The Big Prescription

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NHS Staff Need More “Resilience”

By Shan Hussain · 25 August 2017 · 3 comments

Well, at least that’s what an NHS executive told me at a meeting recently.

There are now NHS resilience training workshops happening around the country. They will teach us how to cope with all the changes that are going on. And we all need to accept new measures, toughen up, be strong, shake it off and get on with the job. We need to be more resilient.

OK. That’s an interesting take. But let’s step back and explore this word “resilience”.

resilience (rɪˈzɪlɪəns) noun

1. The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness

2. The ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity

Resilience is about standing up for your beliefs in the face of adversity.

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A revolution in health care has already begun…

By Shan Hussain · 14 August 2017 · 4 comments

As a practising medical doctor for almost 18 years, I really can’t tell you how many prescriptions I’ve needed to write. Hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions. But I’ve noticed something very interesting recently – many people don’t seem to want them anymore.

Over the years I’ve worked in numerous fields in health care, including emergency medicine, orthopaedics, paediatrics, surgery, palliative care, geriatrics, and I’ve been a general practitioner for the last 10 years. I’ve performed around a million consultations, and I’ve probably seen just about everything.

I don’t want a prescription Doc, is there anything I can do to help myself?

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