Dr Edin Lakasing - Pavilion Health Today https://pavilionhealthtoday.com Supporting healthcare professionals to deliver the best patient care Fri, 08 May 2026 10:32:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/android-chrome-384x384-1-100x100.png Dr Edin Lakasing - Pavilion Health Today https://pavilionhealthtoday.com 32 32 GPs and the drift away from the clinical frontline https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/fm/gps-and-the-drift-away-from-the-clinical-frontline/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gps-and-the-drift-away-from-the-clinical-frontline Fri, 08 May 2026 10:32:06 +0000 https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/?p=28286 GP, general practice, stressed doctor

In this article, Dr Edin Lakasing looks at the the exodus of GPs from the clinical frontline, with deleterious consequences for patient care.

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]]> A practice-based survey of home visit requests https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/fm/a-practice-based-survey-of-home-visit-requests/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-practice-based-survey-of-home-visit-requests Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:09:17 +0000 https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/?p=28249 GP helping older woman

This article is a practice-based study of home visiting conducted at Gade Surgery, an 8-doctor teaching and training surgery with a list size of 12,000, based at two sites in Rickmansworth and Chorleywood.

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]]> Is the demonisation of private practice unhelpful? https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/fm/is-the-demonisation-of-private-practice-unhelpful/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-the-demonisation-of-private-practice-unhelpful Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:56:30 +0000 https://www.pavilionhealthtoday.com/?p=21855 Private healthcare

Private practice is not without its faults or limitations, but Dr Edin Lakasing argues that it could be a potential ally to a struggling NHS.

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The core values of General Practice are dependent on interpersonal relationships, and the profession will be "irreparably damaged" if face-to-face consultations cease to be the default.

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]]> Moving out of medical lockdown: an open letter to the government and the medical profession https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/gm/moving-out-of-medical-lockdown-an-open-letter-to-the-government-and-the-medical-profession/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moving-out-of-medical-lockdown-an-open-letter-to-the-government-and-the-medical-profession Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pavilionhealthtoday.com/uncategorized/moving-out-of-medical-lockdown-an-open-letter-to-the-government-and-the-medical-profession/ Abstract image of a group of doctors

Covid-19 is now endemic, and will clearly be with us for a while yet. Dr Edin Lakasing asks does the perfect storm of over-cautious attitudes, bureaucracy, silo working and manpower shortages mean that we are poorly placed to move out of 'medical lockdown'?

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Dr Edin Lakasing and Wendy Mahaffey review the different strategies for ensuring the dying patient's wish to die at home is realised.

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