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Younger GPs don’t know how good we used to have it

Younger GPs don’t know how good we used to have it

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A&G is not the way to keep ‘millions out of hospital’

A&G is not the way to keep ‘millions out of hospital’

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What is the future of the sick note for GPs?

What is the future of the sick note for GPs?

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Is this the beginning of the end for the tick-box culture?

Is this the beginning of the end for the tick-box culture?

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Change, change… please change the record Wes

Change, change… please change the record Wes

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Should GP collective action become the new norm?

Should GP collective action become the new norm?

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ARRS for GPs? What a load of ARRS

ARRS for GPs? What a load of ARRS

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How would I improve the NHS? Well, I wouldn’t start from here

How would I improve the NHS? Well, I wouldn’t start from here

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NHS computer systems – The modern-day emperor’s new clothes

NHS computer systems – The modern-day emperor’s new clothes

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Pain killers don’t exist – so how can we help patients in pain?

Pain killers don’t exist – so how can we help patients in pain?

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We need to blow our own trumpets more – GPs do an amazing job

We need to blow our own trumpets more – GPs do an amazing job

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What do we want? (Apart from money)

What do we want? (Apart from money)

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This makes my urine boil

This makes my urine boil

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Battered and bruised, but still fighting

Battered and bruised, but still fighting

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My New Year’s resolution is already broken

My New Year’s resolution is already broken

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It’s a Christmas miracle

It’s a Christmas miracle

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Please stop telling me what patients do not have wrong with them

Please stop telling me what patients do not have wrong with them

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All roads lead to the GP

All roads lead to the GP

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I need a support-level integrated framework to decipher NHS management speak

I need a support-level integrated framework to decipher NHS management speak

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Dear NICE, please join the real world…

Dear NICE, please join the real world…

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Maybe charging for NHS services isn’t a bad idea

Maybe charging for NHS services isn’t a bad idea

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A driving licence is a privilege, not a right

A driving licence is a privilege, not a right

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Are we overdiagnosing ADHD?

Are we overdiagnosing ADHD?

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What’s in a name?

What’s in a name?

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The Government is having a laugh

The Government is having a laugh

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To strike, or not to strike

To strike, or not to strike

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Quality of years, not quantity

Quality of years, not quantity

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And now GPs have to extract the urine

And now GPs have to extract the urine

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Guidelines and conveyor-belt medicine

Guidelines and conveyor-belt medicine

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Do it once, do it twice, do it three times

Do it once, do it twice, do it three times

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There is no cavalry coming to save us

There is no cavalry coming to save us

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Simple ideas are usually the best

Simple ideas are usually the best

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A&E is playing with fire

A&E is playing with fire

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We need to rethink our approach to illegal drugs

We need to rethink our approach to illegal drugs

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Call in the SAS

Call in the SAS

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Let’s be cautious of knee-jerk reactionary medicine

Let’s be cautious of knee-jerk reactionary medicine

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General practice is a business

General practice is a business

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Private health insurance is on the rise

Private health insurance is on the rise

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The things that needle me

The things that needle me

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Too much food for thought

Too much food for thought

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A retrograde step for women’s reproductive rights

A retrograde step for women’s reproductive rights

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Miracles while you wait

Miracles while you wait

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I’ve never been prouder to be a GP

I’ve never been prouder to be a GP

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Sometimes we have to stand up to the bullies

Sometimes we have to stand up to the bullies

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Nothing as certain as death and taxes

Nothing as certain as death and taxes

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Primary care, your community-based panacea!

Primary care, your community-based panacea!

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It’s time to examine the gift horse

It’s time to examine the gift horse

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Do we actually need all of secondary care?

Do we actually need all of secondary care?

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An alert system would prove how busy we are

An alert system would prove how busy we are

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To be jabbed or not to be jabbed

To be jabbed or not to be jabbed

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Dignity at the end of life

Dignity at the end of life

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Always the admin

Always the admin

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What is driving GPs out of the profession?

What is driving GPs out of the profession?

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All hands on deck

All hands on deck

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Forms need no reformation

Forms need no reformation

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Lord knows

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Diet schemes are the tip of the iceberg (lettuce)

Diet schemes are the tip of the iceberg (lettuce)

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The new old norm

The new old norm

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The sweet side of Covid we’re forgetting

The sweet side of Covid we’re forgetting

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The Government will get its comeuppance for the Cummings affair

The Government will get its comeuppance for the Cummings affair

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At last, common sense prevails

At last, common sense prevails

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This is certainly not the coroner-virus

This is certainly not the coroner-virus

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Welcome to the world of the immunosuppressed

Welcome to the world of the immunosuppressed

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The faintest of silver linings

The faintest of silver linings

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An old-school virus

An old-school virus

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The career-ending Catch 22 decision

The career-ending Catch 22 decision

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Rationing disguised as health promotion?

