National media: Keogh says 13k NHS deaths! Keogh: er, no I don’t. Filed under: Journalism, Medicine, NHS, UK
Showing posts with label NHS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NHS. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Access to General Practice and Emergency Department attendance in UK. A link to poverty?
The paper from Imperial College evaluating Emergency Department use with reference to access to a General Practitioner during the year 1 April 2011- 31 March 2012 here in England caused a small storm when it was published last week (June 13, 2013). At face value, the results play into the Government’s narrative that GPs are […]
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Underactive thyroid disease – a modern approach
The Problem A patient comes to the doctor concerned about longstanding fatigue symptoms. She knows of a family history of underactive thyroid disease and is worried her thyroid is not working properly Introduction and some basic concepts [from Basic endocrinology : for students of pharmacy and allied health sciences, edited by Constanti et al (1998; […]
Friday, April 12, 2013
Rise Of The Patient #ROTPt: A Trilogy in Health Care
See on Scoop.it – Of human kindness Join me, Shirley Williams, as I interview Dr. David Lewis as he shares his life experience in the health care system as a Family Doctor, Patient and Caregiver. Bio David Lewis FRCSEd, MRCGP David Lewis is a family doctor in United Kingdom. David Lewis‘s insight: If you have [...]
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Nothing to see here – General Practice serves our children well
February 19, 2013 UK readers awoke to the headline that NHS is failing the children. Why? Kids with meningococcal disease are turned away rather than sent to hospital to be cured; Children with asthma are not given adequate treatment; Too many children are admitted to paediatric wards with minor illnesses Doctors prescribe too many drugs [...]
Thursday, February 7, 2013
A personal response to the Francis Report (Part 1)
Form filling and tick boxes Do Not Attempt Resuscitation [DNAR] Form Background End of life care is an important part of primary health care and general practice. There are strong ethical and moral arguments going back to biblical times to … Continue reading 
Thursday, January 31, 2013
The doctor will see you now… if you are truly ill.
Why is everyone scared of missing cancer? [BBC Radio 4 PM, 30-Jan-2013] Personally public needs to (wo)man up and face the fact we die. And most of us die from heart disease or lung disease. Doctors know, though many politicians … Continue reading 
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 2,700 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading 
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Samuel Shem, 34 Years After ‘The House of God’ – Atlantic Mobile
http://goo.gl/TZ3fx A fabulous essay celebrating humanity in healthcare which must be preserved for all our sakes Filed under: Clinical, General Practice, Journalism, Medicine, NHS, Teaching/Undergraduate
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