A GP specialty trainee who claimed nearly £10 000 in sick pay from one NHS trust while doing […]
Category: General practice / family medicine, UK
You may picture an “apprentice” as a young lad (the word has yet to shake off its gendered […]
From 1997 to 2010 the Blair/Brown Labour government saw sustained improvements in the NHS. By the time they […]
The Department of Health and Social Care’s new Major Conditions Strategy1 starts strongly, detailing how the nation’s health […]
Way back in the last century when I was a newly qualified doctor, I spent a lot of […]
I was recently invited to talk to a group of GP registrars about uncertainty in medicine. I resisted […]
Patients bring many things with them to the consulting room. Some we’re expecting, including their symptoms, thoughts, worries, […]
After decades as a full time surgeon, during which I didn’t go to a dentist for a seven […]
I recently had an unnerving experience. I met someone I’d seen several times before, and she looked completely […]