(Written but not published in 2016) Yesterday, I was dismayed to find out that the government won’t allow footage from parliament to be used for satire. OK, so it’s not really news. Apparently, it has been this way since 1989, but it was discussed in parliament after a constituent requested that an MP raise the […]
Article published 24/7/17 by Pulse Today. Also cut and paste below, for those of you who can’t read the link. Thanks for reading. http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/views/letters/mind-the-generation-gap-gps-need-to-stick-together/20034877.article Last week, Pulse published an article which provoked quite a reaction, and really got me thinking. There were a couple of clear messages which could be gleaned from the comments […]
I’m a bit late posting this article here, as it went out in Pulse magazine back in February, but is still just as relevant. http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/views/debates/should-gps-be-more-positive-to-attract-the-next-generation/20033902.article I debated that we should not have to be more positive, or less than fully transparent about the crises that are occurring in general practice at the moment. For those […]
My article published today by the Huffington Post. This was written after a particularly emotional day, and served as therapy for me, but also as a talking point for other GPs who have had similar experiences. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-rebecca-jones/gps-how-do-you-break-bad-_b_9667432.html
Originally published 1/5/15 http://bjgp.org/content/65/634/253 I have to admit that I only considered a career in general practice with reluctance. This now seems ridiculous, as embarking on GP training has been the best decision I have ever made. Throughout medical school and foundation training I was convinced that my career path lay in surgery, however, a […]
Originally published 16/12/15 http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/views/letters/gps-have-nothing-to-be-ashamed-of/20030720.fullarticle ‘General practice has failed as a profession’ – this was a headline in the Daily Mail this weekend. And again in Pulse on Monday. In the current climate of denigration of the medical profession and of GPs in particular, this didn’t really come as any big surprise. Just another journalist or […]
Originally published 24/8/15 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-rebecca-jones/apathy-wont-save-the-nhs_b_8031188.html This weekend I was fortunate to be invited to speak at a very exciting event – Crash Call for the NHS. As a newly qualified GP and a member of a new organisation called GP Survival, I was giving a talk about our group and its aims at an event organised […]
Along with almost every medical professional in the country, the members of GP Survival were saddened, shocked and angered to hear the news that Jeremy Hunt would be unilaterally imposing the new contract on junior doctors. Junior doctors have fought valiantly over the last few months, and have been well supported by other medical professionals […]
Originally published 27/5/15 in the Observer on Sunday https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/27/gps-trainees-pay-contracts-jeremy-hunt Dear Mr Hunt, You may or may not remember me. I am a newly qualified GP, but I spoke at an NHS Alliance meeting last year when I was still in training, and you were there. You heard me talk about the reasons why I wanted […]
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