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Access to general practice

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13 mins read

The Health Foundation has recently identified that the public’s first big priority across the NHS is to make it easier to get an appointment at their GP practice. Nada Khan explores what meaningful access looks like in general practice.

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What is Illness?

There is much debate in media about whether specific conditions are illnesses, and whether or how they should be treated.  Peter Toon considers how these debates inform why we define a condition as illness rather than another type of problem,

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20 mins read
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Getting an upgrade

Taking a look at her consultation model feels like the least painful of her goals to try and get done, and so she takes hold of the flaking metal handrail, slowly breathes in and out to centre herself, and walks

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9 mins read
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Getting an upgrade

Taking a look at her consultation model feels like the least painful of her goals to try and get done, and so she takes hold of the flaking metal handrail, slowly breathes in and out to centre herself, and walks down the

9 mins read
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Write for (BJGP) Life

I reflect on the journey to (and from) the BJGP conference. Sometimes the writing is already there, and only needs a home. Sometimes it needs an invitation... Writers for (BJGP) Life, I look forward to hearing from you!

12 mins read

Access to general practice

The Health Foundation has recently identified that the public’s first big priority across the NHS is to make it easier to get an appointment at their GP practice. Nada Khan explores what meaningful access looks like in general practice.

/
13 mins read

What is Illness?

There is much debate in media about whether specific conditions are illnesses, and whether or how they should be treated.  Peter Toon considers how these debates inform why we define a condition as illness rather than another type of problem, and the implications of this.

/
20 mins read
1

Getting an upgrade

Taking a look at her consultation model feels like the least painful of her goals to try and get done, and so she takes hold of the flaking metal handrail, slowly breathes in and out to centre herself, and walks down the steps of the

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9 mins read

The familiar and strange art of diagnosis

Diagnosis ... provides structure to a narrative of dysfunction, or a picture of disarray, and imposes official order, sorting out the real from the imagined, the valid from the feigned, the significant from the insignificant ... In Life and Times this month

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