Dr Miles Mack: Being awake through the night is a frequent cause of misery and weekend lie-ins will not help
I am just back from three days away in the great outdoors.
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Dr Miles Mack: Taking great pains is vital in best helping those with chronic conditions
For the last few days I have been somewhat grumpy.
Majority of GPs have cut hours or plan to amid pension concerns – survey
More than three-quarters of GPs have already cut their hours or plan to do so because of concerns around pension tax laws, a survey suggests.
Miles Mack: Life-changing services for rural areas need not be such a remote possibility
Writing in these pages recently, Jim Hunter told of the desire of many young people to make their lives in rural communities.
GPs ‘lack training to provide care for transgender patients’
GPs are under increasing pressure to provide care for transgender people without adequate training due to a lack of specialist clinics, doctors’ leaders have said.
Dr Miles Mack: GP and PC make a great team, so long as they do not become inseparable
A couple of years ago I spent a day at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, shadowing a hospital colleague. It had been over 20 years since I had worked there as a senior house officer in the medical unit and I felt it was time to familiarise myself with the services as experienced by all the patients I had referred there over the years.
Miles Mack: Modern life leaves us woefully unprepared to deal with death.
I have no difficulty finding the house as I have been visiting here with increasing frequency over the last months.
Expanded north-east medical practice to open its doors next week
An expanded north-east GP practice will open its doors to patients next week.
Dr Miles Mack: Psoriasis, poetry and the need to treat illness as well as disease
With the best will in the world, the annual conference of the Royal College of General Practitioners can be a dry affair.
Plans for GP consultations by Skype at new Countesswells practice
Aberdeen residents could be among the first in Scotland to take part in GP consultations by Skype rather than attend surgery appointments.
Getting patients taped: the benefits of GPs slowing down and being more inquisitive
I’d forgotten how massive VHS videos are. And how satisfying the whirring sound when you load one into a video player and press fast-forward.
Power to the people – but what about the money? Why we should be angry about energy
Electricity from renewable energy is essential for modern living and mitigating climate change but here in the north our people are getting a very poor deal.
Wasted potential: the urgent need to get more from our historic monuments
Culloden: over 1,000 Jacobites were killed in that disastrous battle but twice that number were butchered on the field or later starved to death in prison.
Knocking on the wrong door: how red tape has become the enemy of GP home visits
I arrive at a home visit, doctor’s bag in one hand, computer summary printout in the other, and knock.
Miles Mack’s column: A fishy tale from the surgery waiting room
In a fish tank at Dingwall Heath Centre lives a goldfish named Orange.
Norwegian good: why Scotland’s transport bosses should take a trip to Scandinavia
There is nothing quite like knowing you are going to miss a transport connection to spark a sense of panic.
Sutherland doctor’s fears for future of rural GP services
A Sutherland GP has spoken of his fears for GP services in the future in light of falling numbers of GPs in Highland.
GP from Peterculter accepted more than £188,000 in cash and gifts from elderly patient
A family GP who accepted more than £188,000 in cash and gifts from an elderly patient was “pulling on her heartstrings” to get money out of her, a tribunal has heard.
Scrap tax breaks for the oil industry or wave goodbye to the planet – why we cannot wait to become zero-carbon
We have only twelve short years to avoid a catastrophe across our planet - less than the time taken for a child to complete school.
Solving the rural health crisis: do the answers lie in a 106-year-old report?
In many ways, 2018 has not been the best year.
Merging the Scottish fire services – have the doubters been proved wrong?
Centralisation of Scotland’s fire and rescue services was feared by many across the Highlands, Islands and in Grampian as eight fire services amalgamated into one.
Familiarity breeds content – why the personal link with GPs is vital to the nation’s health
Last month marked 25 years of me being a partner at Dingwall Medical Group, astonishingly, consulting from the same room throughout all those years.
North-east patient launches own bid to save medical practice
A patient at a closure-threatened north-east health centre has launched his own bid to save the stricken practice.
North-east medical practice to close after GP recruitment issues
A Banff medical practice will be forced to close its doors in six months, forcing thousands of patients to seek new care.
Stonehaven medical practice takes part in online consultation pilot
An Aberdeenshire medical practice is taking part in a pilot project for online consultations.
Aberdeen to train 30 more doctors
Aberdeen University will train 30 extra doctors after receiving new Scottish Government funding.
GP shortages on Shetland and the Western Isles laid bare in new report
Fresh concerns were raised last night about GP shortages after it emerged that Shetland and the Western Isles had the highest vacancy rates in the country.
NHS Shetland is continuing to struggle to fill a slew of GP and other vacancies
NHS Shetland is continuing to struggle to fill a slew of GP and other vacancies as it strives to bring its £1.7 million bill for temporary staff down amid unprecedented financial pressure on its resources.
Chemists’ shot in the arm for beleaguered doctors
Crisis – it’s a word that has almost become a cliche in the debate over the future of Scotland’s health service.
Seven ways you can ease a headache without taking painkillers
Headaches are one of the most common health complaints.
North-east GP struck off after having affair with vulnerable patient loses appeal
A north-east doctor who was "struck off" after he had an affair with a vulnerable patient lost an appeal against the decision yesterday.
Doctor seeking legal advice after her name and picture used in SNP campaign leaflet without consent
A doctor is still waiting for a personal apology after her name and photo were used in an SNP campaign leaflet without her permission.