Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth

GP, Therapist, Educator, Historian of Medicine
Fresh perspectives for Medicine, illuminating info, humour and compassion
Mastodon: @[email protected]

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

"an amazing course, almost life changing"
"interesting and relevant"
My half-day course on #Depression for primary care professionals is now available online.
There is no fee, but donations are welcomed for the Human Givens Foundation
https://t.co/dYeCROlhCX

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

@JohnSpeakman4 at the place by the river, we presume

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

@dave_dlt seriously what language DO you use to help people get their heads round the macrogols 'bumpy ride'? (or should that be 'lumpy ride')

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

@AnnieLeymarie I think a lot of the mystery is around this idea of 'drinking milk'. I suspect what people actually started using was fermented diary products.

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@DrLindaDykes some are more equal than others?

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

@vegan_front THE thing to know about chickpea/garbanzo/gram flour is this: you have to let the batter mix stand, the longer the better.
I was taught this by a wonderful man selling soca near Nice.
1/2 and 1/2 with buckwheat flour is also Excellent.

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

@Leicnut disdiodocokinesis
(the inability to perform sentry duty ... )

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

@ScepticalDoctor brilliant summary

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

@drgandalf52 @KUMEC4KCL @rcgp @BMA_JuniorDocs @TheBMA @drtarageorge @NHSEngland Imagine if you were trained 25 years ago for a job that existed 10 years before that ... no wonder so many retire early.

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

General Practice 31 million appts/ month

27k GPs provided 14.8m appts in March

Since 2019 there has been an increase of 5m/month

1.8m provided by the GPs (2000 fewer)

Extra 26000 staff have added just 3.2m appts

One GP = 3 extra staff

FUND GP to KEEP GPs for patient care

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

@MichaelAlbertMD because scarcity further drives demand?

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

@DrSelvarajah definitely not wearing scrubs
the institutional associations feel all wrong to me
part of the joy of GP is that it is part of 'the wild', the 'normal world' not a huge medical institution
also you can't pop out for a 10 minute walk, or buy a sandwich in your scrubs

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

@WanderingGaia So sad: a stark contrast to "the Commie" (Commonwealth Pool) in Edinburgh - a thriving open to all brilliant friendly venue - where my swimming habit costs me about 2.50/swim. Busy with folk all having a blast from 5 to 9.

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

@mgtmccartney @gmcuk @asa bonkers.

[Sam Finnikin @sfinnikin]

Love this. It’s a decision support tool for policy!

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

@DrAlanDesmond on the whole this is true, but bizarrely kefir - used to soak overnight oats - is by far the most reliable fix I've ever found for my unidentified weird bowel syndrome
(never quite right since enteritis and flagyl, S. India, 1985)

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

@mgtmccartney that is a question I often ask myself ... and draw a blank
just got too darned used to being a GP

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

@Dr__Guess @deirdre_tobias thanks for highlighting
similarly hoping for a tweetorial - it's really not an easy read

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

@Parody_RCGP no

[Dr Andrew Morrice - JoinedUpHealth @JoinedUpDoc]

@sguyenet much as I'd like to agree with you, look at what happened with statins and the 'lipaemic food environment'.