
eGPlearning Podblast
eGPlearning Podblast is a the audio podcast for eGPlearning by two Nottingham-based GPs covering recent topics, useful clinical apps, and interviews with primary care health tech innovators. Hosted by Dr Hussain Gandhi (@drGandalf52) and Dr Andrew Foster (@drawfoster) as they tech-enhance primary care and learning.
Latest episodes

Nov 29, 2023 • 1h 7min
Cloud-based telephony in primary care with CHECK
Contact us and share your opinionJoin DrGandalf and the team from CHECK as they share a cloud-based telephony tool you may not have heard of, that can do some awesome things.Contact CHECK: https://checkcomm.com/00:00 Intro01:00 Check out CHECK03:48 Why CHECK05:55 CHECK Cloud09:05 Better purchasing framework09:45 Key features15:40 Tools for supervision18:30 CHECK Integration!23:20 Analytics27:47 Dashboards30:35 inbuilt translation!33:00 Built-in transcription!!35:00 Whatsapp integration?39:01 CHECK Chatbot40:50 CHECK mobile45:05 Onboarding and training47:59 Questions and comments48:40 Interoperability49:15 Starting with CHECK50:50 CHECK Cost53:24 What is next?58:55 Viewer questionsBoost your triage skills with our dynamic 5-session live webinar course, tailored for primary care clinicians. Led by Dr. Gandalf and Dr. Ed Pooley, this comprehensive training covers all facets of remote patient triage—digital, on-call, and more. Gain practical knowledge, exclusive tips, and direct access to our experts through open Q&A sessions. Elevate your ability to manage primary care challenges effec Subscribe and hear the latest EPIC episode. Join Dr Mike as he shares how to get started and fly using EMIS to make your life easier with this clinical systembit.ly/EMIScourseDigital Disruption with Geoff Nielson Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Nov 23, 2023 • 33min
GP Appointment Data Guidance UPDATED
Contact us and share your opinionGandhi & Andy explore new NHSE guidance to practices explaining how to set up clinic templates to ensure GP appointment data (GPAD) is recorded accurately.We discuss why this is important and how this data is displayed and used and how it might be used in the future.Recording GP appointments – consolidated guidance, NHSE published 7/11/23: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/recording-gp-appointments-consolidated-guidance/ Boost your triage skills with our dynamic 5-session live webinar course, tailored for primary care clinicians. Led by Dr. Gandalf and Dr. Ed Pooley, this comprehensive training covers all facets of remote patient triage—digital, on-call, and more. Gain practical knowledge, exclusive tips, and direct access to our experts through open Q&A sessions. Elevate your ability to manage primary care challenges effec Subscribe and hear the latest EPIC episode. Join Dr Mike as he shares how to get started and fly using EMIS to make your life easier with this clinical systembit.ly/EMIScourse

Nov 16, 2023 • 37min
New Health Minister and more news including SCA, Dr Nikki and Pharmacy First
Contact us and share your opinionJoin Andy and Gandhi for the latest in general practice including a new health minister - who would have thought!00:00 GP news02:11 New Health Secretary?Previous health secretaries… Name them…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secreta... Victoria Atkinshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victori... https://www.gov.uk/government/people/... https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/254... https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/analysis.... Boost your triage skills with our dynamic 5-session live webinar course, tailored for primary care clinicians. Led by Dr. Gandalf and Dr. Ed Pooley, this comprehensive training covers all facets of remote patient triage—digital, on-call, and more. Gain practical knowledge, exclusive tips, and direct access to our experts through open Q&A sessions. Elevate your ability to manage primary care challenges effec Subscribe and hear the latest EPIC episode. Join Dr Mike as he shares how to get started and fly using EMIS to make your life easier with this clinical systembit.ly/EMIScourse

