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 […]
News flash from the Middle Earth Gazette. Today Daivd Camreon announces along with Jermeey Hnut that as part of their campaign pledge to bring 7 day service to the NHS they will fund primary care with an additional ring-fenced budget of £5 billion. When asked, the Prime Minister commented: ‘Last election we pledged to not […]
An Xmas diddy: Away is the manager, no trolley for a bed. The Out of Hours GP, laid down his tired head. CQC in the bright sky, tried probing him as he lay The poor working GP, prayed for sleep and for play. Patient demand is growing, GPs still are awake. But the frazzled poor […]
General Practice is at a tipping point. The below letter provided by a concerned GP has been created with a view to provide a launching point for those concerned about the changes being imposed on General Practice to send to their MP to make them aware of the issues. Please first copy and paste the […]
Yesterday at the 2014 RCGP annual conference in Liverpool Jeremy Hunt took questions from a variety of GPs are part of one of the opening sessions. A link to the video footage can be seen here. Some questions such as those posed by Mark Purvis (@purmj) challenged the information provided by the Secretary of Health […]
On the 6th of August is the annual ‘Black Wednesday‘. This is when we see an influx of new doctors start the year in new posts. Some see this as a negative. I see this as an opportunity for experienced clinicians to help guide the new crop of developing doctors to be understand how to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]