General Practice is Open
General Practice has a challenge. Despite working throughout the pandemic offering phone, video, electronic and face to face consultations as
Top 5 reasons why GPs should be proud
NHS GPs up and down the country are feeling fed up, overworked and undervalued. Many are at breaking point, looking
The Emergency Department
A couple of weeks ago I spent the day in our local hospital with the acute physicians. You can read
The Acute Physicians
I recently arranged to spend some time with the acute physicians at our local hospital. As a GP I am
The Discharge Summary
This week I had the opportunity to present to the Foundation Year 1 doctors at our local hospital. I had
What are GPs actually doing?
One of the issues that has appeared since the Covid-19 Pandemic seems to be that people think that all GPs
Virtual Out-Patients
I think we have a problem. It’s in the interface between hospital and community medicine – between hospital consultant care
How GPs have contributed to the Covid-19 Vaccination Programme
The Covid-19 Vaccination Programme has been a triumph for the NHS. It is hard to convey exactly how much hard
Press-Ups
Those of you who read my blog on the 1st January[i] will remember that I started 2021 with a list
A Royal Conversation
It’s not very often that you get a phone call from Buckingham Palace switchboard. That was what happened to me
Stand and Stare
“What is this life, if full of care, We have no time to stand and stare?” W.H. Davies I’ve come
The Fox
This is the second of my attempts at a more ‘personal’ blog. You can read the first one here. I
Dr Jon Griffiths 