I was asked by a medical student yesterday the best thing about being an NHS GP. Continuity of care? Mastery of a broad range of conditions? A sense of community and making a difference? After a lot of thought I’ve decided. It’s the swivel chair. But the problem is, while I’m sitting in the magicContinue reading “… How to be a GP. Part 2: Swivel chairs.”
Category Archives: Health
… Going For A Stroll
So where were we? You might remember a while ago I’d decided to go on a weight loss kick. … Losing Weight Well, while I’ve been in the planning stages the paunch has sought re-enforcements and so changes need made. But finding time for exercise isn’t easy. The efficient Mrs Dr Brown does her weeklyContinue reading “… Going For A Stroll”
… How to be a GP. Part 1: Diagnosis.
The World Health Organisation suggests there are over 10,000 human diseases. And one of a GP’s main jobs is to decide which one of these the patient has come in with (though often it’s equally valuable to rule out which of the really nasty ones it isn’t). And so begins the dance of history taking. Continue reading “… How to be a GP. Part 1: Diagnosis.”
… Does that seem better…or worse? : a trip to the optician.
“Can you read the top line for me?” “There are lines?” “On the chart in front of you.” “Chart, you say?” Yes, folks. This month I’ve needed to visit the optician. And like the blind leading the blind, or at very least the highly myopic leading the partially sighted, I had to bring the boyContinue reading “… Does that seem better…or worse? : a trip to the optician.”
Dr Brown is Getting Better 