Edward Picot’s blog (incorporating Dr Hairy)

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.

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

Happy New Year! From ‘I’m a Parsnip!’, my forthcoming picture book.

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