Further Confessions of a GP. Benjamin Daniels

      

       Further Confessions of a GP

      DR BENJAMIN DANIELS

       Disclaimer

      The events described in this book are based on my experiences as a GP. For obvious reasons of privacy and confidentiality I have made certain changes, altered identifying features and fictionalised some aspects. Nonetheless, it remains an honest reflection of life as a doctor in Britain today. This is what it’s like. These things really happen!

      This book is dedicated to my family and to coffee. If it wasn’t for my family the book would have been finished a year earlier. If it wasn’t for coffee, it wouldn’t have been finished at all.

      Contents

       Title Page

      Disclaimer

       Dedication

      Introduction

      First day

      Sarah

      Crackhead Kenny I

      Maggie I

      Brian and Deidre

Maggie II

Communication skills

Maggie III

Maggie IV

Can’t be too careful

Crackhead Kenny II

Army medical I

Tummy aches

Glass test

Mr Lorenzo

Pseudoseizures

Antibiotic resistance

       Diabetes

       Tarig I

       Is the quality of NHS care really declining?

       Jimmy Savile

       Nathan

       Army medical II

       Betty Ferrari

       Smelly bum

       Tarig II

       Should we know how much health care costs?

       Danni I

       The NHS, the envy of the world?

       Don’t look down

       Mrs Patrick

       Danni II

       Unnoticed

       Man flu

       Medical students

       Taking benefits away from addicts

       Stuck in the middle

       Danni III

       Funny X-ray

       The coroner

       Mr Goodson

       Mr Raymond

       Hannah

       Ted

       Should we name and shame doctors who make mistakes?

       Pseudocyesis

       Playing God

       Simon

       Removing patients from lists

       Bravery

       Foreign bodies

       Retrieving the gerbil

       The chemical cosh

       Medical science

       Gastric bypass

       Karen’s baby

       Notes

       Nurses I

       Nurses II

       Paradise

       Yes/No

       David

       Hospital deaths

       Sinbad

       John

       How doctors die

       Rita

       Neighbours

       Letter to myself, 10 years ago

       Further Confessions of a GP is part of the bestselling ‘Confessions Series’. Also available

       About the Author

       Also by Dr Benjamin Daniels

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

       Introduction

      ‘Oh, and just one more thing, Doc, before I go. I’m reading this book …’ With that my patient pulled out a copy of Confessions of a GP from his bag. ‘Have you read it?’

      ‘No,’ I lied, then added bravely, ‘Is it any good?’.

      ‘It’s all right, I suppose. Could definitely be a lot funnier and the author comes across as a bit of a self-righteous prat at times. I’ll lend it to you once I’ve finished it, if you like?’

      ‘Nah, you’re all right.’

      I wrote Confessions of a GP a few years ago, all about my experiences as a newly qualified GP. Partly due to the witty anecdotes and insightful social commentary, but mostly due to the extremely low pricing of the ebook version, it sold surprisingly well, and so I decided to write this sequel. I penned the first book while working as a nomadic locum doctor. I have now settled as a partner in an inner city practice and I also work a regular shift each week in our local A&E department.

      These are my further confessions.

       First day

      ‘You’re not Dr Bailey.’

      ‘No, Dr Bailey’s wife had a stroke yesterday and he is taking some time off to help care for her.’

      ‘But who’s going to look after me?’

      ‘Well, I’m going to be looking after Dr Bailey’s patients while he’s away.’

      ‘You’re no good,’ Mrs Patrick huffed, looking me up and down. ‘You don’t even