# Clare Gerada

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President of the Royal College of GPs, Dame Clare Gerada

Dame Clare Gerada is President of the Royal College of General Practitioners, an inner London GP and specialist in addiction. Doctor Doctor reveals the stress, excitement and challenges facing a 21st century medic. These are life-affirming stories of highs and lows, of commitment, bravery, skill, …

John Read - UK Royal College of Psychiatry Refuses to Retract Misleading Statement about Antidepressant Withdrawal and Dismisses Complaint

Today on MIA Radio we have a special episode which is devoted to recent developments in the UK involving a formal complaint lodged with the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists. Professor John Read from the University of East London took time out to bring us up to date on the response to the complai…

How to succeed as a senior leader. With Dame Clare Gerada. Episode 99

Send us a text In this episode, Clare talks about her career and we particularly focus on her leadership roles. She tells me that as doctors we are all leaders, and often don't appreciate the skills that we actually have. Her leadership wasn't part of a big master plan, she worked hard as a front l…

The ‘I’, ‘We’ and ‘They’ of Mental Health Management

In this episode, podcast host Peter Cackett (Consultant Ophthalmologist, NHS Lothian) and guest speaker Dame Clare Gerada (general practitioner and founder of the NHS Practitioner Health programme) discuss and explore numerous aspects relating to clinician well-being. These include the reasons for …

Listener Week: Sex in your 70s, Risky sports, Cost of men and women's haircuts

Listener Week is when all the topics, interviews and discussions are chosen by YOU! Woman's Hour listener Elaine asked the programme to discuss the issue of having sex in later life. Elaine is in her seventies and her partner would like to resume a sexual relationship. They are both negotiating med…

From the archive: ‘In my 30 years as a GP, the profession has been horribly eroded’

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: As I finished the final house calls of my long career in general practice, it struck me how detached I am from my patients now – and that i…

Clare Gerada on HIV care in the early 1980s

Clare Gerada trained as a psychiatrist and then a GP, working in South London. She was the first female Chair of the RCGP and later president. She was interviewed in August 2022. 00:01:42.830 --> 00:03:14.360  “I qualified in ‘83 and I can vividly remember seeing the first patient with AIDS, as …

The Changing Faces of General Practice with Dame Clare Gerada

Welcome back. It has been a while, but it should be worth it.   In this episode, we speak with Dame Clare Gerada who has played many roles within the NHS, including the president and chair of the Royal College of General Practice, along with setting up the Practitioner Health Program, which provi…

67: Breaking down the Health Bill – with Clare Gerada and Nicholas Timmins

The Labour government has embarked on a reorganisation of the NHS in England. And now the Health Bill (also known as the ‘NHS Modernisation Bill’) has been introduced in parliament to effect the changes.  Key provisions include merging NHS England into the Department of Health and Social Care, re…

Fearless Medicine - Power, Safety & the Future of Care

In this conversation, Sadie and Baroness Claire Gerada explore the concept of 'Fearness Medicine,' focusing on the importance of compassionate care, the cultural conditions that foster safety and dignity in healthcare, and the role of leadership in shaping a positive organizational culture. They di…