Neil Macey

Allowing unfettered patient-led access to F2F appts helps only those with the fastest fingers or shouting loudest - not necessarily those in greatest need.
Our teams are a precious, scarce resource and we need to deploy them where they can do the most good. We can’t do more than this - value it!

Today our 23K patient practice managed 811 new requests from patients using a combination of online, telephone & face-to-face consultations - as many as possible received the care they needed. If we only offered F2F, we’d only have been able to help 250-300 pts, so who were we not meant to help?

Mine too!
You too!

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TTSS is the only book that I regularly re-read every few years.
Constant Gardener is the only book I’ve ever read that left me sobbing uncontrollably
Karla’s Choice by @harkaway.bsky.social is excellent

Have rather wonderfully just stumbled upon these first editions - A Small Town In Germany from 1968 & #TinkerTailorSoldierSpy from 1974 - very happy 50th anniversary! Precious gold @harkaway.bsky.social @realjohnlecarre.bsky.social

Phenomenal evening of @radiohead music at @stedscath - massively talented singers, players & string quartet. If it’s touring to a cathedral near you, do physical harm to get a ticket. Took me back to the Milton Keynes Bowl in 1995.

@drkatie.bsky.social Is GLP-1 initiation (for any indication) core (GMS/PMS) General Practice activity please?
What if local IMOC has classified as blue drugs i.e. for GP initiation - do we just have to suck up the resource implications of this work? Or should this be separately funded or LES etc?

Just finished #Karla’sChoice by @harkaway.bsky.social - the game is truly on! Tantalising sense that the women might have sorted it - Susanna, Iren, Millie McCraig, Connie & the Bad Aunts. Keep wondering if I’d like the story of how Bill Haydon was recruited? I would - but would I? Would I really??

My @bsky.app feed is all about books (nice problem to have) - did the bibliophiles get here first & colonise the place?

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Wicked time!

Think it’s more about having a 3rd unseen ‘person’ in the consulting room

Issues from DPO were to do with asymmetrical consent i.e. do ill people really know what they are agreeing to at the point of their consultation?

We’ve had DPO approval to use the dictate function, but not the ambient note scribe function yet. Not tried it yet myself though.

Great to celebrate Son No. 1’ success at his Sheffield Hallam University graduation day today. I remembered his suit but forgot my own suit trousers, so had to rock a suit jacket with jeans, like a cut-price Jeremy Clarkson. Proud Dad, embarrassed wife & son! #graduationday

There may be dressing up too!

Tomorrow - end of Summer blowout!

Today