Eat, Fast, Live Longer

Another good Horizon Program I saw last night on the iPlayer from Dr Michael Moseley, about eating, or not eating as it were.

Lots to think about (and digest!) about research going on in the States mainly, into fasting to improve CV risk profiles. Lots of convincing evidence from experts and personal stories, including Harmander Singh, the 101 year old Marathon runner who regularly fasts and eats child sized portions of food.

Eat Fast and Live Longer

Further support that my time would be better discussing lifestyle issues with patients instead of dishing out pills. I'm not sure how telling people to fast/how to do it will go down in Wincobank, but I'm gong to give it a go!  

Guts: The strange and mysterious world of the human stomach

BBC IplayerAn excellent BBC4 program, with a capsule endoscopy with research and great views of the presenters GI tract! Highly recommended.

The sun is shining!

At last! After 2 weeks if non- medical busyness ( I helped put on a show, played oboe live on local radio as we as family stuff!) I am sitting in sunshine reading the BJGP

Several interesting and useful articles this week- cancer in children, LUTS and what to do about them and flagging up child maltreatment.

Only half way through but thought I'd stop and think about those 3 for the mo!

GP confederations

This time last week me and the Nurse practitioner were sent to meet the other GPs in the North Sheffield proposed GP confederations.

I was a pleasant afternoon and the practices we were allocated all seemed to enjoy having a chat about what bothers us at the moment and how we could address this.  

What difference will it make?? Well, who knows, but I can see advantages in working together to address problems we are having locally. whether we will manage to achieve anything, remains to be seen!

MPS

So I have been called to an inquest for a patient that I saw once before she was re admitted for an abdominal problem which turned to a fatal episode of sepsis. I've discussed it with the senior partner who has been to 'loads' of inquests. I've written a report to submit which had been in my pigeon hole for 3 weeks.

Inquest is in September and I feel partly curious partly very anxious about what will be expected of me.

Reading MPS Casenotes over lunch reminded me to put something down on the blog about it!

13/6/12 addition I had my first MPS contact regarding the letter I had drafted before I went away, basically re-writing the letter! I've done exactly what they advised so hopefully should be acceptable to submit soon.

2 come along at once!

Back from Hols and a wonderful week where I didn't think about work or anything medical for a week. Truly refreshing.

After thinking there was no good GP blogs out there a couple of months ago I found out about another to add to Margaret McCartney's site. Check out-

http://www.darmipc.net/blog.html

This is a site run by a GP called Wilfred Treasure, who I'm amazed I've never come across before. From my first dip onto the site I can already tell this is going to be just my thing! Also if you follow the link it takes you to an iPhone friendly mobile site- so I can look at this during boys swimming lessons/on the bus etc!

Teaching next week and week after so what I'm supposed to be doing is refreshing my knowledge of the Calgary-Cambridge guides. Doesn't seem as interesting as Dr Treasures blog!

More radio based education!

A long drive made much more pleasant on Friday by a sleeping child and good radio!

Woman's Hour was excellent with 2 GP relevant items. Domestic violence, which I wasn't expecting alot from, bit Learnt about Seachange, a charity that works with perpetrators and victims of DV and learnt about early warning signs for women to suspect they might be at risk in future- checking phone and emails apparently.

Then a wonderful item about Dr Russell a GP in Manchester who is finally hanging up her stethoscope aged 80! She was great, no politics or moans, just a vivid description of how in the 50+ years she had practiced medicine things have changed. An inspirational lady. The disappearance of measles and polio, using a home telephone instead of having to find a phone box. 2 things that struck me.