Down but not out

We who work in what is sometimes described as “creative services” can find pleasure in strange places: we can mount a spirited argument over the use of a comma here or a full point there. We can, and do, agonise about words, nuance and punctuation (although that is now deemed elitist). How we suffer for…

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If A&E’s the answer, what’s the question?

I have recently descended into the gritty reality of the UK health sector from the utopian heights of a frivolous arts degree. It was almost by providence that, barely three weeks into my internship, a sprained ankle thrust me foot-first into what I now refer to as “the front line” and “the patient experience”.  All…

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PRs bad PR?

Like it or not, we live in a world where it’s actually quite difficult not to be connected in one form or another. Anyone with a phone or laptop, ie, pretty much everybody, can now be a broadcaster, blogger, vlogger, commentator, news maker or news breaker. Does anyone still use their mobile phones just to…

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Coming face-to-face with a lot of GPs

Meeting your GP in person isn’t has hard as it’s being made outYou could be forgiven for questioning the wisdom of holding a live conference for, and by GPs at this particular juncture. What, with the Dailies Mail and Telegraph, and the new Health Secretary weighing in to GPs about not doing enough face-to-face appointments,…

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Food for thought

Is the recently published national food strategy realistic? Food for thoughtGrowing up on a farm, you could set your watch by certain pivotal events of the day. Specifically, these were the times that work paused in a field or barn or wherever for coffee at 11, lunch at 1, and tea at 5. On the…

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Our holy cow is unwell

It’s time for a different diet for the holy cow that is the NHSA very old and thus probably politically incorrect joke used to do the rounds: Two Irishmen, two Scotsmen and two Englishmen are marooned on a desert island. The Irish men open a pub, the Scots create a bank and the Englishmen don’t…

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The elephant in the room…

Guest blogger, John McEvoy argues there just aren’t enough GPs There are not enough GPs.   Everyone involved in General Practice, knows this.  Because there aren’t enough GPs, General Practice has innovated with new types of clinician and quasi-clinicians, trying to move the less complex, less clinical work, away from GPs.  But there aren’t enough of…

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Public displays of affection

The world, it seems, is now firmly divided between those who actively court the opportunity to broadcast their public displays of affection – and those who would rather keep their amorous groping out of the public eye. Yes, Love Island is back and, (spoiler alert) Insight is pleased to let you know that Liberty &…

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