Rationing disguised as health promotion?

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Maths made simple for politicians

Maths made simple for politicians

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Are there too many posh doctors?

Are there too many posh doctors?

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Sin taxes may be the only way to curb childhood obesity

Sin taxes may be the only way to curb childhood obesity

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Trust your gut (or whatever you want to call it)

Trust your gut (or whatever you want to call it)

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How are you?

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Desert Island Drugs

Desert Island Drugs

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The NHS has clearly cracked cloning of humans

The NHS has clearly cracked cloning of humans

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A poor choice for a health minister

A poor choice for a health minister

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Shining a ray of light on the harms of tanning

Shining a ray of light on the harms of tanning

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Beware of thin notes

Beware of thin notes

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Sometimes we really can’t win

Sometimes we really can’t win

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There is a long way to go to destigmatise mental illness

There is a long way to go to destigmatise mental illness

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Remember why you signed up to study medicine

Remember why you signed up to study medicine

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Don’t be fooled by the Emperor’s New IT System

Don’t be fooled by the Emperor’s New IT System

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When will we start to afford humans the same dignity as our pets?

When will we start to afford humans the same dignity as our pets?

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It could be worse – you could be an NHS manager

It could be worse – you could be an NHS manager

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How long? Seemingly the hardest question to answer

How long? Seemingly the hardest question to answer

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Truth is the first Casualty of medical dramas

Truth is the first Casualty of medical dramas

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What the NHS needs for Christmas is nothing new and shiny

What the NHS needs for Christmas is nothing new and shiny

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Sometimes only a patient complaint will work

Sometimes only a patient complaint will work

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Referrals have been made a box-ticking exercise to cut costs

Referrals have been made a box-ticking exercise to cut costs

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Could knowing the price of NHS treatments help patients grasp their true value?

Could knowing the price of NHS treatments help patients grasp their true value?

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It’s not as simple as writing in patet anglicus

It’s not as simple as writing in patet anglicus

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Sometimes, doctor does know best

Sometimes, doctor does know best

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This private sector malignancy is spreading too far

This private sector malignancy is spreading too far

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It makes clinical and political sense to decriminalise all drugs

It makes clinical and political sense to decriminalise all drugs

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I don’t think we have anything to fear from A.I.

I don’t think we have anything to fear from A.I.

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We are still way behind in our attitudes to mental health

We are still way behind in our attitudes to mental health

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We GPs need to walk the walk to get our patients active

We GPs need to walk the walk to get our patients active

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The latest distraction from seeing patients

The latest distraction from seeing patients

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Dear consultants, we are not your lackeys

Dear consultants, we are not your lackeys

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Male and steadfastly pale

Male and steadfastly pale

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Letting doctors do their jobs

Letting doctors do their jobs

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Caught in the middle (again)

Caught in the middle (again)

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Calling time on the all-you-can-eat NHS buffet

Calling time on the all-you-can-eat NHS buffet

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Let’s not throw the Gabas out with the Benzos

Let’s not throw the Gabas out with the Benzos

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We need better education to improve smear uptake

We need better education to improve smear uptake

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‘We will see positive change in the GMS contract for 18/19’

‘We will see positive change in the GMS contract for 18/19’

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I welcome a less sweet start to the year

I welcome a less sweet start to the year

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Come on everyone, roll up your sleeves

Come on everyone, roll up your sleeves

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Proper state-funded indemnity would reduce NHS demand

Proper state-funded indemnity would reduce NHS demand

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A bit of common sense could revolutionise NHS IT

A bit of common sense could revolutionise NHS IT

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We should treat sugary foods as forbidden substances

We should treat sugary foods as forbidden substances

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We need to talk about NHS rationing

We need to talk about NHS rationing

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Listening ear is sometimes all that’s required

Listening ear is sometimes all that’s required

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Anyone else want to tell us how to do our job?

Anyone else want to tell us how to do our job?

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Call me Mystic Meg, but I know the election result already

Call me Mystic Meg, but I know the election result already

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Fat is a human issue

Fat is a human issue

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Dr David Turner: They muck it up

Dr David Turner: They muck it up

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Election is a chance for change – but I won’t hold my breath

Election is a chance for change – but I won’t hold my breath

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How assisted dying could work in the UK

How assisted dying could work in the UK

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The similiarities between airports and general practice

The similiarities between airports and general practice

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Trying to talk the same language as social care

Trying to talk the same language as social care

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Now what are they blaming GPs for?

Now what are they blaming GPs for?

