Why is it bad for you if everything seems to be going well?

#GPFUQ 152 What’s it mean if there aren’t any problems? It usually means you have not been paying enough attention to everything around you and have not noticed the problems that are there.

#GPFUQ 153 Why may it be bad for you if everything really seems to be going well? If you’re not having any bad experiences it usually means you aren’t getting out enough or challenging yourself.

#GPFUQ 154 Can complex problems have simple answers? In real general practice for every complex problem there is always an answer that is clear, simple and wrong.

#GPFUQ 155 What do we need to do when the guidelines have no good answer? GPs have to us their judgement to help patients decisions about their care. This judgement is a major sink for risk in the NHS but we have to be careful because the risk we are taking is with other peoples lives.

#GPFUQ 156 When do guidelines and technology cause most problems?  It’s when they make us ask our patients questions that neither of us really want asked.

#GPFUQ 157 When is a patient’s urgent problem not an emergency for a GP? It’s not an emergency for the GP if the only failure is that the patient hasn’t planned their day.