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Unplanned care DES

To help others manage the unplanned care DES I thought it might be useful sharing my own notes on actioning the plans. Please note I take no responsibility for the accuracy but this is the information I have used and happy to be corrected if anything out of place. Most of my comments revolve around […]

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#1careRevolution explained

What is #1careRevolution? Primary care (known on twitter also as 1care) is seeing a shift. Increasing workload, increasing demand, increasing expectations on a background of reduced real term funding and a media that seems determined to showcase only the bad, and hide the exceptional good done by the hardworking staff in the NHS. Look on […]

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#1careRevolution Ramblings

#24hoursinGP

I was asked to write a blog for Pulse, unfortunately due to the busy day I submitted it late. Here it is anyway: After a hectic meeting with district nurses, community matron team, care coordinator and local practice team discussing complex patients, risk registers and end of life care; I then had a busy on-call followed by my […]

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Manifesto

The RCGP is a member organisation. As members we have the right to expect our college to work for us. Lately I feel the college seems distant. With growing workload, pressure from the Government and secondary care to do more and patient expectations rising, I propose we need change. The RCGP needs to do more […]