The Expendables
Are we being thrown to the wolves? Related items fromOnMedica GP waiting times: learning from the past GP trainees to get fully-funded personal indemnity NHS vacancies in England rise to more than 105,000 full-time posts 'Urgent investment needed for GP Premises' Are PCNs what we all imagined? (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - March 23, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Covid-19 special
Review some of the latest papers relating to Covid-19 along with some useful resources for healthcare professionals (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - March 18, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Tracing the toxic fingerprint of a bacterium in our gut
Scientists have discovered a common type of bacteria which could contribute to colorectal cancer (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - March 10, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Using technology to contain COVID-19
Will healthcare professionals be protected if mistakes happen? Related items fromOnMedica The future for our students The other side of the desk If the NHS was a desert island … Communication issues Institutional sexism (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - March 3, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Targeting cancers ’ surroundings
Can targeting a tumours' surroundings, rather than the tumour itself, be a way of preventing metastasis? Related items fromOnMedica Breast cancer deaths down due to screening and new therapies UK cancer survival improved, but lags behind similar nations Genetic risk model could guide prostate cancer screening Blood test for breast cancer may be a step closer Doctors urge government to act on rising alcohol impact (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - March 2, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
On The Pulse - February 2020
Smartphone apps to diagnose skin cancer: how reliable? (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - February 25, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Future Shocks
From Tamagotchi to GPPPs: predictions for the future GP Contract Related items fromOnMedica CQC's State of Care report finds standards improving but warns of pressures Better support and development for SAS doctors In 2020 and beyond we must embrace the tenets of population health - with all that that entails GPs welcome 'biggest reform to services in 15 years' Partnership best model for delivering what GPs and patients want (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - February 24, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Artificial intelligence could help breast screening save more lives
Related items fromOnMedica 2030 vision: how will technology shape healthcare in the next decade? NHS cyber-attack was ‘inevitable’ given poor investment Hunt promises to expand NHS digital services Unrealistic deadlines have damaged NHS IT programme National strategy for e-mental health needed, report urges (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - February 16, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
What happens after Brexit and what could it mean for cancer?
(Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - February 9, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Going Viral
Coronavirus: a fuss about nothing, or the end of the world? Related items fromOnMedica It ’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine For sale to the highest bidder? Future trade deals and the NHS A child under 15 dies every five seconds around the world GP trainees to get fully-funded personal indemnity ‘Big Food’ a major driver for obesity pandemic (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - February 3, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
On The Pulse - January 2020
GP burnout linked to complexity of patients (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - January 30, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
The other side of the desk
When the doctor becomes the patient Related items fromOnMedica The future for our students If the NHS was a desert island … Communication issues The Nightmare Before Christmas Little evidence over poor quality of GP locums (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - January 22, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Is the game up for PCNs?
Luke Koupparis considers what might happen to networks if the current specification document remains unchanged Related items fromOnMedica GP recruitment time-bomb ‘ready to explode’ Staff survey results ‘alarming’, say health leaders GMC warns of 'state of unease' amongst doctors Junior doctors may stage full walk out NHS workforce demands end to 1% pay cap (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - January 15, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
NHS – It’s not just about numbers
Carrie McEwen calls for a firm commitment to invest in the most vital asset of the NHS - its people Related items fromOnMedica GPs warn government: fund service properly or it will collapse Tory manifesto ‘incredibly disappointing’ on health say doctors Spending review ‘another missed opportunity’ to turn round NHS Can medicine be cured? New pathways based on patient experience are reducing unwanted variation (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - January 12, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Chris Preece wonders how on earth the GP draft Service Specifications came to be Related items fromOnMedica CQC's State of Care report finds standards improving but warns of pressures Lessons from Torbay: The journey to integrated care Are PCNs what we all imagined? Taking back control Part 2 Can medicine be cured? (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - January 9, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
