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Bright Ideas and Innovation/Coronavirus/Stories

Coaching conversations at end of life

Naomi Craft and Sue Morrison trained in end of life coaching in 2015, delivering workshops between 2016 and 2020 exploring loss, mortality, and the self in both personal and healthcare contexts. Here, they describe the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the

16 November 2023
10 mins read
Coronavirus

Choosing our metaphors wisely in the COVID-19 storm

I find myself now a GP questioning the war metaphor for COVID-19 and its relevance. What does it mean to be at war with a virus? As our metaphors both reflect and shape our experience, we would do well to choose them

7 May 2020
6 mins read
1
Coronavirus/Opinion

Establishing ‘Far End’ practices in the wake of COVID-19

The many and varied consequences of COVID-19 are felt disproportionally by those with less resources, both external and internal. We would do well to establish Far End practices and networks akin to our Deep End siblings. We should reach out to the

6 May 2020
13 mins read
Coronavirus

Rebuilding primary care — the danger of reinventing the wheel

The current pandemic has provided an incredible catalyst for change throughout health care, however, change for change’s sake will result in upheaval for staff, confusion for patients and unnecessary investment. By developing an exit strategy early, we can ensure, that general practice

5 May 2020
3 mins read
AiT/Coronavirus

Here is how we prepare the next generation of GPs for remote consulting

We anticipate that after the pandemic, the modus operandi of general practice will be changed, for the better. Once the dust has settled, the lessons learnt from remote consultations should be communicated to the next generation.

4 May 2020
6 mins read
Coronavirus

Wearing masks in France and elsewhere: why the delay?

These screens are not intended for use by caregivers and should not be recommended for use by them. Their objective is the same as that of the surgeon in the operating room: to avoid contaminating the environment. This is a paradigm shift

1 May 2020
7 mins read
Coronavirus/International

Last haircut in Amwaj — COVID-19 in Bahrain

Bahrain is a sparkling jewel of an island, much less bling than Dubai, much more laid back and tolerant than many places in this region. Bahrain is coping remarkably well with Covid. But the two big challenges are the 2,000 Bahrainis returning

30 April 2020
7 mins read
Coronavirus

Strong local interdisciplinary collaboration networks in Belgium

On the 14th March 2020, the emergency plan for family practice started in Belgium. Primary care networks are already proving that they have an added value through communication of relevant news, fostering local peer review and creating the sense of belonging to

29 April 2020
6 mins read
Coronavirus

Domestic abuse in the time of coronavirus

Three weeks into the job the thing that keeps me awake at night are the vulnerable patients at risk of domestic abuse confined in their homes. Primary care is the common ground that these patients cross most frequently.

28 April 2020
5 mins read
1
Coronavirus

The GP role in domestic violence during COVID-19

When we finally emerge from the current pandemic, more women and children (throughout the world) will have suffered from and be experiencing the consequences of domestic abuse than ever before. Therefore, during this COVID-19 lockdown and afterwards we need to stay alert

28 April 2020
7 mins read
1
Coronavirus/International

Waiting for the perfect wave — an Australian perspective on COVID-19

Australia now has one of the flattest COVID-19 curves in the world, one of the lowest death rates. Maybe much of our success is based again on luck. The response of the government to the epidemic was initially a little lethargic, but

27 April 2020
5 mins read
Coronavirus

Language is our greatest weapon against COVID-19

What does it mean to be human? Philosophers and scientists alike have struggled since time immemorial to capture the vastness of the human experience and answer this very question. Let us start with the fundamentals — we are a primate. Not the

22 April 2020
6 mins read
Coronavirus

Is COVID-19 the denouement for our sickening NHS?

At the time of writing the government and the NHS are reeling from the dramatic suddenness of a contagious crisis for which we are largely unprepared. Within a few days the necessary perspectives and needs of public health have prevailed: autarkic NHS

21 April 2020
8 mins read
Coronavirus

How are you… actually? Wellbeing for doctors during COVID-19

Over the past few years we have heard a lot about burnout, about the importance of looking after ourselves and our teams, and about the impact feeling burnt out can have on our patients as well as ourselves. How do we bring

17 April 2020
6 mins read
Coronavirus

Chixculub: American healthcare faces an extinction event in COVID-19

The differences between US general practice and GPs in the NHS could not be more stark. The NHS supports the ability for GPs to adapt to changes, even catastrophic ones, without threatening to bring the entire system down. Once we are beyond

16 April 2020
13 mins read
Coronavirus

The technology legacy of COVID-19 in primary care

For decades, digital health has promised to help address many of the challenges of primary care. Digital-first approaches, using either telephone, video or online technologies to deliver care, have the potential of improving efficiency and patient safety, and reducing health inequities by

15 April 2020
6 mins read
Coronavirus

A GP view from Italy: learning from their clinical experience

Ambra Abate MD is an Italian doctor working at Ambulatorio Polispecialistico Casazza in northern Italy. He describes his primary care clinical experience with COVID-19.

