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Consultant gastroenterologist Rajaratnam Mathialagan talks to Kathy Oxtoby about tackling his patients’ concerns and sharing his skills with trainees “Around 75% of medicine is about reassurance,” says Rajaratnam Mathialagan, a consultant physician and gastroenterologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust in Norfolk. “Practising as a gastroenterologist for the past 25 years, I’ve found that most patients seeking medical help are worried and anxious—and what they need is for you to reassure them. “Taking time to explain their conditions and symptoms...

GP Rodger Charlton talks to Kathy Oxtoby about the excitement and unpredictability of being a qualified cricket umpire Rodger Charlton is known as the “Spin Doctor” by members of his local village cricket team in recognition of his skills as a leg spin bowler on the pitch. Even when he’s not playing the game or chairing his local cricket club, he keeps his eyes fixed firmly on the ball as a qualified cricket umpire. Umpiring has given him time out of clinical practice and a chance to do something completely different and recharge his batteries. “When you’re on the field of play, the ...

Consultant neonatologist Regina Nalliannan tells Kathy Oxtoby that hers is a specialty where there are miracles every day “Many of the babies in my care are born prematurely. It never ceases to amaze me how babies are so fragile, yet so resilient. They can go through so much, and sometimes it seems they won’t come through. And then many do—which is a powerful and humbling experience.” Nalliannan, who works in the department of neonatal medicine at Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton, says she is challenged and inspired by a specialty that is both versatile and complex. “No two babies...

Kieron Cooney talks to Kathy Oxtoby about the rejuvenating power of playing the bagpipes in a Celtic rock band As the music of his bagpipes resounds through the excited crowd, GP Kieron Cooney looks at the sea of smiling faces and clapping hands and feels elated. And that joy stays with him long after he leaves the stage and returns to his GP practice. Cooney is a senior GP partner at St Helen’s Medical Centre on the Isle of Wight, where he has worked for 35 years. He says his role as leader of Celtic rock band Wight Hot Pipes has helped him to continue to thrive at work well beyond retireme...

A GP partner tells Kathy Oxtoby how his love of the natural world helped drive a “nature prescriptions” scheme for patients Tom Miller loves his commute to the Buxton Medical Practice in Derbyshire. “I travel 11 miles from my home to the surgery on mainly small country roads, past a 1200 foot climb, fields, drystone walls, sheep, and the odd cow. It’s a stunning drive, and the gold light shining on the green is gorgeous,” he says. The GP partner’s appreciation of nature, with all its beauty and its health benefits, inspired him to help establish the RSPB Nature Prescriptions scheme...