Bath GP Education

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Stay at home to stop coronavirus spreading

Everyone must stay at home to help stop the spread of coronavirus.

You should only leave the house for 1 of 4 reasons:

shopping for basic necessities, for example food and medicine, which must be as infrequent as possible
one form of exercise a day, for example a run, walk, or cycle – alone or with members of your household
any medical need, or to provide care or to help a vulnerable person
travelling to and from work, but only where this absolutely cannot be done from home

Important - These 4 reasons are exceptions – even when doing these activities, you should be minimising time spent outside of the home and ensuring you are 2 metres apart from anyone outside of your household.

There is separate advice about:

Symptoms and what to do

Do not leave your home if you have either:

a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)

To protect others, do not go to places like a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital. Stay at home.

Use the 111 online coronavirus service to find out what to do.

Only call 111 if you cannot get help online.

Read general information such as:

First 5

Next Meeting

Date: To be confirmed

Venue: To be confirmed

About First 5

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) concept of First5® is an initiative to support new GPs from completion of training to the first point of revalidation at five years. See RCGP First5® for more info.

The 5 main pillars of the First5® initiative are:

CONNECTING – promoting a sense of belonging to a group.

NETWORKS – encouraging peer support and mentoring

CAREER MENTORSHIP – exploring career paths in General Practice

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

REVALIDATION – enabling resources to support this process.

The concept recognises that much like passing your driving test, most of the learning that goes on in General Practice is done when the 'test' is passed. It works towards creating a supportive and rewarding transition to independent Practice.

BGPERT is committed to ensuring the needs of the local FIRST5 contingent are addressed and in doing so supports a Local FIRST5 Group in Bath.

The Group meets every 2-3 months. For details on forthcoming FIRST5 meetings - see our MEETINGS CALENDAR or the top of this webpage.

SO IF YOU ARE A NEWLY QUALIFIED GP, WHO IS..

FRESH FROM TRAINING

NEW TO THE BATH AREA

OR JUST LOOKING TO NETWORK WITH PEERS AT A SIMILAR STAGE IN THEIR CAREER

…….....PLEASE GET IN TOUCH

PLEASE EMAIL YOUR DETAILS TO JOIN THE BATH FIRST5 EMAIL LIST OR TO LEAVE COMMENTS/IDEAS ABOUT FUTURE SESSIONS.

N.B. You do not have to be a BGPERT or RCGP member to join us.

Many thanks to BMA Southwest for kindly helping to finance Bath First 5 Sessions.

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