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A vision of the future: NHS incorporated

A vision of the future: NHS incorporated

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I propose a new member of the team – the ‘community grandparent’

I propose a new member of the team – the ‘community grandparent’

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All hail Saint Theresa

All hail Saint Theresa

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Ms May, your attack on GPs reeks of dead cat

Ms May, your attack on GPs reeks of dead cat

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Rearranging the deckchairs as the ship goes down

Rearranging the deckchairs as the ship goes down

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My 2017 prediction: All GP practices will merge into one

My 2017 prediction: All GP practices will merge into one

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My 2017 prediction: Locum GPs will have to record toilet paper use

My 2017 prediction: Locum GPs will have to record toilet paper use

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Prepare to sign firearms licence forms … in your own blood

Prepare to sign firearms licence forms … in your own blood

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My 2017 prediction: Practices will start offering kitty the snip

My 2017 prediction: Practices will start offering kitty the snip

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2017? Prepare for your receptionist to be privatised

2017? Prepare for your receptionist to be privatised

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The four horsemen of the GP apocalypse

The four horsemen of the GP apocalypse

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Some free advice for Jeremy Hunt

Some free advice for Jeremy Hunt

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40 treatments to avoid? More like 40 ways to raise my blood pressure

40 treatments to avoid? More like 40 ways to raise my blood pressure

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Calling overseas doctors an ‘interim’ workforce is dangerous

Calling overseas doctors an ‘interim’ workforce is dangerous

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Sometimes, it is not anybody’s fault

Sometimes, it is not anybody’s fault

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Can GPs really learn anything from banks?

Can GPs really learn anything from banks?

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If only patients were preoccupied with the right sort of detail

If only patients were preoccupied with the right sort of detail

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15-minute appointment? No, but here’s what I can do

15-minute appointment? No, but here’s what I can do

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Why can’t NHS managers talk like normal people?

Why can’t NHS managers talk like normal people?

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It’s not in our nature to say no, but we must

It’s not in our nature to say no, but we must

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The battle to quieten my inner voice

The battle to quieten my inner voice

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Referendum fallout

Referendum fallout

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As a GP you learn to expect the unexpected

As a GP you learn to expect the unexpected

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We GPs see the results of our education system

We GPs see the results of our education system

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Turns out the world didn’t end after the junior doctors’ strike

Turns out the world didn’t end after the junior doctors’ strike

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Simon Stevens’ report card: B for effort, D- for execution

Simon Stevens’ report card: B for effort, D- for execution

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A topsy-turvy state of affairs

A topsy-turvy state of affairs

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How a time machine could solve the problems of general practice

How a time machine could solve the problems of general practice

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It seems I missed the all-important lecture on diagnosis and treatment of vague b*******

It seems I missed the all-important lecture on diagnosis and treatment of vague b*******

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Home visits are the true rite of passage for medical students

Home visits are the true rite of passage for medical students

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Vague, waffly or cryptic: if only patients would give useful information

Vague, waffly or cryptic: if only patients would give useful information

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Nothing gets past the nose of an experienced GP

Nothing gets past the nose of an experienced GP

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What’s the magic number? Apparently it’s 34

What’s the magic number? Apparently it’s 34

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The all you can eat buffet is almost over

The all you can eat buffet is almost over

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My 2016 prediction: Hospital discharge notes will be done on toilet paper

My 2016 prediction: Hospital discharge notes will be done on toilet paper

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I think I’m allergic to allergies

I think I’m allergic to allergies

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Hospital doctors – don’t you just love them?

Hospital doctors – don’t you just love them?

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Something smells off about the Government’s sugar tax reluctance

Something smells off about the Government’s sugar tax reluctance

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Some doctors do ’ave ’em

Some doctors do ’ave ’em

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Line up for a dose of ‘doctor knows best’

Line up for a dose of ‘doctor knows best’

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I’m sick of being piggy in the middle between patients and the Government

I’m sick of being piggy in the middle between patients and the Government

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Thanks, Jeremy. Now we’ll have to start a sandwich tally

Thanks, Jeremy. Now we’ll have to start a sandwich tally

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A lack of perspective

A lack of perspective

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GP or parent? The days of mollycoddling our patients must end

GP or parent? The days of mollycoddling our patients must end

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Patients who sue

Patients who sue

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Can you get off your phone long enough for me to examine you?

Can you get off your phone long enough for me to examine you?

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General practice: do you buy it?

General practice: do you buy it?

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Can patients really not afford to support the NHS?

Can patients really not afford to support the NHS?

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Don’t blame immigrants for the NHS crisis

Don’t blame immigrants for the NHS crisis

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Dr Maureen Baker: ‘The college is up for the challenge’

Dr Maureen Baker: ‘The college is up for the challenge’

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