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Here We Go Again

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

I had been showered with gifts and cakes from work colleagues, as I prepared to do a little job-crafting and switch back to more GP-ing and less laptopping. Poor divil had got me confused with another non-miracle patient. Life was good and I was in control. This time, though, he didn't show me the old scan. He showed me the new one.

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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

doi: 10.1136/fmch-2021-001143 The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in profound changes in patient and prescriber behaviour. In the United Kingdom (UK), primary care practitioners are the first-line clinicians which most patients encounter, providing initial assessment and treatment of a wide variety of conditions.