How long have I been a GP!?
Yesterday I was seeing a 31 year old chap who I see every now and again, enough that he knows I’m his doctor and I recognise him but not enough that I know his whole life story. He had waited to see me though. He had a cough and wheeze and I asked him about whether he’d ever had an inhaler before or if anyone had wondered if he had asthma. “Think so - when I was a kid” was the reply.
I had a flick through his notes and sure enough I’d given him an inhaler when he was 6! Suddenly feeling old.
It made me reflect on the current turnover of salaried GPs and registrars we have and the drive to online consulting and whether old fashioned general practice isn’t what we should be aiming for?