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State of frustration

I wanted to begin by discussing my recent practice FB post. I called it >very frustrating situation<. That was the best I could think at the time. What is or […]

Effectiveness

A long line of worriers and wear a facemask?

I come from a long line of worriers, which is apposite as the subject of this blog relates to discussions with my brother about Covid. You see, he has been […]

Drugs

Covid – My blog is calling (Week one, through a doctor/dad/outsider’s lens)

Fear of doing the wrong thing is a fundamental of quality improvement. If you are afraid to act because people might call you out or think you stupid, you won’t do anything, and the quality won’t improve. It won’t necessarily deteriorate either, yet, in times of radical change, that is worse.

Delirium

Broken sleep & Coronavirus (Bruce Lee, the philosophy of time and space and this week)

Getting rid of the routine allows people to focus on what is important. (Bruce Lee said this in the 60's - 'Hack away the un-essential')

Effectiveness

Doctor, my husband will see you now. Home visits, and why we should fight for them.

For today, I hope to keep popping out, spending quality time with patients, understanding what is important to them, their preferences, hopes, fears and aspirations, and supporting them to stay outside acute care.

Effectiveness

GPs ending home visits – what the heck?!

Many are the result of an acute deterioration in the health of an older person, who, terrified of being admitted to hospital calls their GP. Many patients do not want to be admitted; they want to stay at home and recover.

Drugs

Manor Field Blog Number 19 COPD

It is never good to start something with an obscure medical acronym; ‘Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease’ is however a bit of a mouthful and I suspect for many, even those who have the condition it doesn’t explain much more.

Dementia

General Practitioner and General Physician

A patient with a headache is more likely to receive paracetamol from a GP, a CT scan from a General Physician and an MRI from the specialist. Who is more effective?

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State of frustration

A long line of worriers and wear a facemask?

Broken sleep & Coronavirus (Bruce Lee, the philosophy of time and space and this week)

GPs ending home visits – what the heck?!

Manor Field Blog Number 19 COPD

General Practitioner and General Physician