Still making up for lost time

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Still making up for lost time

Narae Song

Narae Song

arthritis, hands
A patient with advanced arthritis takes five minutes to walk to the consulting room, stealing precious minutes from the consultation time slot

GP registrar Narae Song struggles with the wisdom of the 15-minute time slot as she deals with some time-consuming complaints

When I bemoaned the 15 minutes to her, she had simply said, “But we don’t have 15 minutes with our patients. We have a lifetime with them.” Perso