Nov 16, 2023 • 1h 8min
Enabling digital access with EDATT by Hanley Consulting
Contact us and share your opinionJoin DrGandalf and the team from Hanley consulting as they outline EDATT a tool that can help digital access for a practice population and maybe help manage demand before it comes to you.Find out more: https://hanleyconsulting.co.uk/enabling-digital-access/Boost your triage skills with our dynamic 5-session live webinar course, tailored for primary care clinicians. Led by Dr. Gandalf and Dr. Ed Pooley, this comprehensive training covers all facets of remote patient triage—digital, on-call, and more. Gain practical knowledge, exclusive tips, and direct access to our experts through open Q&A sessions. Elevate your ability to manage primary care challenges effec Subscribe and hear the latest EPIC episode. Join Dr Mike as he shares how to get started and fly using EMIS to make your life easier with this clinical systembit.ly/EMIScourseDigital Disruption with Geoff Nielson Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Oct 26, 2023 • 31min
Political Conference Speeches 2023 and the Future of the NHS
Contact us and share your opinionWe take a look at the 2023 Labour and Conservative conference speeches on health from the current and shadow ministers for Health & Social Care and look for steers on the future direction of health policy.Boost your triage skills with our dynamic 5-session live webinar course, tailored for primary care clinicians. Led by Dr. Gandalf and Dr. Ed Pooley, this comprehensive training covers all facets of remote patient triage—digital, on-call, and more. Gain practical knowledge, exclusive tips, and direct access to our experts through open Q&A sessions. Elevate your ability to manage primary care challenges effec Subscribe and hear the latest EPIC episode. Join Dr Mike as he shares how to get started and fly using EMIS to make your life easier with this clinical systembit.ly/EMIScourse

Oct 22, 2023 • 8min
SystmOne online patient data safety guide
Contact us and share your opinionA quick guide for clinicians and other team members on online patient record access data safety on TPP SystmOne for accelerated/prospective record access. 🔴 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/eGPlearningYTsubscribe 🔴 S1 for clinicians course: https://bit.ly/TPPS1course00:00 Record access01:00 Medical notes02:15 Documents03:23 PathologyOther networks:👍 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Egplearning/ 👍🏼🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/drgandalf52 🐦🖥 Website - https://egplearning.co.uk/ 🖥️Some links may contain affiliate links to help support eGPlearning see our disclaimer at https://egplearning.co.uk/contact/dis...Boost your triage skills with our dynamic 5-session live webinar course, tailored for primary care clinicians. Led by Dr. Gandalf and Dr. Ed Pooley, this comprehensive training covers all facets of remote patient triage—digital, on-call, and more. Gain practical knowledge, exclusive tips, and direct access to our experts through open Q&A sessions. Elevate your ability to manage primary care challenges effec Join Dr Mike as he shares how to get started and fly using EMIS to make your life easier with this clinical systembit.ly/EMIScourse

Oct 19, 2023 • 36min
Best practice, RCGP AC, party political, Kings fund and other conferences and more in the eGPlearning round up
Contact us and share your opinionBest Practice – Panel with Tara and Farah… Planning General Practice in uncertain timesQuestions about…Future contracts and role of GP partnership model2 handling PCN staff pay rises, 2 tier PCN/practice workforcehttps://www.bestpracticeshow.co.uk/ Gandhi - Kings fund Digital Healthcare congresshttps://www.kingsfund.org.uk/events/digital-health-and-care-congress RCGP annual conferencehttps://rcgpac.org.uk/programme/ GP locums asked to reduce costshttps://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/lost-practices/gp-locums-asked-to-reduce-rates-to-compete-with-arrs-staff/£300m new tech framework https://htn.co.uk/2023/10/19/nhs-england-opens-300-million-procurement-framework-for-digital-pathways-in-primary-care-it/ Party political conferences news storiesVaping age changeshttps://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinical-areas/smoking-cessation/government-proposes-measures-to-crack-down-on-teenage-vaping/Wes Streeting change on GP partnershipshttps://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/breaking-news/i-now-recognise-the-value-gp-partners-bring-says-streeting?login=true Medics Money New to GP partnership course and conferencehttps://www.medicsmoney.co.uk/gp-partnership-programme/ Boost your triage skills with our dynamic 5-session live webinar course, tailored for primary care clinicians. Led by Dr. Gandalf and Dr. Ed Pooley, this comprehensive training covers all facets of remote patient triage—digital, on-call, and more. Gain practical knowledge, exclusive tips, and direct access to our experts through open Q&A sessions. Elevate your ability to manage primary care challenges effec Subscribe and hear the latest EPIC episode. Join Dr Mike as he shares how to get started and fly using EMIS to make your life easier with this clinical systembit.ly/EMIScourse

