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For those who can't even spare 8 minutes, this podcast clocks in just north of 5. How can we explain what the different summary statistics actually mean?

Coming in at nearly 10 minutes, this is the long version of the summary statistics podcast. What are they, why do we like certain ones over others, and how do they behave?

With the world imploding and the climate crisis emerging, what role does pharmacy and medicines have in the area? And more importantly, what can we do as individuals working in the area to make things better and make a difference?

Of all the many conundrums of hospital pharmacy, this is possibly one of the greatest - why are most of them designed with terrible offices and no windows? Just in time for your summer holiday, this is the pharmacy / architecture crossover podcast episode you never knew you needed but now can't live without. Covering Florence Nightingale, germ theory, the birth of the NHS, the Linstead and Noel Hall reports, plus the omnipresent and omni-malevolent Toyota method, this is a whistle stop tour through pharmacy history to try to explain this most puzzling fact.

What's the plural of "Summary of Product Characteristics"? Summaries of Product Characteristics, or Summary of Product Characteristicses? Just one of the many questions this podcasts doesn't answer (because it's only 8 minutes long and about pharmacy stuff so there's loads of stuff outside the bounds of the podcast). But if your question is "how should I think about SPCs, and what are their benefits and limitations," then you've just hit the jackpot by finding this podcast! And if that wasn't your question - why not? Listen anyway, to find out why it should have been. Enjoy!

Just when you thought pharmacy couldn't get more interesting, here we go with a podcast about pharmacokinetics basics. What is a volume of distribution, what does it mean, and why should we care? All this and even more epic stuff! Hold onto your hats, kids - this is going to be a wild one! Give it a listen and see if exceeds your (low) expectations! (We've tried to keep it to under 7 minutes to compensate for the subject matter)

It's a quiz. On a Friday. About pharmacy things. There's almost zero chance you'll get 6/6

We're back into critical appraisal of unpronounceable medicines! Using eptinezumab as an example, how does it work to treat migraines, how well does it work, and most importantly, how did NICE use a network meta-analysis to look at how good it is compared to its equally unpronounceable friends? What is a network meta-analysis, and what are the key points? Enjoy!

It's back! It's a quiz! It's about a minute long! It's on a Friday! That's pretty much all there is to say. Oh, apart from question 5 - you can have a point if you get within 5 of the answer (we're feeling generous as it's the first week back - it won't happen again)

We're back! Asking "what's the point" of more bits of pharmacy. Many thanks to Hannah and Olivia for taking the time to explain the world of radiopharmacy. What exactly is it? Why's everything so heavy to lift? And why do they always seem to be in so early in the mornings? Only 8 minutes out of your day to find out!

Medical gases are medicines, but often relatively neglected by pharmacy - so it's time for a review of what they are and why we should care about them, all provided by our guest expert, Lucy. There's so much stuff we've been slightly flexible (but not that flexible - we are still pharmacy) and given her 10 minutes instead of the normal 8. Loads of content with this one - the only thing you'll not find out is why gases only has 1 "s" in the middle, when all the laws of English would suggest it should have 2. Give it a listen - what have you got to lose?

Never one to miss a bandwagon, with the recent announcement of the withdrawal of pholcodine it seemed an ideal opportunity to look at the study that provided the data to prompt the review. How does pholcodine make you more likely to have an allergic reaction to neuromuscular blocking agents? How do we know? And whilst we answer these questions, we'll also talk about case control studies and odds ratios too. There's not much more fun you can pack into an 8-ish minute podcast!