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Medical Voices is a free medical English podcast: learn the English of healthcare through realistic doctor–patient conversations. For English learners at B1–C1, and especially for nurses and doctors who work in English or are preparing for IELTS or OET.

Four ways to listen:
🩺 Medical English Lessons (every Tuesday, B2–C1): clinical English for nurses and doctors. 10 key terms, a full consultation at natural speed and then slowly, a language breakdown and a quick quiz.
💬 Everyday Consultations (every other Friday, B1): short scenes at the doctor’s, the pharmacy and the dentist, heard from both sides: what the clinician says and how the patient answers.
🎙 Nadia & Tom Talk (every other Friday, B1–B2): relaxed conversations about healthcare and life in English, with useful phrases explained along the way.
🎧 Listening Marathons (monthly): our best consultations back to back, for long listening practice.

Scenes are set in GP surgeries, pharmacies, hospital wards and emergency departments, with notes on UK, US, Australian and Canadian usage. Every episode has a free PDF transcript with the vocabulary.

We call our community the Med Nomads: everyone who has crossed a border and had to find the words for health in a new language. The nurse rebuilding her career in a new country. The international doctor finding their voice on a foreign ward. The parent in a waiting room abroad, explaining that their child’s fever started last night. We make the language of medicine learnable, dignified and free, so no one feels like a stranger in the place they came to heal, or to be healed.

Hosted by Nadia and Tom. They’re characters voiced with AI voice technology; every script is written and checked by a human producer.

📄 Free video episodes and PDF transcripts: medicalvoices.health/en
🎓 Preparing for IELTS or OET? Our channel partner E2 Language gives Medical Voices listeners 26% off with code MDV26: medicalvoices.health/e2 (we earn a commission at no extra cost to you)
🇫🇷 In French: Voix Médicales, on YouTube and in your podcast app
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⚕ For language learning only. This content is not medical advice.

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  1. Welcome to Medical Voices: Now Every Tuesday and Friday

    Medical Voices teaches medical English through real conversations between clinicians and patients. Tuesdays: full lessons set in GP surgeries, hospitals and pharmacies. Fridays: Everyday Consultations (B1) and Nadia & Tom Talk, in alternate

  2. Abdominal Pain History │ Medical English 23

    A GP takes a structured abdominal pain history from a patient who can’t quite put his symptoms into words. Watch how Dr. Khan turns everyday language — ‘my stomach hurts’, ‘I feel sick’, ‘I’ve been going more often’ — into clinical vocabula

  3. Taking a Pain History — Medical English Ep. 22

    In Episode 22, Nadia and Tom are at Elmwood Surgery for a GP consultation about persistent knee pain. Mrs. Whitfield describes her symptoms while Dr. Okafor works through a structured pain history — onset, character of pain, severity, radia

  4. Calling the Doctor Overnight (SBAR) — Medical English Ep. 21

    It's 2 AM on Whitfield Ward. A ward nurse picks up the phone and calls the on-call doctor about a patient whose observations have changed. This is the first Medical Voices episode where both characters are clinicians — and every line teache

  5. Capacity & Informed Consent — Medical English Ep. 20

    An elderly patient is due a routine MRI, and his daughter has one urgent question: on a day his capacity is fluctuating, who actually gets to decide? Dr. Rao walks the family through informed consent, capacity, and best-interests decision-m

  6. Falls Assessment: The Language of a Geriatric GP Follow-Up for OET Speaking & IELTS

    Mr. Fenwick had a single fall in his kitchen three weeks ago — and he's keen to downplay it so as not to worry his daughter. Dr. Chaudhry isn't about to let that happen. Nadia and Tom cover ten essential falls-assessment terms: fall, loss o

  7. Chest Pain in the ED: The Language of an Emergency Triage Assessment for OET Speaking & NMC OSCE

    Mr. Sullivan walks into the Emergency Department with chest pain that's never felt like this before — and Staff Nurse Pillai has only minutes to take a structured history, get him monitored, and start ruling out the dangerous causes. Nadia

  8. Hypertension Follow-Up: The Language of a Chronic-Disease Review for OET Speaking & IELTS

    Mrs. Holloway has bought her own blood pressure monitor and been checking daily since her diagnosis a few months ago — and today Dr. Ahmed wants to know exactly how she's been taking those readings. Nadia and Tom cover ten essential hyperte

  9. Antenatal Booking Visit: The Language of Your First Midwife Appointment for OET Speaking

    It's Sophie's first pregnancy, and her first booking visit — and she's just found out the appointment doesn't include a scan at all. Midwife Miguel Santos is about to explain exactly what does happen instead. Nadia and Tom cover ten essenti

