Rise Of The Patient #ROTPt: A Trilogy in Health Care

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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 [...]

Wellcome Film of the Month: The Sardinian Project (1949)

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Reblogged from Wellcome Trust Blog: Our film of the month for March is The Sardinian project (1949), which is about how malaria was eradicated from the island just after the Second World War. The history of malaria runs in parallel with the most recent 10,000 years of human civilisation; malaria has a symbiotic relationship with [...]

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 →