10 Feb 2006
The DoH's guidance on practice-based commissioning will do little to promote its take-up, according to the GPC.
07 Apr 2011
There has never been a better time for GPs to get involved in teaching, writes Dr Anuradha Arasu...There has never been a better time for GPs to get involved with teaching. The GMC paper Tomorrow's Doctors emphasises the benefits of GPs teaching medical students within the community and the need for more GPs to become teachers. This means there are plenty of opportunities for more GPs ...
13 Nov 2009
| by By GP reporters
Scotland chairman Dr Ken Lawton told GP that the financial crisis 'could not have come at a worse time ...
to support GP appraisals. Professor Rubin said: 'Appraisal is a non-negotiable part of professional ...
stopped appraising GPs to save money. He said: 'Those chief executives have no clue about professional ...
10 Sep 2009
The last six months of GP training can be stressful. Alongside finishing the ePortfolio ...
is issued, the PMETB will send your details to the GMC to be included on the GP register (if so indicated ...
will send you a copy of this in the post. Only when the GMC has entered you on its register as a GP can you ...
02 Dec 2010
| by Dr Deepa Gadhvi
reality for me when I, along with my family, travelled 9,402 miles to start a new life as a GP in Cairns ...
to be something more sinister. GPs have to think laterally because there are illnesses here that we would not come ...
dressings and minor injuries instead of referring to the A E departments.
As a female GP I also treat ...
01 Mar 2004
| by Dr Lyndon Wagman, a GP in Edgware, Middlesex
Your personal life can have a dramatic effect on your abilities as a GP, says Dr Lyndon Wagman.... But what about the effect our own personal lives have on our ability to
work as GPs? The profession ...
01 Mar 2004
| by Dr Keith Barnard, a GP in Fareham, Hampshire
This week's Clinical Review on p37 is about cannabis. Dr Keith Barnard recommends some relevant websites, which you can access directly from the Medicine on the Web pages at gponline.com.
02 Jun 2006
| by Dr Keith Barnard, a former GP in Fareham, Hampshire
is probably the one with which most GPs in the UK are familiar. This site explains how allopurinol works. It is aimed more at chemists than GPs; this means you will see some strange diagrams that some older readers ...
to the GP here, with some useful images, including my favourite depiction of gout drawn by James Gilray ...
13 May 2010
Knowsley is taking a different approach to extending GPs' opening hours, explains Dr Chris Mimnagh....to Primary Medical Care (EATPMC) programme, it was clear that simply increasing the number of GP practices ...
extended hours provision and GP capacity across the area, but we also looked at how people accessed ...
service with GP involvement. Ex-offenders in Knowsley attend South Knowsley Probation Office (SKPO ...
28 Apr 2006
| by Dr Lavin, a GP in Bristol, GP to Bristol Rovers and occasionalmedical officer for international football teams
Looking after the England learning disability football team was an eye-opener, writes Dr Edward Lavin.