Netiquette – playing nice on social media

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A short note here following the helpful twitter chat today with #hcsmanz [transcript link] Background Wikipedia defines netiquette. However, the clearest summary is contained in the following picture: Better understanding of the conventions for engaging in social media conversations will, hopefully, more people to stop lurking and join in. Social media conversations are more than [...]

Nothing to see here – General Practice serves our children well

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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 [...]

Forgiveness, narratives and listening

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Reblogged from Abetternhs's Blog: “Forgive is a verb, not a noun. Every day I try to forgive and hopefully move a little further down the road” Marian Partington has been on that road for a long time. In 1973 her younger sister Lucy disappeared. She wasn’t found until 1994, when her dismembered and decapitated remains [...]

A personal response to the Francis Report (Part 1)

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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 →

The doctor will see you now… if you are truly ill.

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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 →

Tories pose as 'independent charity' to push for NHS privatisation

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Reblogged from skwalker1964: One of the things I’ve come across during the recent FOI information I’ve been working through was a reference by the South West pay-cartel’s ‘Communications Lead’ to a paper by a ‘think-tank’ that supports its position: Here’s … Continue reading →

2012 in review

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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 →