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We need to respect the process of healing, a GP on the Overlooked Out of Recovery by Gavin Francis,

read by Graham Renee and produced by Hattie Moyer.

Over the past two years, I've spent much of my time as a GP assessing and managing the fear, fever and breathlessness

caused by coronavirus.

But I've also spent more of my time than ever before talking to people about recovery and convalescence.

Not only from the virus, but from damaging effects of repeated lockdowns.

I'm a GP in Central Edinburgh and with three other doctors and two nurses provide medical care to about 4000 patients.

The word recovery and convalescence were rarely mentioned during my six years of medical school and seven years of speciality training.

Many of my tutors seem to assume that once a crisis of illness has passed, the body and mind find ways to heal themselves.

But nearly 20 years as a GP has shown me time and again that the reverse is true.

Guidance and encouragement through the process of recovery can be indispensable.

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