GPs of a ‘certain age’ remember well the panic after the Lancet paper in 1996 that showed a link between the combined pill and breast cancer. In combination with a health alert the year before linking...
I remember, a good few years ago now, my GP trainer telling me that “GPST2 is about knocking the hospital out of you; not every patient needs a CRP.” She was, of course, absolutely correct. Now here I...
For most of us, when chickenpox strikes, it’s an itchy nuisance for the kids and a childcare headache for the grownups. But for pregnant women, as discussed here, it can result in life-threatening disease,...
How to improve timelines for cancer diagnosis has been a hot topic for years. The Long Term Plan (LTP) for cancer announced in 2019 boldly set out to increase the number of patients diagnosed with early...
If you have been reading or watching any media recently, you will almost certainly have seen discussion around the new “celeb weight loss drug” or “life changing medication for obesity”, depending upon...
When I train GP and practice nurses about child safeguarding, I like to finish with a true story. This story is about my father, who remains the best GP I have ever worked with, and someone who knew more,...