The NHS Long Term Plan1 aims to support people to live longer, healthier lives through helping them to make healthier lifestyle choices and treating preventable illness early on. Raising awareness alone is not enough. Preventing ill…
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a detrimental impact on human populations across the world, with colossal changes to our personal, social and professional lives. However, there have been some abrupt unexpected positive shifts in human behaviour…
Menopause is not a health condition, but a normal biological stage in a women’s life when menstruation ceases permanently due to the loss of ovarian follicular activity. It is a clinical diagnosis based on symptoms…
Maintaining wellbeing and a good work–life balance has become more difficult for GPs faced with an ever-increasing workload. To address this, I wanted to implement a small behavioural change in my daily routine, and a…
Dr Vasumathy Sivarajasingam assesses the reasons behind high rates of burnout in the primary care workforce, and looks at measures to reduce its impact Burnout is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the 11th Revision…
What has been happening? General practices and staff have been facing violent behaviour or aggression from members of the public.1,2 The incidence of suffering occupational violence varies among healthcare professionals and healthcare settings but is found…
During the COVID-19 pandemic our patient population accepted, engaged, and followed government advice on self-care (wearing masks, washing hands, social isolation, having lateral flow tests, or getting a vaccine), which helped to prevent the spread of…
Supporting elderly and vulnerable patients There are real fears around what the wider effects of the pandemic on the most vulnerable patients. In the early part of March, the Hillview Nursing Team suggested an initiative…
Covid-19 has caused unforgettable disruption and challenges to healthcare. Given the added stress and pressure of working in the NHS during a pandemic we felt it was important to take steps to address staff wellbeing…
The past few months have been testing times for clinicians dealing with the coronavirus pandemic—we have had to keep up to date with new information about the virus, learn and adapt to new ways of…