Lizzie Croton, GP writes about The Sick Doctors Trust, a charity providing support for doctors concerned about their use of alcohol or drugs It’s a tremendous privilege to be able to offer a listening ear to a fellow professional. The stories we hear can be harrowing but I believe that once that person takes that … Continue reading
A GP looks back on surviving an out of hospital cardiac arrest – while doing the round of a local nursing home. Anonymous posting. Continue reading
The use of FOBT (guaiac method) has been recommended in the NICE guidelines NG12 Suspected cancer: recognition and referral published in June earlier this year. Offer testing for occult blood in faeces to assess for colorectal cancer in adults without rectal bleeding who: are aged 50 and over with unexplained abdominal pain or weight loss, … Continue reading
Posting by Sonia Hutton-Taylor of http://www.medicalforum.com Why do locums need career planning? Well not all do – for example – if a person is doing locums for one or more of the following reasons there may be little need for additional career planning. as a positive ongoing and longer term professional career choice in order … Continue reading
GP Liza Kirtchuk gives her personal view on how you can get involved with undergraduate training Whilst GP partners might have well-established teaching arrangements, sessional and salaried GPs can face barriers when exploring their options for undergraduate teaching. Below are a few case studies demonstrating how sessional GPs can get involved. The salaried GP Simon … Continue reading
Out of hours GP Tarun Gupta analyses the new GP contract and how this will affect out of hours (OOH) GPs. Most of us have been engaged with the ongoing debate around the junior doctor contract that is dominating our Facebook newsfeed, with friends or loved ones directly involved with planned protests and making appearances … Continue reading
Blog post by GP Nick Marotta The NHS is a powerful brand. It symbolises everyone pulling together and looking after one another; going the extra mile. A kind of Blitz spirit prevails. This “we’re all in it together” attitude institutionalised many staff to accept deteriorating pay and conditions in a belief that it’s for the … Continue reading
Posting by GP Dr Luqmaan Malik September 2014: I had been a GP for just over a year and had just turned 30. For the first time in my adult life I was as free as I had ever been: no exams, no fixed postgraduate training, and I had flexibility and freedom to work according … Continue reading
GP Dr Karen Skinner writes her second post on balancing having 2 children, homes in England and Lagos and no less than 8 different portfolio roles. Prioritise, Prioritise, Prioritise This seems obvious and simple but all too soon, multi tasking women can find ourselves tidying the bathroom and not doing the appraisal write-ups. I’m sure … Continue reading
Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are novel direct-acting medications that are selective for one specific coagulation factor, either thrombin (IIa) or activated factor X (Xa). NOACs have now been integrated into CCG formularies for GPs to prescribe as part of a shared care agreement with a cardiologist/haematologist since NICE approved — specifically — rivaroxaban, dabigatran, and apixaban for use in the … Continue reading
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