GPs have the toolkit to focus on what’s good for patients and the planet
With every practice hectically busy, proper planning is essential to strike the appropriate balance
We’ve had enough of Covid, RSV and flu – but they haven’t had enough of us
Underlying fear of first wave of Covid-19 is replaced by weary resignation among patients and professionals
A doctor writes: Your questions on the Covid-19 vaccines
We are waiting for the vaccine with a mixture of hope and trepidation
Mental health: Lifting the spirits on the farm
Sometimes the only voice a farmer hears is on the radio in the tractor cab
End of the hospital white coat brigade
Pat Harrold: At last doctors are dressing appropriately for our jobs
GPs can look to Limerick for inspiration
The graduate entry scheme at Limerick University has a special emphasis on primary care-centred learning
GPs are like the priests – you see a lot of grey heads
Young GPs are leaving the country like flocks of swallows – but they won’t return
Rugby players become surgeons. Hockey players become GPs
Medical Matters: Cricketers make good anaesthetists, footballers are excellent shrinks
Liars, wafflers and antibiotic hunters: they’re all patients
The longer you practise medicine, the less surprised you are by anything
Trump needs to shape up – not just because he's obese
President Trump's denial of climate change endangers us all
Hundreds on trollies reflects paltry funding of GP services
We have one of the most expensive healthcare systems in world but it does not deliver
Stop idling: turn off your car engine at the school gates
You wouldn’t light a cigarette when near a child, so what’s different about car fumes?
Stop idling: turn off your SUV engine at the school gates
You wouldn’t light a cigarette when near a child, so what’s different about car fumes?
‘I rarely tell fellow GPs about my interest in hypnosis’
If you have trouble sleeping, why would you take tablets instead of learning to relax?
‘I have coeliac disease so now it’s time for a posh G&T’
GP Pat Harrold has found out he can’t take gluten, so beer – aka bread in a jar – is off the menu