A collection of my primary care related thoughts.
8AM gathers and so my watch begins It shall not end until my retirement, or emigration I shall take no lunch breaks, get no thanks, have no work-free weekends I shall wear no trainers nor win any appreciation from the government I shall live and die at my computer I am the prescription pad in […]
Yesterday Jeremy Hunt unveiled his new deal for GPs. I watched this on a live stream prior to starting a late morning clinic. To say I was unimpressed would be an understatement. In his speech Jeremy Hunt has offered: Metric data on staffing levels within primary care £10 million for practices that are struggling An […]
I was interested to hear Jeremy Hunt announce on Radio 4 his intention to review the terms and conditions of GPs. I feel this is overdue. Much has been written about the crisis of recruitment and expectation faced by GPs, who, being the most efficient part of the NHS (90% of NHS work done by […]
Ramadan is here and particularly in the UK, there are approximately 19 hour fasts. These can have a physical toll on the human body. As a result it is worth covering the common conditions that affect people during this time and how to prevent them. Headaches: a common symptom particularly at the start of Ramadan […]
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 […]
So the BOMTTU bunfight came and went. The DrGandalf journey began at the the top of snow hill. Descending its peak I Braved the harsh weather of middle midlands to arrive at the Old Stock and joint. Greeted by familiar faces and the hugging death grip of the Human Tourniquet the afternoon brought acquaintances old […]
Do hacks really work? Well I think they do. In 2012 I attended the #digidoc2012 conference in London. This was a conference aimed at bringing clinicians and technology enthusiasts together to learn how better to use technology to help in a clinical setting. Part of the day included tutorials and lectures, but my favourite part […]
Recently the Sunday Times published an opinion piece on how GPs are the cause for the NHS woes. In response an excellent (in my humble opinion) response was sent via Dr Holden in Derbyshire. I will post the link when I can find it however here is the response: update 11.54: found the link to […]
Last week, I went to an interesting event. Called Health Camp WM (West Midlands), it was a free unconference about the use of social media for patient care. Through this event I learnt a great deal. It was interesting to meet people in various different fields: commissioners, communications people, third party providers of health care […]
I apologise for the lack of blog posts lately. Due to a few issues with the site, and work, I have been a little behind. I will be continuing the series on eportfolios in a few weeks. However in the meantime, I have written some articles for Network Locum on Continuous Professional Development (CPD) particularly […]