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Explaining care without the jargon

Guidance, results and waiting times in something a patient can read on a phone in a corridor — plain words, real numbers, nothing to download.

What people make here

  • Patient guidance

    The difference between two things, side by side, in the words people use.

  • Practice reporting

    Waiting times and appointment mix, published in something readable.

  • Public health notes

    One number worth remembering, and what to do about it.

Examples

Six of them, playing right now

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  • GCGrove Clinic
    Grove Clinic

    The difference is how fast it arrives

    A cold creeps up. Flu knocks you over in an afternoon.

    Days until you feel awful
    A cold
    3

    Sore throat first, then the rest

    Flu
    1

    Fever and aches, almost at once

    What tells them apart

    • Fever

      Rare with a cold. Usual with flu, and often high.

    • Aching

      Mild with a cold. With flu it is the main event.

    • Tiredness

      A cold slows you down. Flu stops you.

    • How long

      A cold, about a week. Flu, two — and the tiredness longer.

    A stethoscope
    If breathing is hard, do not wait it out — ring us.

    General guidance, not a diagnosis · Grove Clinic

    Cold or flu?

    A waiting-room poster that plays

  • GCGrove Clinic
    Grove Clinic

    Eleven minutes a day is where the change starts

    11min

    A day of brisk walking

    The point at which risk starts falling measurably

    Minutes a day, by age group
    42
    18–29
    31
    30–44
    24
    45–59
    19
    60–74
    11
    75+
    A pair of running shoes
    23%

    Lower risk at eleven minutes a day

    Against people who do none at all

    Illustrative figures · General guidance, not medical advice

    Move a little, often

    One number worth remembering

  • GCGrove Clinic
    Eating well

    Half the plate is the whole idea

    A plate that works
    Half
    • Vegetables and fruit50%
    • Grains25%
    • Protein20%
    • Fats5%
    A bowl of fresh vegetables
    5

    Portions a day

    Frozen counts. Tinned counts. It all counts.

    How many of us manage it
    Five a day33%
    Three a day61%
    One a day88%

    Illustrative figures · General guidance, not medical advice

    What is on the plate

    A split anyone can act on

  • GCGrove Clinic
    Grove Clinic · This year

    Shorter than last year, and still too long in January

    Days to a routine appointment
    JanJulDec
    9days

    Average wait now

    Down from 18 in January

    Illustrative figures · Grove Clinic

    Waiting times, month by month

    An honest line, including the bad bit

  • GCGrove Clinic
    If someone collapses

    Four things, in this order

    Before help arrives

    1. Check it is safe

      For you first. You are no use as a second casualty.

    2. Check for a response

      Shout, and squeeze their shoulders.

    3. Call for help

      Ring 999 and put the phone on speaker.

    4. Start compressions

      Centre of the chest, hard and fast, and do not stop.

    General guidance · Follow the 999 operator’s instructions

    What to do first

    Four steps, in order

  • GCGrove Clinic
    Grove Clinic · Annual note

    More of you were seen, sooner

    41,200

    Appointments

    9days

    Average wait

    96%

    Seen within two weeks

    4

    New clinicians

    Appointments by kind
    Routine
    24.8k
    Same day
    9,600
    Nurse
    4,900
    Home visit
    1,900

    Illustrative figures · Grove Clinic

    How the clinic year went

    A practice report patients can read

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