It’s vital you read Consultant’s reports

Don’t throw Reports in the waste-paper-bin You know those official letters/reports sent out by the NHS every time you have an Outpatient appointment, procedure etc? Once, when these were sent doctor-to-doctor, they contained comments such as “nothing wrong...

Autumn food

This Autumn It’s more important than ever to ‘Eat Local’   With empty shelves in supermarkets, it’s a good idea to work out what food you can buy locally, in case lack of lorry drivers, etc. means we are going to have a shortage. Since...

Latest Covid-19 report

It’s doubtful that “lessons will be learned” from the cross-party Science and Technology Committee and the Health and Social Care Committee’s latest report. The report focussed on the mega-errors in the Government’s handling of the...

Letter to my GP

Dear Doctor Do you have a Rottweiller in your surgery? Recently the media has been full of stories about patients unable to book GP appointments; one barrier could be Receptionists who manage to put us off. If we need to see a GP, one reason can be embarrassing...

GP Crisis

In Defense of GPs Recently the media has been full of horror stories about difficulties getting a GP’s appointment.  Am I the only one who has found unexpected advantages? Previously, if you got a recurrence of a condition, you could not book follow-up hospital...