Dr Joe McGilligan
GP partner, Surrey; LGA health and wellbeing champion; executive board member of NAPC; former Chair of East Surrey CCG
Guidelines in Practice editorial advisory consultant for General Practice
- View from the ground
Adding insult to injury
The role of the GP is changing more rapidly than the majority of people realise, particularly our colleagues in secondary care. The fixed list responsibility means we can never discharge patients and we have a responsibility of care from cradle to grave (although I prefer the term sperm to worm)—we ...
- View from the ground
Falling on deaf ears
I have a personal passion when it comes to hearing aids and was distressed to read that a CCG in Devon was contemplating offering just one hearing aid to its patients on the NHS. There was an incredible backlash from charities and hearing loss campaigners who branded it as cruel, ...
- View from the ground
The fat of the land—a fruitful solution?
On my first day as a medical student, I was told by a very wise and sage-like professor that medicine is not a science but an art—the art of entertaining people while nature cured them. He also said that there were three rules of medicine to learn. First, children suffer ...