Oct 19, 2023 • 35min
Diagnosis simplified with DemDx - supporting your teams safely
Contact us and share your opinionJoin DrGandalf and the team from DemDx as they share their decision support tool to help you simplify the diagnosis and care made from your clinical teamsFind out more at: https://www.demdx.com/primary-care/00:00 DemDX intro00:54 The team01:30 What is DemDx?05:10 Focus on safety?06:00 DemDX in action08:27 DemDX notes builder09:30 More DemDX features11:54 DemDX actions page12:30 DemDX transfer13:43 DemDX media and actions14:50 DemDX Red flags16:30 DrGandalf's Questions17:00 Coding and interoperability17:40 DemDX mobile?18:08 Key features18:56 Onboarding and triage?22:42 Costs..23:20 Questions from viewers27:30 Safeguarding modules and developmental28:08 DrGandalf's favourite parts and tips30:00 Finding out more about DemDXBoost your triage skills with our dynamic 5-session live webinar course, tailored for primary care clinicians. Led by Dr. Gandalf and Dr. Ed Pooley, this comprehensive training covers all facets of remote patient triage—digital, on-call, and more. Gain practical knowledge, exclusive tips, and direct access to our experts through open Q&A sessions. Elevate your ability to manage primary care challenges effec Subscribe and hear the latest EPIC episode. Join Dr Mike as he shares how to get started and fly using EMIS to make your life easier with this clinical systembit.ly/EMIScourse

Oct 12, 2023 • 39min
Effective General Practice business continuity plans for when disaster strikes
Contact us and share your opinionAll GP surgeries need to hold business continuity plans so we can continue to provide the best care possible during setbacks such as floods, power cuts, telephone and internet problems. But when problems arise, things never work out quite how you planned. We discuss various disasters that have affected our own practices such as power cuts, floods, fires and national cyber security emergencies... And share tips for responding when things go wrong and how what to include in an effective business continuity plan. Boost your triage skills with our dynamic 5-session live webinar course, tailored for primary care clinicians. Led by Dr. Gandalf and Dr. Ed Pooley, this comprehensive training covers all facets of remote patient triage—digital, on-call, and more. Gain practical knowledge, exclusive tips, and direct access to our experts through open Q&A sessions. Elevate your ability to manage primary care challenges effec Subscribe and hear the latest EPIC episode. Join Dr Mike as he shares how to get started and fly using EMIS to make your life easier with this clinical systembit.ly/EMIScourse

Oct 12, 2023 • 39min
When disaster strikes in general practice- how to prepare for never events
Contact us and share your opinionAll GP surgeries need to hold business continuity plans so we can continue to provide the best care possible during setbacks such as floods, power cuts, telephone and internet problems. But when problems arise, things never work out quite how you planned. We discuss various disasters that have affected our own practices such as power cuts, floods, fires and national cyber security emergencies... And share tips for responding when things go wrong and how what to include in an effective business continuity plan. 🔴 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/eGPlearningYTsubscribe 🔴 Other networks:👍 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Egplearning/ 👍🏼🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/drgandalf52 🐦🖥 Website - https://egplearning.co.uk/ 🖥️Some links may contain affiliate links to help support eGPlearning see our disclaimer at https://egplearning.co.uk/contact/disclaimer/Boost your triage skills with our dynamic 5-session live webinar course, tailored for primary care clinicians. Led by Dr. Gandalf and Dr. Ed Pooley, this comprehensive training covers all facets of remote patient triage—digital, on-call, and more. Gain practical knowledge, exclusive tips, and direct access to our experts through open Q&A sessions. Elevate your ability to manage primary care challenges effec Subscribe and hear the latest EPIC episode. Join Dr Mike as he shares how to get started and fly using EMIS to make your life easier with this clinical systembit.ly/EMIScourse