• Everything’s a system
    Jan 15 2026

    In our first guest episode Phil is joined by Tom Padgett to discuss a new approach to assessing value in healthcare that takes into account the entire healthcare system.

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    39 mins
  • What does ‘safe’ mean?
    Jan 1 2026

    In this episode Phil and Marc discuss what the word ‘safe’ means in a healthcare context and how it can be applied to emotive subjects like vaccines.Safety, risk/benefit, risk perception, safety profile, intended use, side effects, adverse events, vaccines, vaccination, herd immunity, smallpox, MMR, mRNA vaccine, probability, conditional probability.

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    20 mins
  • Correlation versus Causation
    Dec 18 2025

    In this episode Phil and Marc react to recent healthcare announcements in the US and discuss the difference between correlation and causation.Whatis a randomised clinical trial? | MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCLTrumpmakes unproven claims linking autism to Tylenol use by pregnant women - BBCNews


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    24 mins
  • Value in healthcare.. It depends
    Dec 4 2025

    In this episode Phil and Marc discuss what value actually means in healthcare: how it’s worked out, who gets a say in what matters, and who decides what ‘good value’ is


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    28 mins
  • Getting to know Phil
    Nov 20 2025

    Phil and Marc discuss Phil’s company HEOR. What does it do, how does it do it andwhat makes it unique?

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    27 mins
  • Contentious subjects
    Nov 7 2025

    Phil and Marc discuss the rollout of the chickenpox vaccine in the UK, and the history of the treatment of obesity

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    17 mins
  • Welcome to Shaping the Future
    Nov 7 2025

    In this first episode, hosts Phil McEwan and Dr Marc Evans introduce the concept of this brand new health economics podcast. When it comes to healthcare, what can we do differently to shape the future?

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    14 mins