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I didn't really know where to put this, but suspect this is as good a place as any! NHS doctor names 'three best' questions to ask GP if they ignore you...

interesting thread from Keith Geraghty

https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o702 Reddit thread:

This post has been copied and following posts moved from this thread: News from Doctors with ME _________________________ https://doctorswith.me/nice-gp-update/?fbclid=IwAR1ZMm-vonxTrWuBBhnXfi_TnrqJO4i9FsC8X9ZgOtRAkgf6U0xB6MFV-gU Isn't this stretching the truth somewhat? ... No matter what...

Full title: A Literature Review of GP Knowledge and Understanding of ME/CFS: A Report from the Socioeconomics Working Group of the European Network on ME/CFS (EUROMENE) https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202011.0735/v1

Predicting GP visits: A multinomial logistic regression investigating GP visits amongst a cohort of UK patients living with Myalgic encephalomyelitis https://bmcfampract.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-020-01160-7

Nina Muirhead has created this free Continuous Professional Development module for health professionals in the UK. For those interested, it's possible to view, and even complete, the module but you will need to create a free account - you will have to claim that you are a health professional of...

Originally intended to be published in a journal, Dr Hng has decided instead to release this into the public domain. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R6MgsNuEjdj1fsfJds5bJ2MAACSogOXn/view Post on her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/DrHng/posts/922049561548938

https://www.meaction.net/2020/03/04/invite-your-doctor-to-learn-about-me-medical-education-event-in-london/

I saw that Kingston CCG had tweeted that they would ensure all GP Practices have a copy of the MEA Purple Book, following this recommendation by the Richmond and Kingston ME Group. So I replied asking if they would encourage Wandsworth CCG to do the same. I got a positive Twitter reply from...

Some of what we face as pwME has naming that I wasn't aware of.... Essentially they amount to the relative insurmountability of an overwhelming blitzkrieg of BS: Bullshit asymmetry principle (Brandolini's Law) "Bullshit" on @Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit?wprov=sfta1 Gish...

Open access, https://bmcfampract.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-019-1049-x

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/08/london-gps-told-to-restrict-specialist-referrals-under-new-nhs-rationing-plan?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR1NgQEFLMvULqrAdJcV3xfvzjDB5yvio1ak834LgpxOJM9Zgn0V1d1_ByI

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/17887122.york-based-gp-service-doc-onestop-put-patients-risk-serious-harm/

This thread has been created by merging several threads on social prescribing BBC News: More 'social prescribers' to ease pressure on GPs. 28.01.19 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46999922

I'm helping with updating the ME/CFS webpage of an online guide for medical professionals. It currently links to a few sources of more detailed (but still concise) information. One is the recently revised CDC information for healthcare providers which is now pretty good. This improved...

https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2019/01/me-association-website-survey-what-are-the-most-important-things-a-gp-needs-to-know-about-m-e-08-january-2019/ To go straight to the survey, visit https://www.meassociation.org.uk/ and scroll down until you find it, it looks like this

I know Ben Goldacre hasn't exactly covered himself in glory in relation to PACE but he does nevertheless say some interesting things. At the beginning of this talk he presents an interesting proposal about how to get a cheap and easy randomised trial across general practice whenever there is...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45770998 Wait a minute, support from other patients is a good thing??? ;)