59 episodes

A very warm welcome to the Penny's Hill Practice Podcast from Penny's Hill Practice, Ferndown, Dorset!

Everyone is more than welcome to join our podcast family. We have listeners locally in Dorset and also all around the world.

In our podcasts, we reach out to you- our patients, your friends and family and carers, and our global family. Our aim is to provide you with free, independent, easy-to-access health information, as well as keeping in touch with you all. We have some special guests joining us every so often too.

We hope you enjoy listening and if you do, why not drop us a line!

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A very warm welcome to the Penny's Hill Practice Podcast from Penny's Hill Practice, Ferndown, Dorset!

Everyone is more than welcome to join our podcast family. We have listeners locally in Dorset and also all around the world.

In our podcasts, we reach out to you- our patients, your friends and family and carers, and our global family. Our aim is to provide you with free, independent, easy-to-access health information, as well as keeping in touch with you all. We have some special guests joining us every so often too.

We hope you enjoy listening and if you do, why not drop us a line!

    First Birthday Podcast - May 2021

    First Birthday Podcast - May 2021

    You're listening to season 2 of the Penny's Hill Practice podcast!

    In this episode, Dr Geoff Hamp and Dr Sam McGinley look back over the last 59 episodes as we celebrate our first birthday on the podcast!

    And given that it's Dr McGinley's birthday this month, we also listen to him unwrap his special podcast birthday present live on air!

    We have enjoyed bringing these podcasts to you and would like to thank you all, our listeners and our podcast family, as well as all our amazing guests we have had on! We couldn't have done these podcasts without you all and we are so grateful to have you all as our listeners!

    If you have any suggestions for topics you would like covered, email them to pennyshill.podcast@dorsetgp.nhs.uk and put the word "Podcast"  as your subject, or leave us a message at https://anchor.fm/pennyshillpractice/message

    As always, please look after yourself and each other, stay safe, stay well and remember to keep smiling. Until next week, and here's to another year!

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    Released 17 May 2021

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    Atrial Fibrillation- May 2021

    Atrial Fibrillation- May 2021

    You're listening to season 2 of the Penny's Hill Practice podcast! We are back after an a small break! Welcome back!

    In this episode, Dr Geoff Hamp and Dr Sam McGinley look at atrial fibrillation. 

    Did you know that if you have atrial fibrillation you are 5 times more likely to have a stroke? And that 1 in 5 strokes in the UK are caused by atrial fibrillation? However, if your atrial fibrillation is diagnosed, there is medication that can reduce that risk?

    Sounds easy, doesn't it? But what are the symptoms of atrial fibrillation? How would you know you have it? And just how do you take your pulse accurately?

    Well, in this episode we will cover these questions and more!

    To have a look at Arrhythymia Alliance's Know Your Pulse campaign, have a look at their site here.

    And why not have a listen to our very popular podcast on blood pressure and how to take your blood pressure here. To hear our episode on low fat diets, have a listen here and on losing weight listen here. And to hear our episode on stopping smoking, you can hear that here, and our episode on alcohol, do have a listen here.

    If you have any suggestions for topics you would like covered, email  them to pennyshill.podcast@dorsetgp.nhs.uk and put the word "Podcast"  as your subject, or leave us a message at https://anchor.fm/pennyshillpractice/message

    As always, please look after yourself and each other, stay safe, stay well and remember to keep smiling. Until next week!

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    Released 10 May 2021

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    • 18 min
    Moles - April 2021

    Moles - April 2021

    You're listening to season 2 of the Penny's Hill Practice podcast!

    In this episode, Dr Geoff Hamp and Dr Sam McGinley look at skin moles, another skin condition that has probably affected all of us at one stage or another.

    The British Association of Dermatologists have some very comprehensive and useful leaflets including this one on melanotic naevi, or pigmented moles.

    The NHS also has a great page about moles which you can find here and also about non-melanoma skin cancer here.

    Don't forget to have a listen to our very popular episode on Sunshine and Vitamin D that we recorded last summer too- you can hear that here.

    If you have any suggestions for topics you would like covered, email  them to pennyshill.podcast@dorsetgp.nhs.uk and put the word "Podcast"  as your subject, or leave us a message at https://anchor.fm/pennyshillpractice/message

    As always, please look after yourself and each other, stay safe, stay well and remember to keep smiling. Until next week!

    Runtime  11 minutes 50 seconds

    Released 19 April 2021

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    • 11 min
    Step 2 out of Lockdown - April 2021

    Step 2 out of Lockdown - April 2021

    You're listening to season 2 of the Penny's Hill Practice podcast!

    In a change to the scheduled episode, this week's episode is a short look at what today's step 2 means in the UK's roadmap out of lockdown. However, Dr Geoff Hamp and Dr Sam McGinley are working on a breaking episode relating to the latest information about the coronavirus vaccines which they hope to bring you as soon as possible.

    If you have any suggestions for topics you would like covered, email  them to pennyshill.podcast@dorsetgp.nhs.uk and put the word "Podcast"  as your subject, or leave us a message at https://anchor.fm/pennyshillpractice/message

    As always, please look after yourself and each other, stay safe, stay well and remember to keep smiling. Until next week!

    Runtime  3 minutes 34 seconds

    Released 12 April 2021

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    • 3 min
    Acne - April 2021

    Acne - April 2021

    You're listening to season 2 of the Penny's Hill Practice podcast!

    In this episode, Dr Geoff Hamp and Dr Sam McGinley look at acne, a condition that has probably affected all of us at one stage or another, but also one that can cause great anxiety and issues with how people feel about themselves.

    We will tell you the best things you can use and try at home, the things definitely not to try, dispel some of the common myths around acne (does chocolate give you acne?), and explain what treatments we can use to help you with your acne. We also discuss what happens next if despite all these treatments, we still cannot control your acne.

    We will cover the topic of acne rosacea in another podcast.

    If you have any suggestions for topics you would like covered, email  them to pennyshill.podcast@dorsetgp.nhs.uk and put the word "Podcast"  as your subject, or leave us a message at https://anchor.fm/pennyshillpractice/message

    As always, please look after yourself and each other, stay safe, stay well and remember to keep smiling. Until next week!

    Runtime  14 minutes 14 seconds

    Released 5 April 2021

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    • 14 min
    Long Covid - March 2021

    Long Covid - March 2021

    You're listening to season 2 of the Penny's Hill Practice podcast!

    In this episode, Dr Geoff Hamp and Dr Sam McGinley look at "long Covid", in the first of a series of podcasts looking at moving forwards as the Coronavirus Pandemic continues.

    The Long Covid questionnaire is available here on our website for patients registered at Penny's Hill Practice.

    Do also have a look at the NHS Your Covid Recovery website here for some really good resources, advice and information.

    If you have any suggestions for topics you would like covered, email  them to pennyshill.podcast@dorsetgp.nhs.uk and put the word "Podcast"  as your subject, or leave us a message at https://anchor.fm/pennyshillpractice/message

    As always, please look after yourself and each other, stay safe, stay well and remember to keep smiling. Until next week!

    Runtime  11 minutes 34 seconds

    Released 29 March 2021

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    • 11 min

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