GPDPR is on hold…for now.

I’m relieved to see that Government plans to force GPs in England to hand over all patient data to NHS Digital this month have been pushed back till the autumn. Under the General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) initiative, ten years’ worth of...

What’s next for IBD care in the UK?

As World IBD Day approaches, IBD UK’s new report reflects the experience of over 10,000 people with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and 72% of IBD services in the UK. Ongoing research now suggests that more than 500,000 people in the UK have inflammatory bowel...

What we can learn from Jackie Weaver?

The recording of the local parish council meeting that had descended into bad-tempered chaos is the the Zoom facilitator’s nightmare: people with their camera off, and still shouting, people talking over each other, and even talking over the meeting facilitator,...

How to win at Zoom

2020’s been a year of rapid adaptation. I’ll be honest, back in March I couldn’t immediately see how we could carry on doing what we do if we couldn’t interact face to face. So much of effective collaboration is physical and sensory – we huddle round flipcharts and...