About Dr Doug Jenkinson

Synopsis

I am a retired GP who was in practice in Nottinghamshire, England from 1974 until 2011. My special interests were child health and asthma. In those years whooping cough surged after a vaccine scare and then waned as people saw the consequences of rejecting a vaccine against a serious disease. I used the surge to study the disease in detail as it affects ordinary people and published many original papers in top journals. I have treated over 700 people with this disease, which makes me one of the most experienced doctors treating whooping cough in the developed world.

I established this website in 2000 with the aim of helping people to get diagnosed as doctors were, and still are, reluctant to contemplate the diagnosis and do the necessary tests. I am still happy to answer emails that that you send me for FREE!

My professional qualifications and status

My name is Douglas Jenkinson

I am a British citizen

I graduated MB ChB (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) from the University of Liverpool in 1967.

I obtained the Diploma of Obstetrics (DObstRCOG) in 1970 in London, England.

I obtained the Diploma in Child Health (DCH) in London, England in 1972.

I obtained the Diploma of Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 1978 in London, England.

I was elected to Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 1985 in London, England.

I was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Nottingham, England in 1996 for my work on whooping cough.

I am registered with the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom, number 0396235.

I am a member of the British Medical Association number 6388813

I have a substantial profile on Google Scholar

Some of my published work on whooping cough

- Outbreak of whooping cough in general practice. Jenkinson D. Br Med J 1978;ii:577-8.
- Whooping cough: what proportion of cases is notified in an epidemic? Jenkinson D. Br Med J 1983;287:185-6.
- A search for subclinical infection during a small outbreak of whooping cough: implications clinical diagnosis. Jenkinson D, Pepper JD. J R Coll Gen Pract 1986;36:547-8.
- Duration of effectiveness of pertussis vaccine: evidence from a ten year community study. Jenkinson D. Br Med J 1988;296:612-4.
- Decision making for routine measles/MMR and whooping cough immunisation. BMJ. 1988 Aug 6; 297(6645): 405–407. doi:10.1136/bmj.297.6645.405
- Natural course of 500 consecutive cases of whooping cough: a general practice population study. Jenkinson D. Br Med J 1995;310,299-302.
- Whooping cough: still a problem
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  Practice Nursing 7 (16), 25-27
- Whooping cough is quite common and can be diagnosed clinically.BMJ 2006; 333 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.333.7563.352
- Isn’t whooping cough a thing of the past?
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  Pharmaceutical Journal 289 (7714), 68
- Increase in pertussis may be due to increased recognition and diagnosis. Jenkinson D. BMJ 2012;345;e5463
- Persistent cough in children (letter JRCGP 2013) https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp13X673658
- Pertussis (whooping cough) is common in teens and adults. BMJ 2019; 365 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l1623

Book

Outbreak in the Village. A Family Doctor’s Lifetime Study of Whooping Cough. Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020. ISBN 978-3-030-45484-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45485-2

Contact information

whoopingcough@btinternet.com

This page has been reviewed and updated on 17 February 2024