Christopher Jones
Practice in crisis town closed suddenly after inspection
Narrator: Only an idiot would believe that poor medical care was worse than no medical care at all.
Cue: CQC makes dramatic entrance.BMA to prioritise tackling health board bullying after GP pressure
I wonder whether England will learn from this and perhaps take a strong stance? For instance the South West performance advisory group who apparently seem comfortable to ignore the law as they abuse their position of authority knowing that the average doctor cannot afford to challenge them.
Beware the CQC firetrap
So true. As the epitome of nonsensical bad practice, I feel we all have a professional responsibility to challenge the CQC at every opportunity.
Collect feedback following every GP-patient interaction, says GMC report
What a stupid, simple minded, woolly headed, half-witted idea.
This completely misses the fact that customer satisfaction and patient care are often mutually exclusive concepts.RCGP vows to continue giving out wellbeing boxes to trainees
I wonder what the total cost of these condescending packages has been.
GPs will need certification to carry out spirometry by 2021
I personally think this is a great idea. I was actually just contemplating ways in which arbitrary and meaningless bureaucracy could be increased in general practice. Then as if by magic, I discovered that someone had beaten me to it. And this idea is almost as good as my idea that all general practitioners should have a weekly swallow assessment to check that they are safe to eat their lunch without choking.
'Striking is just something doctors should not do'
Striking is just something doctors should not BE FORCED TO NEED TO do
Seven reasons that 'zero tolerance' doesn't work
There are some valid points made here with regard to tolerance and patient education. If that was the whole story, then i would agree wholly with the article. And of course, a degree of understanding and insight into the fact that fear may sometimes drive "out of character" behaviour is commendable.
However, what seems to be entirely overlooked is the simple right of the professional not to be expected to tolerate abuse. If we accept abuse, we devalue ourselves, as well as the work which we do. And, not only are we highly trained professionals, but also human beings with feelings and and (arguably) a pretty fundamental right not to be subjected to any form of violence or abuse.
