GP Photography competition 2017
This year there is no theme for our photography competition. We welcome photographs, and accompanying captions, depicting any aspect of working as a doctor, work-life balance or training to be a GP in dorset.
GP Photography Competition 2017
The winner of this year’s competition is:
‘Decide. Commit. Succeed. Dorset.’ by Julia Tracy

GP Photography Competition 2016: The Future of General Practice
The winners of this years competition are:
1st place: ‘Nurturing tomorrow’s doctors’ by Chris Humphrey
2nd place: ‘They tried to bury us’ by Kiran Qureshi
3rd place: ‘Duty Doctor – Life’s a Beach’ by Sian Evans
Here are the entries in this year’s competition (click on each image to enlarge):
- The Future is Balance
- GP education in Dorset: Nurturing tomorrow’s doctors
- Doctors flying high
- Awe inspiring , intricate and low maintenance but hardly the real thing.
- A goodly saying, as a goodly tree, its root set firm, its branches reaching high. (Al Quran 14:24)
- They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds. (Mexican proverb)
- Duty Doctor – Life’s a Beach
- Balance for Resilience
GP Photography Competition 2016 terms and conditions
GP Photography Competition 2015: GP Life in Dorset
Here are the entries for the Dorset GP Photography Competition 2015. Click on each image to see the full photo. Thank you to all of you who submitted entries!
The photographs were judged by a panel with Rutherford (Senior Lecturer in Creative Advertising & professional photographer), Dr Clare Wedderburn (Associate Dean for GP Education), Dr Tabitha Smith (Programme Director) and Mrs Anna Shiels (Arts & Health lead, Poole Council) . The judges were very impressed by the quality of the entries. Here are the results:
1st prize: ‘GP Life in Dorset’ by Caroline Rance
“considered entry that responded creatively to the brief“
2nd prize: “After work commute” by Robin Birnie
“like the story behind the photo, shows a good eye and a great advert for GP life in Dorset“
Joint 3rd prizes
“Locum perks of working by Poole Harbour” by Maryam Balaie
“depicts a work scene and a beautiful view through the window – like the implied dilemma we all have in where to focus our attention“
“Work life balance” by Nicola Prys-Jones
“beautiful photograph … and the image of a man balancing on a ledge captured the delicacy of work-life balance”
Congratulations to all our winners.
- Robin Birnie – After work commute
- Ellie Beer- Corfe Castle Village
- Maryam Balaie – Out of Hours telephone triage in Dorset on a cold, rainy Sunday night in January
- Caroline Rance – GP Life in Dorset
- Maryam Balaie – Locum perks of working by Poole Harbour
- Daniel Yates – The first day of spring – Dorset GP trainees sharing experiences over lunch
- Charlotte Hill – Life after surgery
- Laura Gilham – Red sky at night
- Caroline Rance
- Laura Gilham – ‘Oh I do like to be beside the seaside’
- Mark Law – “Best get back before they notice..!”
- Maryam Balaie – Lunch hour just got better
- Nicola Prys-Jones – Work-Life Balance
- Nicola Prys-Jones – Work Day Wind Down
- Nicola Prys-Jones – Locum room with a view
- Laura Gilham – Cloudy bay
- Sarah Kay – A fairy egg from my Dorset hens
- Siobhan Kirby – Reaching for the stars!
- Siobhan Kirby – Team working in Wessex
- Siobhan Kirby – Team working in Wessex
- Tom Riddington – Lulworth sunset
- Tom Riddington