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Stand-up: A GP Walks Into a Bar…
…and nobody wanted to say how many units he’d had. By day, I’m a GP. By night, I’m a GP out of Hours because my wife has expensive tastes....
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Smartphones, Dumb Ideas – Why My Kids Aren't Getting a Device Anytime Soon
There's something a bit haunting about watching your child stare at a screen that's brighter than their future. My boys are six and...
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ADHD: Mask on, mask off
Let’s get something straight: I’ve got a complicated relationship with neurodiversity. Not complicated in the “I don’t believe in it”...
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Emotional Intelligence: Or Why Crying in the Toilet Might Actually Be CPD
We teach medical students a lot of things: how to take bloods, how not to offend a consultant, how to drink enough coffee to survive but...
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Laughter as Medicine (and Other Dangerous Prescriptions)
“Laughter is the very best medicine.”Remember that when your appendix bursts next week.— "Weird Al" Yankovic Humour in medicine isn’t...
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Doctor, My Cat Has IBS: Revisiting the Resilient GP
There are some documents that age like milk, others like wine. The infamous 2015 “ Inappropriate Demands on GPs ” article by Resilient GP...
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