Continuity of care: age and practice size are the strongest predictors of continuity. We know continuity is good for patients, but how do we prioritise it in larger practices. 🎧 Listen: bjgplife.com/084 📖 Read: doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2… 🎬 Watch: youtu.be/C0lNVVxQbsY

moment to moment experience Now not chained to the past nor charmed by the future thetaoishway.com/moment-to-mome…

Research shows that Ginger significantly enhances cognitive function in various cognitive disorders as well as in a healthy brain. Besides protecting your brain cells, ginger can boost your cognition, attention, speed/quality of memory and enhance learning.

Exercise causes muscles to act like a sponge and take up kynurenine, preventing its conversion to a neurotoxic agent implicated in depression. A meta-analysis of 25 randomized controlled trials found aerobic exercise reduced depressive symptoms in people with depression.

#NHS is close to burnout & #integrativemedicine needs to be part of systems change discussion. On 10/11 I'm speaking at Institute of Government & Public Policy event about IM and how it can help prevent & manage chronic conditions which in turn reduces pressures on NHS shorturl.at/cjsxW #igppPCC

Did you know that turmeric is an amazingly powerful spice? It’s anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and can even increase something called, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, which boosts brain function.

Notice when your thoughts are giving you pain. Come back to your breath. Repeat all day, everyday. Gently, lovingly and kindly come back to the present moment. Maybe you need to do something with that thought. Maybe you don’t. Maybe breathe and put on a smile either way?

(1/3) Tomorrow I'm talking to an audience of policy makers, academics, NHS leaders and other peers about #IntegrativeMedicine and systems change: how IM can offer something to patients, healthcare practitioners AND the healthcare system in these challenging times #igppPCC

(2/3) We need to move on from a healthcare system focused on illness and heroic intervention, and driven by technology and pharmaceuticals to one that prioritises well-ness, whole-person health, diversity, choice and empowerment #igppPCC #IntegrativeMedicine

(3/3) My talk about #IntegrativeMedicine and its role in prevention and management of long-term health conditions' will also posit how stress and trauma are often at the root of disease and why we need a trauma-informed model of care #igppPCC #IntegrativeMedicine

(4/3 bonus!) key words: burnout, complexity, wellness, resilience, empowered, choice, nature, whole-person, dualism, purpose, community, wisdom, adaptive, carbon footprint, mortality, root cause, existential distress, healthy feedback loops, balance #igppPCC #IntegrativeMedicine

Friend’s wife calls a GP surgery in England this morning at 8am saying she’s coughing up blood. Told all appointments are gone that day and call back tomorrow NHS England - we have a problem And yes, I know GPs are working v hard And no, it’s not all the government’s fault

Listen to this! youtu.be/gxkeu4B76SQ by George Bloomfield & Freya Thompson! So good! BBC Music Introducing Gary Lineker Greg James #football #WorldCup2022 #Christmas #no1 #music

England still in the running! Love this fun song my daughter and her boyfriend made ‘A Second World Cup Beneath the Christmas Tree’ #fifaworldcup #christmas ⁦England Fans⁩ m.youtube.com/watch?v=gxkeu4…

People are rarely looking for advice, and always just looking to be heard. Learning to hold space for someone without trying to fix it, change it, or project your own emotions onto it is a gift to another human being.

BREAKING: Lead author of peer reviewed research re-analysing Pfizer & Moderna trials on mRNA vaccine Joseph Fraiman calls for immediate suspension of jab due to serious harms. ‘We have conclusive evidence that the vaccines are inducing sudden cardiac death’ This is huge 🔥

So thrilled Dr David Unwin is joining us as one of our expert speakers at our Forum on 17 Feb (online) all about inflammation and chronic disease. His clinical practice has yielded amazing results for reversing T2 diabetes. More info & buy your tickets here: ncim.org.uk/event/inflamma…

Check out this free app recommended by Dr David Unwin - let’s support patients to understand #sugar #carbohydrates #diabetes #integrativemedicine #inflammation

More #free #resources to share with our patients #empoweredmodelofhealthcare #integrativemedicine #lowcarb #diabetes

I often mention #hope within holistic consultations - let’s work with our patients to understand an integrative medicine model which combines the best of conventional, #lifestyle and #holistic approaches