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Ridgeway Surgery, North Harrow
Parkview Medical Practice, Carnoustie
E-mail: c.etherington@gp-e84068.nhs.uk
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Swine flu |
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One of the difficulties of writing a column in a monthly journal is producing material that is topical. Submission date is about 2 months in advance, so there is always an element of hanging on until the last possible minute in case a topic of major interest arises. As I write, the first confirmed case of swine flu has been confirmed in the Primary Care Trust where I am a GP tutor. I am not going to predict the future. However, there are already learning points.
Communication between health care professionals and with the general public seems to be of paramount importance. At the beginning of the week, I read the algorithm when I came into work. By the time I saw a patient who seemed to fulfil the criteria for action, the algorithm had already changed.
Our local hospital pathology department did not know that GP surgeries in the
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Are we out of touch? |
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Save our Souls |
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Patient safety |
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New QOF 2009–10 |
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Hospital chaplains |
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National Institute of Clinical Excellence guidelines on diarrhoea and vomiting |
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HbA1c changes |
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