14 April 2020
8 mins read
Coronavirus

GPs at home can volunteer to help NHS 111: here is how it works

The NHS put out a call for all recently retired doctors and nurses. There is however another potentially untapped resource. Many GPs are well but self-isolating due to household members. Learn more about volunteering to work at home and with NHS 111.

9 April 2020
7 mins read
Coronavirus

COVID ‘grief’: recognising and managing reactions to coronavirus

Rather than re-invent the wheel, the GPs at Penshurst Gardens Surgery are utilising the established Kübler-Ross stages of grief in an innovative way to help diagnose COVID mental health problems and explore the available options to guide personalised, compassionate care.

9 April 2020
5 mins read
4
Coronavirus

Women involved in prostitution and COVID-19: how can we help?

The government has highlighted patients most at risk in the COVID-19 pandemic due to their physical health problems. In primary care we will also be aware of patients who are particularly vulnerable due to social circumstances. We know that women involved in

8 April 2020
4 mins read
Coronavirus

The Swedish approach to COVID-19 – good manners or lunacy?

Is the best strategy to strike hard and wipe out the pandemic early in a country or to let it go on and flatten the curve until herd immunity develops? The Swedish strategy is based on thorough information and gentle advice trusting

7 April 2020
4 mins read
Coronavirus

Heightened listening in telephone consultations

Like many, I’ve always had a slight mental block with telephone consulting as there is so much value for the both the patient and the doctor in real contact. However, I want to take a positive approach to change, and be part

6 April 2020
5 mins read
Coronavirus

A ‘near telemedicine’ protocol for general practice

We propose the following near telemedicine protocol for GPs – a modified version of that recently proposed by Gunasekera for ophthalmologists.

3 April 2020
5 mins read
Coronavirus

COVID-19: A view from Clapham Health

Upon hearing the World Health Organization report° that a novel coronavirus had caused a respiratory illness in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, I didn’t think it would have much of an effect on me as a GP working in inner city London. How

2 April 2020
4 mins read
Coronavirus

GP trainees with critical care experience should go back to hospitals

Jason Sarfo-Annin is a GP Registrar and ACF in Primary Care at the University of Bristol. he role of GP registrars during the pandemic will be important. Registrars will be at varying levels of comfort with telephone triage and they are now

30 March 2020
9 mins read
Coronavirus

Video consultations in UK primary care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Samuel Trethewey is a Clinical Research Physician working in general practice in Cornwall. His interests include clinical research and combatting medical misinformation online. Kathryn Beck is a Research Nurse and coordinates the running of clinical trials at a general practice in Cornwall.

30 March 2020
5 mins read
1
Coronavirus

Getting ready for COVID-19 in a Somerset GP practice

The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to pose an unprecedented challenge to the NHS’ provision of healthcare over the coming months. Epidemiological modelling predicts a burden of disease at least 8-times greater than current critical care capacity... Practices across the country, including Somerset’s

27 March 2020
5 mins read
Coronavirus

COVID-19 in Lebanon: responding in a cash-strapped country

Lebanon diagnosed its first case of COVID-19 on February 21, 2020. After one day, policy makers launched a massive educational campaign to educate the public on how to prevent this virus. A week later, closure of nurseries, schools and universities was in

26 March 2020
8 mins read
Coronavirus

Love in the time of Corona

One of the other customers, a regular like me who knew I was a doctor, rushed in to save me: ‘No, no. This lady is doing good work in this country.’ I surely am. I work for the NHS during the COVID-19

23 March 2020
7 mins read
1
Coronavirus

Ten tips for telephone consultations about COVID-19

This guide, written by Roger Neighbour and experienced senior colleagues, is an aide-memoire for clinicians conducting telephone consultations to assess and advise patients concerned they may have coronavirus.

19 March 2020
7 mins read
1
Coronavirus

Video consultations: a guide for practice

Many practices are now using or considering using alternatives to face-to-face consultations because of concerns about Covid-19. Important new information and guidance is now available to support video consultations. Produced by researchers at the University of Oxford, the document covers five key

18 March 2020
3 mins read
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