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Primary care news round-up (10th July – 16th July 2025)

Practice Index

Medical organisations have been campaigning for restrictions on the activity of associates, claiming that patients are getting confused and risk misdiagnosis. The British Medical Association said the 18 recommendations in the report were "inadequate". New support tested for fit note patients A £1.5 He is due to meet them today.

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Primary care news round-up (5th to 11th June 2025)

Practice Index

Local GP Dr Zaid Hirmiz, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the area, said: “I would ask patients to be more understanding of their role and understand that Receptionists are trained to ensure that each patient is seen by the right healthcare professional to help them.”

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When the System Is Drowning You—This New Standard from the AACN May Be a LifeSaver

Minority Nurse

In the ICU, we operate with strict admission criteria, specific protocols, and staffing ratios designed to match the intensity of the work—one or two patients at most requiring deep surveillance and high-touch care. Fewer admission criteria mean looser ratio limits and clarity around clinical thresholds.

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Friday Reflection 49: The Patients of 12 Reisman

Sensible Medicine

Last spring, I returned to the Longwood Medical Area in Boston to give a talk. Her medical history was only notable for a mastectomy for a rare type of breast cancer, cystosarcoma phyllodes. CT died about a week after admission. I spent a night with him adjusting the medications. He died on 12 Reisman.

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What if it were the other way around: Universities were overwhelmingly conservative and shut down liberal ideas & faculty for years

Sensible Medicine

As the Trump administration exerts maximal pressure on universities and medical centers to comply with its’ demands: eliminate masking on campuses, eliminate DEI, follow merit based admission policies, etc, many have strong feelings, and these divide along political lines. They wear MAGA hats, even on rounds.

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What would happen in a nurse’s perfect world?

Scrubs

Patients would not be repeat offenders (admissions). All patients would have five or fewer medications CT/X-ray/ultrasound machines would always be open and available. Physicians would round on their patients all at predicted/scheduled times. Patient families would be amicable. Supplies would never run short.

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Friday Reflection 38: Yesterday’s Solutions; Today’s Problems

Sensible Medicine

To keep this around 1500 words, I’ll limit this to the discussion of two of these: duty hour reform and the electronic medical record. Most of my undergraduate medical education took place at New York Hospital, where a medical error occasioned the first calls for duty hour reform.