Category: Opinion

Time for a bit of mind bending together with a trip to the seaside? Nigel Masters reviews an exhibition entitled “Big Medicine” in the new art gallery in Bournemouth.

Positive experiences on GP placements make undergraduates more likely to pursue GP training later on. Jack Amiry found that GPs who enjoy teaching have numerous opportunities to get involved.

She is young to have so many layers to her suffering. I know about the fragile life she leads on the edge of homelessness …

COVID-19 has forced many conferences to be held virtually in 2020 and 2021, but in a post-COVID world should conferences continue to be held virtually? Dr Niha Mariam Hussain discusses positives and negatives to virtual conferencing, providing primary research and insights into her personal experience of delivering a virtual international conference.

During this pandemic we have sometimes been so overwhelmed by the obvious information that we overlook what is hidden in plain sight. Samar Razaq advises us to avoid premature enumeration.

Dr Sooyoung Lee describes her own experience of the misunderstanding and dismissal of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) evidenced in primary care. Is it time to reconsider our attitudes?

There is a cash crisis in the NHS and Social Care. As there has been for the last decade. Arthur Kaufman suggests that a government issue of Health & Social Care Bonds could raise a substantial amount of finance without imposing further burdens on taxpayers.

NHS England-led changes to the way we deliver primary care to our care home residents were accelerated due to the Covid pandemic. Deirdre Walsh and Domini James report on their own local feedback.

“There is something immensely grounding about working with the earth and weathering the seasons. Gardening is immersive. It slows you down and can be a humbling experience.” Charlotte Sidebotham takes us back to the soil.