Cardiff GP Felt She Had to Work Through Cancer Scare

Cardiff GP felt she had to work through cancer scare

BBC Dr Emily Jones returned to work after learning that she may have a cancerous lump in her abdomen A GP has said she kept on working through a cancer scare because otherwise her patients would not have been seen due to staffing issues made worse by funding. Dr Emily Jones is not alone feeling […] The post Cardiff GP felt she had to work through cancer scare first appeared on News Health.

Why GPs (and the Rest of Us) Should Set Work Limits Before Burnout Sets In…

I was chatting with someone a while back whose daughter is a GP. She told me that her daughter and the other GP partners were on the verge of closing their practice due to an utterly unsustainable workload. She was burned out and couldn’t take any more. As a last-ditch effort, they decided to try implementing the BMA’s safe guidelines on patient contact. The British Medical Association recommends that GPs should have no more than 25 patient cont…