Jonathon Tomlinson

Jonathon Tomlinson, a GP based in Hackney, writes a blog called A Better NHS.

Diary: In the Surgery

Jonathon Tomlinson, 30 June 2011

My first patient on Monday morning was ten minutes late. I was just about to call in my second when I saw that the first had just arrived. I hate it when this happens. The second patient will complain that she was here before the first, whose case is invariably too complicated to deal with safely in the allotted ten minutes, and then every subsequent patient will be kept waiting. I am aware...

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