My boyfriend is a doctor; ask him anything!

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Original post by the bear

so when he starts a new yoghurt does he, like, lick the lid ? :holmes:

He’s a classy guy, he scrapes it with a spoon. Impressed yet? :wink:

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isa04

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how do you get to own a GP practice - do you like buy one and prove you're a doctor or do you have to work your way up
is it worth having one as like an investment? I hope this makes sense and doesn't sound dumb

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Original post by isa04

how do you get to own a GP practice - do you like buy one and prove you're a doctor or do you have to work your way up
is it worth having one as like an investment? I hope this makes sense and doesn't sound dumb

It makes sense, don’t worry :smile:

We don’t actually own a GP practice, as GP stands for general practitioner; he just works as one. I’m not sure about buying a practice, but as far as I’m aware, they’re government owned (NHS), so can’t be bought. Doctors are required by law to have a medical degree, though, so they wouldn’t be able to work their way up. I hope this helps a little!

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Anonymous #1

What advice would you give to any medicine applicants about the world of medicine? Anything you wish someone had told you about medicine as a career? Would you ever change your job?

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Surnia

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Original post by Xx_Simba_xX

My boyfriend is a qualified gp, and I’m in my final year of a medical degree.

How do you go from being in Year 10 and doing GCSEs next year to being in the final year of a medical degree in the space of a month?

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7314851

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artful_lounger

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Original post by isa04

how do you get to own a GP practice - do you like buy one and prove you're a doctor or do you have to work your way up
is it worth having one as like an investment? I hope this makes sense and doesn't sound dumb

Perhaps a little off-topic but @GANFYD might be able to go a bit more into how it works?

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Original post by Xx_Simba_xX

It makes sense, don’t worry :smile:

We don’t actually own a GP practice, as GP stands for general practitioner; he just works as one. I’m not sure about buying a practice, but as far as I’m aware, they’re government owned (NHS), so can’t be bought. Doctors are required by law to have a medical degree, though, so they wouldn’t be able to work their way up. I hope this helps a little!

Oooookaaaay. Suggests you do not have much idea of how this works.......

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Anonymous #2

If you have any advice on someone having depression,loneliness,Autism, anxiety that would be nice - already consulted with gp for a year, it’s not getting better.

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OP

Original post by Surnia

How do you go from being in Year 10 and doing GCSEs next year to being in the final year of a medical degree in the space of a month?

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7314851

I feel like I’m in an interrogation room, aha. As mentioned in the above post, my partner and I were discussing how we used to use tsr as teenagers/early adults; after my daughter told us she discovered the site, and we thought it was funny how so many years later, it still exists. In short, My daughters account. I didn’t realise she posted quite so often in here, though. She wanted to be able to see people’s question too, and wanted to get her points up, or something.

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Original post by isa04

how do you get to own a GP practice - do you like buy one and prove you're a doctor or do you have to work your way up
is it worth having one as like an investment? I hope this makes sense and doesn't sound dumb

Contracts for a GP practice are issued by the NHS. There have been few, if any, new ones for a while, so most practices are established, though do merge, expand etc.
You need a contract to be able to offer NHS Primary Care Services, as I say. Most GPs work under a GMS (General medical services) contract, a few hold historical PMS contracts and new ones are often APMS (allowing for non-Dr providers to take them over).
Most GPs who want to "own" the business apply for a Partnership job in an established practice. You often have to buy in to the business (usually by reduced drawings for a while), and then boom - that is it! Partners share the business decisions, the profit from the practice, but also the risk

https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/gp-funding-and-contracts-explained#:~:text=The%20APMS%20framework%20allows%20contracts,of%20'core'%20general%20practice.

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Original post by GANFYD

Oooookaaaay. Suggests you do not have much idea of how this works.......

No, as mentioned; ‘I’m not sure’. I’m focused on becoming a qualified doctor, and I don’t plan on ever owning my own practice. Add in where you’d like.

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Original post by Xx_Simba_xX

No, as mentioned; ‘I’m not sure’. I’m focused on becoming a qualified doctor, and I don’t plan on ever owning my own practice. Add in where you’d like.

Where are you at medical school?

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Anonymous #2

Original post by GANFYD

Where are you at medical school?

What’s with the third degree, if you don’t have any medical questions, you’re wasting time,let others who have real questions about health get answered.

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Original post by Anonymous

What advice would you give to any medicine applicants about the world of medicine? Anything you wish someone had told you about medicine as a career? Would you ever change your job?

He said he wouldn’t change his job, but does wish he’d had more experience before fully committing to his degree. Communication skills are everything in the profession, so it’s a good idea to ensure you can communicate well, for obvious reasons. Whilst I’m not yet qualified, I’m nearly there; I’d say to make sure you study smart, and don’t leave things to last minute. But, don’t neglect yourself, and let studying take over your life. Take a little time for yourself; even just for a walk, and remember why you wanted to do the job. My boyfriend was very ill as a child, and wanted to help others in the same way; but didn’t enjoy studying particularly, so, it was the biggest motivator for him.

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