Edward Picot’s blog (incorporating Dr Hairy)

‘”Oh stream,” said the sky, “will you keep my image in your heart?” But the little stream ran giggling into the bushes.’

From my new picture book.

‘The grey sky noticed her shining limbs. ‘Oh stream,’ he said, ‘where are you from?’ The little stream dimpled but said nothing.’ From my new picture book.

“A lithe and sprightly little stream went running down a valley.”

A new instalment of Dr Hairy’s Podcast is now available at http://www.drhairy.org/index.php/dr-hairys-research-podcasts, or on Podbean at https://drhairysresearchpodcasts.podbean.com/.

Dr David Hindmarsh and Julian Le Saux discuss recent medical articles from the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) and the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Subjects covered this time:

• Coronavirus
• Using mHealth for the management of hypertension in UK primary care,BJGP Sept 2019 p 435
• Patient preferences for management of high blood pressure in the UK, BJGP Sept 2019 p 437
• Steps to benefit from social prescription, BJGP Jan 2020 p 18
• Primary Care Networks: NHS England under pressure to rein in its ambitions, BMJ m230
• Gender pay gap in general practice is 35%, report finds, BMJ m112

Introductory picture from my new picture book ‘The Stream’.

‘I’m a Parsnip!’, my new picture book, is now available from Amazon – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1709986395 in the UK, or https://www.amazon.com/dp/1709986395 in the US. It’s light-hearted look at the transgender experience, telling the story of Penny the Carrot, who comes to the realization that actually she’s a parsnip. There’s also a short video based on the book on YouTube – https://youtu.be/Y5G-b6xb-Ps.

Please view, buy, read, rate, review, follow, share, and anything else you can think of!

From I’m a Parsnip!, my forthcoming picture book.

From I’m a Parsnip!, my forthcoming picture book.

A new instalment of Dr Hairy’s Podcast is now available at http://www.drhairy.org/index.php/dr-hairys-research-podcasts, or on Podbean at https://drhairysresearchpodcasts.podbean.com/.

Dr David Hindmarsh and Julian Le Saux discuss recent medical articles from the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) and the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Subjects covered this time:

• ‘Non-attendance at urgent referral appointments for suspected cancer’, BJGP December 2019, p 602
• ‘Factors affecting use of unscheduled care for people with advanced cancer’, BJGP December 2019, p 603
• ‘The Reflecting Team: a new approach to case discussion’, BJGP December 2019, p 612
• ‘Quaternary JPrevention: an evidence-based concept aiming to protect patients from medical harm’, BJGP December 2019, p 614
• ‘AI system outperforms radiologists in first reading of breast cancer screening, study claims’, BMJ m16
• ‘C reactive protein testin in general practice safely reduces antibiotic use for flare-ups of COPD’, BMJ l5991
• ‘Long term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and incidence of stroke’, BMJ l6720
• ‘France removes state funding for dementia drugs’, BMJ l6930

From I’m a Parsnip!, my forthcoming picture book.