Pleased to say am on the mend after an unwelcome visit from Covid_19 (courtesy of New York) . At least now I have immunity I can help out in the front line of care with less fear.
Clare Gerada
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Clare Gerada
@ClareGerada
DBE.past President RCGP. I 💗 🇲🇹. past co-Chair NHSAssembly.Hurley group. primary care gambling service. Beneath the White Coat. Patron Doctors in Distress.
England
Joined June 2010
- Blaming GPs for lack of appointments is a bit like blaming pilots for disrupted and cancelled flights.
- My little dog, Lucy, who reached the grand old age of 17 years is now in doggie paradise.
- Humbled to be awarded DBE. It represents a life times work. I’m proud to have been able to serve my patients, my profession & my community for >30 years. Thanks to my colleagues who’ve worked alongside me. I’m told i’m 1st Maltese woman to receive this award, chuffed.
- Sad that vaccination cohorts don’t take into deprivation. 50 year old in most deprived area = 70 year old in most affluent. Yet former will have to wait months to be protected. Remember most deprived areas have double the mortality rate than least deprived
- What would be really good is if politicians from all parties actually said thank you to GPs for delivering so much care despite our problems with work force. 1.3 million appointments per day. 45% asked for on the day. 70% face to face. Come on. Please give us some credit.
- Bottom line. Burn out directly correlates with intensity of work. Resilience training, mindfulness, peer support groups and so on, are irrelevant unless work load is sorted.
- Sadly , last week, I referred more patients to the food bank than I did to AE. 'something profoundly wrong with the way we live today'
- Amazing. Day 2 of vaccination programme in my primary care network and nearly 700 of most at risk already jabbed. And still many hours to go. Take up is really promising. So proud of my nursing, HCA and GP colleagues.
- I’ll do anything - follow any rules, wear any facial clothing, curfew are any time - if what I do means children and students can continue to attend their education.
- Received many horrid tweets last few days for saying that gradually increasing my exercise tolerance following post Covid muscular pain & weakness helped. So have blocked or muted many. Amazed that lived experience counts for nothing amongst some.
- Can we bin the term ‘socially distance’ and instead introduce the term ‘physically distance’ ?
- Woken up feeling almost back to normal after my #Covid_19 illness. by tomorrow should be completely back to normal (just lighter).
- Just been out walking the dog. Streets are empty. I think we have to stop blaming people for the rapid spread. Vast majority are trying their best within the rules & what they need to do to support themselves & family members. Doesn’t help to blame.