Long-term conditions
Asbestos in the practice
Almost 90% of trusts have hospitals with asbestos in them, a freedom of information investigation by the BBC has found. This silent killer was an keep reading
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Live it
The breathing technique to help you through life’s challenges
Ben Douch explains the four ways the resonance breath technique can support your mental health CREDIT: This is an edited version of an article that keep reading
CPD
Learning lessons: how COVID can lead to NHS reform
Out of the tragedy of the pandemic there is a unique opportunity to accelerate reform in the NHS, and prepare for a world living with keep reading
News
RCGP calls for suspension of GP appraisal during COVID-19
The Royal College of GPs governing council has passed a motion to call for suspension of GP appraisal for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic keep reading
Live it
Seven steps to tackle SAD
Do you find your mood takes a dip over the winter months? If so, you may be experiencing seasonal affective disorder – but the good keep reading
News
Flu jab push as COVID vaccine roll-out planned
As reported by BBC news, people aged over 50 in England are being urged to get a flu jab, as ministers hope for a mass keep reading
Compliance
Support through clinical negligence claims shouldn’t stop at the new GP indemnity scheme
The Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (CNSGP) — the newly launched, state-backed GP indemnity scheme — seems to have been received positively across the keep reading
Management
The benefits of apprenticeships – and dispelling the myths
Catherine Lawler, of the Practice Manager Association, discusses why you should consider an apprenticeship programme in your practice There aren’t many in the healthcare industry keep reading
Long-term conditions
Pandemic threatens primary care for long term conditions
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, attention was diverted away from primary care’s key roles in early detection of disease and management of long keep reading
Comment
Croydon GP: general practice as I knew it had changed beyond recognition
As coronavirus took hold for the first time earlier this year GPs had to completely change the way they work CREDIT: This is an edited keep reading