  10. Asthma & Inhaler Technique: The Language of an Annual Asthma Review for OET Speaking & IELTS

    Ryan hasn't had an asthma review in two years, and his inhaler technique has quietly drifted without him noticing. Practice Nurse Ngozi Eze is about to find out exactly where it's gone wrong. Nadia and Tom cover ten essential asthma review

  11. Wound Care: The Language of a Dressing Change for OET Speaking & NMC OSCE

    Mrs. Davies is back at Elmwood Surgery for a scheduled dressing change — and this time it's Practice Nurse Marco Reyes checking the wound, not the doctor. Nadia and Tom cover ten essential wound care terms: wound, dressing, stitches/sutures

  12. Diabetes Diagnosis: The Language of a GP Results Appointment for OET Speaking & IELTS

    Mr. Graham Pearce is back for his blood test results — and Dr. Khan is about to tell him, plainly and without hedging, that it's Type 2 diabetes. Nadia and Tom cover ten essential diabetes-counselling terms: Type 2 diabetes, blood sugar, Hb

  13. Mental Health Assessment: The Language of a Primary Care Consultation for OET Speaking & IELTS

    Emma's son is doing just fine — but she isn't quite herself. She's booked twenty minutes to talk about how she's been feeling, and Mental Health Practitioner Femi Adeyemi is about to show what a genuinely validating assessment sounds like.

  14. Telephone Triage: The Language of an NHS 111 Call for OET Speaking & IELTS

    It's 9 PM and the GP surgery is closed. Nadia calls NHS 111 about her son Jamie, who won't respond properly — and the call handler on the other end has only her voice to work with. Nadia and Tom cover ten essential telephone triage terms: d

  15. Paediatric Consultation: Talking to Parents About a Child's Health for OET & IELTS

    A different kind of consultation: a parent, a four-year-old, and a GP who has to reassure without minimizing. Nadia and Tom take you into a paediatric GP appointment. Mrs. Carter brings her son Oliver to see Dr. Okafor, reporting he's been

  16. Post-Op Recovery: The Language of a Surgical Ward for OET Nursing & IELTS

    Mr. Davies is one day post-op on a surgical ward — and Staff Nurse Santos walks through everything he needs to know before the morning round is over. Nadia and Tom cover ten essential post-operative terms: post-operative, surgical ward, rec

  17. Referred to a Specialist: The GP Referral Letter for OET Writing & Speaking

    A new patient, a new practice, and one of the most examinable scenarios in medical English: the GP referral. Nadia and Tom introduce Mrs. Helen Walker, newly registered at Hartfield Medical Centre, presenting with palpitations and mild brea

  18. Allergies & Medications: The Medication Review for OET & IELTS

    Mr. Davies sits down with Dr. Bennett at Elmwood Surgery for a full medication review — the conversation that closes out his GP arc. Nadia and Tom cover the vocabulary of a medication review: medication review, allergy, side effect, dosage,

  19. Understanding Your Results: MRI Findings & Discharge Summary for OET & IELTS

    Mr. Davies is back to hear his results — and how a doctor delivers complex medical information without causing alarm. Nadia and Tom cover the vocabulary of a results consultation: discharge summary, MRI, results, structural abnormality, dia

  20. Vital Signs & Assessment: Triage Vocabulary for OET & IELTS

    Mr. Davies is assessed on arrival to the ward — and every number the nurse records tells part of the story. Nadia and Tom cover the vocabulary of a triage and assessment: vital signs, triage, temperature, pulse, respiratory rate, oxygen sat

  21. Hospital Admission: Taking a Full Medical History for OET & IELTS

    Mr. Davies arrives at hospital admissions — and a nurse takes him through a complete medical history before he's settled onto the ward. Nadia and Tom cover the vocabulary of a hospital admission: admission, medical history, referral letter,

  22. Describing Symptoms: Onset, Duration & Severity for OET & IELTS

    Mr. Davies is back at the GP clinic — this time to describe how he's really feeling, in detail. Nadia and Tom cover the vocabulary of a symptom-focused consultation: symptoms, onset, duration, severity, pain scale, associated symptoms, aggr

  23. At the Pharmacy: Prescriptions & Medication Vocabulary for OET & IELTS

    Mr. Davies collects a prescription — and the pharmacist walks through exactly what he needs to know before he leaves the counter. Nadia and Tom cover the vocabulary of a community pharmacy visit: prescription, pharmacist, dosage, directions

  24. First GP Appointment: Core Medical Vocabulary for OET & IELTS

    A complete UK GP consultation, from chief complaint to follow-up plan — spoken naturally, then broken down term by term. Nadia and Tom walk through a realistic first GP appointment, covering 10 essential clinical vocabulary terms: chief com

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