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Place rainbow flags in GP surgeries to encourage patients to ‘come out’
CREDIT: This story was first seen in The Telegraph GPs should display rainbow posters in their waiting rooms to encourage gay and bisexual patients to keep reading
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Comment
Are pay conditions for salaried GPs likely to affect motivation?
Figures from NHS Digital have revealed that salaried GPs, on average, earned £53,600 during 2014/2015 compared to GP partners earning £101,500 over the same period. keep reading
Management
Keeping it in the family: Dr Peter Swinyard offers advice for the future
The FDA will be particularly familiar to those working in smaller practices, with the charitable organisation regularly signposting their members to key educational resources in keep reading
Live it
60 seconds with Robert Varnam
What do you do to de-stress after a long day? I spend a lot of time away from home with big groups of people so keep reading
Management
Rapid response primary care: Paramedics in practice
The complexity of care required for patients with multiple long-term conditions, both physical and mental, can make it difficult for one clinician to have the keep reading
Health & Patient Care
A heavy burden to bear: Obesity in general practice
The cost of the obesity epidemic is expected to reach £50bn per annum by 2050 according to Public Health England which estimates that the direct keep reading
Comment
System change: prioritising patients by need
What is Doctor First? Doctor First is a GP appointment system that helps GP practices to better manage demand by giving patients rapid contact with keep reading
News
BMA: One in four GP appointments is ‘avoidable’
Credit: This story was first seen on the London Evening Standard A quarter of all GP appointments are “avoidable” with doctors forced to waste millions of hours keep reading
Management
GPs call for the introduction of ‘black alerts’ in primary care
Credit: This story was first seen on iNews GPs have called for the creation of ‘black alerts’ in primary care to indicate that maximum safe keep reading
Management
GP ended her life after suspension over bipolar blog
Credit: This story was first seen on the the BBC A GP who had been diagnosed with a mental health condition hanged herself following her keep reading