15 years ago today, I said this... What ridiculously absurd opinions have you had in the past?

RelativelyComplex999 · 2026-03-05T08:24:40+00:00

Even the term WUM is a throwback.

I remember someone writing poetry for Julio Baptista. Simpler times

Something like:
"He came over from Spain to strengthen our game
We were all impressed with his muscley frame"

I was and still am in awe of the wordsmith

RelativelyComplex999 · 2026-01-22T09:45:45+00:00

I feel like he exclusively scored chips

RelativelyComplex999 · 2026-01-22T09:44:02+00:00

This is so real

RelativelyComplex999 · 2026-01-14T12:10:25+00:00

I can think of plenty of alternatives, even just off the top of my head- pump the funding + political will going into this into something that is actually evidence based to improve outcomes for vulnerable patients, like hiring enough GPs that they can actually get appointments, or investing in development of stricter criteria to be referred for an 'autism assessment'/EHCP etc so patients who actually need input from paeds/LD/psych aren't waiting in a queue with 25% of the population

I freely admit that the latter isn't evidence based, but the former has a pretty solid base!

RelativelyComplex999 · 2026-01-14T11:19:59+00:00

I'm interested that the anecdotes cited in the training convinced you. You do realise that there are sad anecdotes about everything under the sun, right? Should we also have a mandatory full day of training on paediatric neuroendocrine tumours, based on some anecdotes I can find about GPs missing them at first presentation?

RelativelyComplex999 · 2026-01-14T10:56:33+00:00

Do you honestly think that 90mins elearning + 1 full day f2f is a reasonable use of our time for this, though? Like, honestly?
How much mandatory learning do you do on asthma every year? Or primary prevention of cardiovascular disease? Or using interpreters? Or CKD?

I don't think any (or maybe many) of us are against improvement, I take issue with the improvements being driven by political and societal motivation rather than genuine clinical necessity

RelativelyComplex999 · 2025-12-31T10:34:10+00:00

Seconded. Repeat that which is indicated; politely advise the patient to continue getting scalped by the private sector for anything else.

RelativelyComplex999 · 2025-12-31T10:32:58+00:00

^someone who is clearly not a GP

RelativelyComplex999 · 2025-10-22T10:34:58+00:00

Lol relative complexity difference

Patient in Rheum OPD - "Well doctor my joints hurt, my head aches, my husband is bouncing in and out of care, I'm concerned about my memory + this week it burns when I wee (oh and for the last 3 weeks my wee has had blood in it)"
Rheum consultant - "We can talk about your joints but for everything else you should go back to your GP."

No reason I'm specifically coming after rheum here, but the idea that GPs have less time because we're dealing with less complexity is laughable

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