General Practice in Somerset
Queen’s Nurses in Primary Care

Queen’s Nurses in Primary Care

by | Apr 18, 2022 | Life in Somerset

Guest blog by Paula Messenger, Nurse Advisor, Somerset LMC I look back to January 2020 when I was busy juggling work, family life and writing my application to become a Queen’s Nurse…  Little did I know that within weeks the country and the world would be...
Finding Wellness in Nature

Finding Wellness in Nature

by | Mar 25, 2022 | Life in Somerset

Guest blog by Sophie Burns, Somerset Local Nature Partnership “The natural world is the larger community to which we belong. To be alienated from this community is to become destitute in all that makes us human. To damage this community is to diminish our own...
Wellbeing: Managing Workload

Wellbeing: Managing Workload

by | Jan 17, 2022 | Life in Somerset

Guest blog by Dr Tim Horlock Late last year I was asked to write a blog for the LMC about ‘managing workload’. I must say I didn’t know where to start. How can I teach people how to manage when I sometimes think I am barely managing myself? Not just GPs...
Autumnal Activities in Somerset

Autumnal Activities in Somerset

by | Oct 25, 2021 | Life in Somerset

Wells, Somerset in autumn. Photo by @helloimnik As the Somerset landscape turns into a kaleidoscope of auburn, crimson and feuille-morte, now is the time to get out and about on bike, foot, and maybe even surfboard… Walks: It would take an eternity to list every walk...