInstagram 55K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Since May 2017 Get Email Contact

10. Anaesthesia on Air

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Anaesthesia on Air is the Podcast from the Royal College of Anaesthetists. The Royal College of Anaesthetists is the professional body responsible for the speciality throughout the UK. We are the third largest Medical Royal College in the UK by membership. With a combined membership of 23,000 fellows and members, we ensure the quality of patient care by safeguarding standards in the three specialities of anaesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine. We are always looking for new content, so if you have any ideas, or would like to get involved, please contact us at: education-content .MORE Producer/Network Royal College of Anaesthetists
Email ****@rcoa.ac.uk
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Apple Reviews 35Facebook 11.5KTwitter 38.4K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Boggled Docs

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Be prepared for patients consulting about current sizzling media issues. This is the podcast for GPs and the primary care team that uses medicine in the media as a springboard for you to know what you need to know. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BoggledDocs. What are you watching, listening to or reading that you'd like to tell us about, good or bad? Why not send us a voice message to give us your view? By sending us a voice message you are agreeing for it to be used in a future episode of Boggled Docs. Thanks! https://www.speakpipe.com/BoggledDocsMORE Producer/Network Dr Nik Kendrew
Location London, England, United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 58Twitter 2.4KInstagram 766 Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact

12. JournalSpotting

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General Medicine Podcast which keeps you up to date with the latest and greatest medical literature.
Producer/Network Journalspotting
Email ****@gmail.com
Location London, England, United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 69Facebook 57Twitter 466Instagram 49 Avg Length 56 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. How To Become A Doctor

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A Medic Mentor podcast hosted by medical students Afrida, Mez, Hannah & Krish, all about what to expect in the life of a medical student.We talk about the day to day activities of both medical students and doctors across specialities and levels of training, while offering insight into frequently forgotten aspects of becoming a doctor. Expect to hear discussions of current affairs, personal anecdotes and top tips along the way!Let us know what you think, follow us @howtobecomeadr on Instagram and tell us what you'd like to hear about next.MORE Hosts Ciara Irwin, Afrida J., Mez, Hannah, Krish
Producer/Network Medic Mentor
Email ****@hotmail.co.uk
Location Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 61Facebook 4.3KTwitter 2.8K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. Two Paeds In A Pod

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Home of the 'Two Paeds In a Pod' Podcast from the Department of Paediatrics at the Royal Derby Hospital. Created by Sarah Simons, Geoff Burnhill and Ian Lewins this medical education podcast is aimed at health care professionals new to paediatrics or those who occasionally care for children as part of a wider healthcare role.This podcast is for medical education purposes only and should not replace advice you have received from a medical practitioner.MORE Host Ian Lewis
Producer/Network Dr Ian Lewins
Email ****@icloud.com
Location London, England, United Kingdom
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 37Twitter 53.6KInstagram 13.8K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2017 Get Email Contact

15. The Medical Protection Podcast

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Medical Protection have brought our experienced medical educators, medicolegal consultants and world leading experts together to help inform, protect and connect doctors from across the globe. This channel offers three distinct series; Real World focuses on the challenges and solutions to modern day practice, Headliners ensures you are kept up-to-date, and Case files lets us learn through real life cases.MORE Producer/Network Medical Protection
Email ****@medicalprotection.org
Location United Kingdom
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Apple Reviews 11Facebook 12.7KTwitter 5.1KInstagram 4.5K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact