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National media: Keogh says 13k NHS deaths! Keogh: er, no I don’t

2013-07-16T03:36:00.001-07:00

National media: Keogh says 13k NHS deaths! Keogh: er, no I don’t. Filed under: Journalism, Medicine, NHS, UK

Access to General Practice and Emergency Department attendance in UK. A link to poverty?

2013-06-16T13:21:00.001-07:00

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 […]

Underactive thyroid disease – a modern approach

2013-06-09T11:06:00.001-07:00

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; […]

Quality of care is ‘not a priority’ in NHS – PharmaTimes

2013-05-25T23:51:00.001-07:00

See on Scoop.it – Of human kindnessQuality of care is ‘not a priority’ in NHS PharmaTimes Quality of care is ‘not a priority’ in NHS. New survey of NHS professionals finds a vast majority do not believe that quality of care in the health service is given enough priority. David Lewis‘s insight: Quality of care […]

Emollients Essential for Epidermis Health

2013-05-04T08:52:00.001-07:00

Storify by David Lewis Sat, May 04 2013 08:38:47 Emollients Essential for Epidermis Health Microblog from Tuesday 30th April at Thames Valley Faculty Annual Symposium – Dr George Moncrief seminar David Lewis@DrPlumEU Dr Moncrief GPwSI dermatology importance of emollients for epidermal health #TVFas Tue, Apr 30 2013 07:54:20 ReplyRetweetFavorite David Lewis@DrPlumEU #TVFas focus on #epidermis [...]

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

2013-04-12T11:21:00.001-07:00

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)

2013-03-11T11:21:00.001-07:00

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

2013-02-24T11:21:00.001-08:00

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

2013-02-20T15:06:00.001-08:00

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

2013-02-18T23:36:00.001-08:00

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)

2013-02-07T16:08:00.001-08:00

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.

2013-01-31T11:07:00.001-08:00

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

2013-01-04T07:26:00.001-08:00

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

2013-01-02T16:35:00.001-08:00

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 →

David Healy – Time to abandon evidence based medicine?

2012-12-01T17:11:00.001-08:00

See on Scoop.it – Cardiovascular diseaseA talk by Prof David Healy from the Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences at Cardiff University. The talk was presented on 26th Nov 2012See on www.youtube.com Filed under: Medicine

Samuel Shem, 34 Years After ‘The House of God’ – Atlantic Mobile

2012-11-28T14:20:00.001-08:00

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

Shame

2012-11-16T15:57:00.001-08:00

Reblogged from Abetternhs's Blog: Masaccio: The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden 1425 Through the concrete physicality of the two figures and the arid landscape around them, Masaccio makes believable the first dolorous steps of human beings on earth, … Continue reading →

Dying with dignity – Liverpool Care Pathway and Palliative Care 2012

2012-11-11T04:36:00.001-08:00

With the furore over Liverpool Care Pathway showing little sign of going away it may be a good time to pull together some of the threads. Margaret McCartney has written about the issue in this week’s BMJ (http://goo.gl/VeqY1) We need … Continue reading →

EXCLUSIVE: Secret Tory steering committee working overtime to ready NHS for mass privatisation

2012-11-11T02:24:00.001-08:00

Reblogged from A diary of deception and distortion: Enquiries by The Slog in the later hours of yesterday evening confirmed that an informal but extremely powerful Working Group has been set up by the Coalition – separate from both NHS … Continue reading →

WHO | Patient safety: the rising star of clinical care

2012-10-22T03:55:00.001-07:00

WHO | Patient safety: the rising star of clinical care. Patient safety: the rising star of clinical care Dr Margaret Chan Director-General of the World Health Organization Keynote address at the 29th International Conference of the International Society for Quality … Continue reading →

Deadly obsession – out tomorrow!

2012-10-19T11:37:00.001-07:00

Deadly obsession – out tomorrow!. Filed under: Leisure

Never miss another message or blog again?

2012-10-18T10:56:00.001-07:00

Today I discover an answer to a prayer. A few weeks ago IFTTT (If this then that) service (at ifttt.com) lost access to Twitter. The little tool was a life line for me to keep track of all my tweets … Continue reading →

Conrad Powell - GIVEAWAY SIGNED KINDLE with DESCEND: GIVEAWAY—Signed KINDLE FIRE with DESCEND!!!

2012-10-16T12:30:00.001-07:00

Conrad Powell - GIVEAWAY SIGNED KINDLE with DESCEND: GIVEAWAY—Signed KINDLE FIRE with DESCEND!!!: [UPDATE: Descend (Book One of the Dakaram Roel Trilogy): Box Set - Parts 1 to 4 will be available free for download on Amazon...

The Things We Carried, Then and Now – NYTimes.com

2012-10-09T23:51:00.001-07:00

http://goo.gl/bJa7W Fabulous short essay on what the new doctor of 21st century should carry in their bag Filed under: Clinical, General Practice, Medicine, Teaching/Undergraduate

MobiMOOC 2012: (My) Learning Expectations

2012-09-08T13:23:00.003-07:00

Reblogged from Michael Sean Gallagher:

Reflect Early and Often

I think it is a critical piece of MOOC participation to critically reflect beforehand on what you want to acquire from the experience and what kind of participation you are committed to make. We all balance schedules, juggle responsibilities, and for most of us, MobiMOOC does not represent something that can have 100% of our attention. So, the first and perhaps most critical piece of learning in general and especially for open learning is to reflect on what you want to learn and what you need to learn.