Nov 21 2008

Calculator allows GPs to work out if they will be contract winners

Under changes agreed last month with NHS Employers the current system for weighting quality pay according to prevalence will be phased out.

In 2009/10 the controversial ‘square rooting’ mechanism will be scrapped. The following year, pay will be weighted according to raw prevalence.

GP leaders have said some practices will lose up to five figure sums, while others will gain up to six figures. But because of Read more »

Nov 21 2008

Intro to Rock Climbing

Few sports can test your physical and mental endurance like the way rock climbing does. Climbing even a relatively small rock can take literally hours. If you are interested in rock climbing then you will have to prepare yourself mentally as well as physically. You will also need to gather as much information as possible on Rock Climbing through the internet; libraries or you can talk to a rock climbing professional.

First you need Read more »

Nov 21 2008

How primary care prevents you from being a real doctor

Three sobering examples from Health Beat, detailing instances were doctors either left primary care or chose another field.

The majority of medical school training is anchored in specialty training. Students are not exposed to a primary care ideal, leaving them with a negative impression. Why would they go into primary care, where students “simply can’t get their bearings; so they abandon the field,” because of the “frenetic pace” of Read more »

Nov 21 2008

Flushed

I just finished reading an interesting book on plumbing.  I can just see that I lost half my readers with that last sentence.  How can plumbing be interesting?

It turns out that if you are interested in health, you must be interested in plumbing.  Disposing of human waste is one of the biggest health problems, especially for individuals living in cramped urban areas.  In Flushed: How the plumber Saved Civilization, W. Hodding Read more »