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Q&A: Polly Morland, ‘A Fortunate Woman’

Q&A: Polly Morland, ‘A Fortunate Woman’

How the author shadowed a GP during Covid, and why the time is right to revisit John Berger's classic.

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Systems to 
improve continuity of care

Systems to 
improve continuity of care

Following on from her previous article Dis-continuity; putting care into context, Dr Sara Chambers explores the idea that sometimes continuity of care is deployed to paper over the cracks where 'continuity of management' and 'information' is lacking or even absent, and why the locum's perspective needs to be part of a future solution.

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Dis-continuity – putting 
care into context

Dis-continuity – putting 
care into context

Much is made of continuity of care, but little time is spent examining its weaknesses and exploring the alternatives. In the first of a two-part series, Dr Sara Chambers helps put continuity into context.

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But what if all GPs were locums?

But what if all GPs were locums?

By the time we qualify as GPs, we have some 20,000 ‘bits’ of clinical information stored in our brains at any one time that we can retrieve 24/7 to make a clinical diagnosis within seconds

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Management and information continuity of care

Management and information continuity of care

Continuity of care, as defined by care given continuously by one doctor, is one of the most oft talked about modalities of care provided by GPs; it’s the one we feel that’s under threat, the one we’re trying to defend, and the one the government has picked up on to protect and promote. It enables us to build therapeutic relationships, and many patients and GPs value it. Indeed, 50% of our consultations are for chronic conditions, where relationship continuity clearly plays a significant role.

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Reducing errors and mistakes arising from lack of continuity of care

Reducing errors and mistakes arising from lack of continuity of care

There are a number of risks when different healthcare professionals are involved in a patient’s care. Continuity of care can be compromised. What are the risks for locum GPs?

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Does continuity of care need a reality check?

Does continuity of care need a reality check?

Continuity of care, defined by care given continuously by one doctor, is one of the most frequently talked about modalities of care provided by GPs; it’s the one we collectively feel that’s under threat, the one we’re trying to defend, and the one the government has picked up on to protect and promote.

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Read GP financial advice on setting up a self assessment tax account for sessional GP work, starting out as a GP locum, how IR35 affects your GP locum, whether to join, stay or leave the NHS Pension Scheme, and what allowable expenses GP locums should record in their annual tax return.

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