Medics tackling alcohol misuse
Health professionals are at the forefront of tackling the problem of alcohol misuse in our society. For many people, problem…
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Doctors need empathy
Empathy in clinical practice is an essential component of the doctor-patient relationship. This is the understanding of how another human…
Grown up time-out
I absolutely loved being an expedition doctor. The first time I realised how many opportunities there were for medics who wanted…
A Blind-Spot
A medical education in the UK is a very specific affair. There are some facts that of course are global,…
Why multiple jeopardy is wrong
Despite having observed at first hand the effects of patient complaint procedures against doctors for several years now, I have…
Doctors need to toughen up
Doctors and healthcare workers need to accept that they are at risk of being sued or having a complaint made…
Flexible Careers Scheme for NHS Hospital Doctors
The Flexible Careers Scheme is a response to the Improving Working Lives Initiative, which aims to make the National Health…
Flex for GPs
'I retired from medicine at the age of 73. I would have liked to work for longer as a locum…
Dear Doctor’s Diary: Work Made Me Cry
https://youtu.be/g-unp6ns3ms SHO medic Omar Hafeez-Bore is director/producer and founder of Short Sharp Productions. His honest, chatty one-minute films capture the…
Doctors at greater risk of depression
Sometimes very distressed doctors in the NHS do make the news – as with Daksha Emerson, a young psychiatrist who…
Shortest consultation ever
Shortest consultation ever. An elderly gentleman walked into my consulting room and sat down. "Morning doctor." And good morning to…
TV doctors can offer more than GPs
Dr Ian Campbell I don’t agree with Clare and in this matter you are wrong. I was first on TV…