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Hospital expansion threat to practices
DoH plans to 'vertically integrate' community services with hospital trusts could threaten the future of general practice, GP leaders fear.
DoH explores options to limit list size
The DoH is looking to define a 'limited set of circumstances' in which practices...
NICE advice on RA 'ignored'
Less than 10 per cent of newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis patients are treated in...
Women GPs take the lead in Scotland
Scotland has become the first UK country where female GPs dominate the workforce.
GPs urged to review all of their epilepsy patients
Draft NICE guidance points to epilepsy overestimate.
Antidepressant shown to aid recovery from stroke
Patients given the antidepressant escitalopram after a stroke showed greater improvement in cognitive function...
Involve patients to improve NHS
Practice-level patient groups should expand to take on a role in commissioning consortia, according...
GP to lead DoH productivity bid
The quality of primary care must become more consistent, a GP appointed as one...
RCGP wants deaneries and PCOs to pay for remediation
The cost of remediation for GPs who fail revalidation should be shared by their...
PCTs must use GP language test
The PCT which put German locum Dr Daniel Ubani on its performers list was...
GP shingles jab role is unclear
Government officials have yet to discuss with the GPC how four million older people...
Boundary reforms to shake up NHS
DoH plans to scrap practice boundaries could force an overhaul of health service funding....
GMC finds against MMR doctor Andrew Wakefield
The GMC has found the facts against Dr Andrew Wakefield, the doctor at the...
Locums losing out on pensions
Locum GPs' NHS pensions are being compromised because some practices are failing to pay...
Lib Dems propose out-of-hours rules
The Liberal Democrats have made proposals to reform out-of-hours care and the employment of...
IT system firms agree to share
IT systems in GP practices are to become better able to share information after...
GMC affiliates 'improve handling of complaints'
Controversial plans to introduce GMC affiliates have had a boost after two pilot schemes...
GPs warned about closer monitoring of referrals
GPs face even closer scrutiny of their referrals after hospital admissions rose by 6...
- Exclusive: DoH could allow closed lists even after practice boundaries scrapped 03 February 2010
- Weight loss may be easier at high altitude 05 February 2010
- Hospital expansion threat to practices 05 February 2010
- GPs offered pay to refer to 'failing' ISTC 04 February 2010
- Parents told to contact GPs for swine flu jabs 04 February 2010
- Patients should be able to email their GP, say Lib Dems 04 February 2010
- Fit notes replace sick notes in April 04 February 2010
- Patients should be able to email their GP, say Lib Dems 04 February 2010
- £100m drive to recruit cancer nurses to work in patients' homes 08 February 2010
- Hospital expansion threat to practices 05 February 2010
- DoH recommends GPs help improve out-of-hours services 04 February 2010
- Exclusive: DoH could allow closed lists even after practice boundaries scrapped 03 February 2010
- DoH explores options to limit list size 05 February 2010
- Fit notes replace sick notes in April 04 February 2010
PCT drops plan to pay GPs for referrals to ISTC
GPs have been offered payments to refer patients to an independent sector treatment centre...
DoH is failing to deliver on chlamydia screening plan
The DoH has failed to control chlamydia through the National Chlamydia Screening Programme, according...
Ovarian cancer 'signs' called into doubt
Key symptoms GPs look for as signs of ovarian cancer may not be linked...
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Bitter pill
Journals Watch - Birth defects, ACS and C difficile
Missed out on the latest research? Let Dr Raj Thakkar bring you up to...
Fit notes replace sick notes in April
The legal changes required to replace sick notes with 'fit notes' have been laid...
Behind the headlines: Are babies fed porridge protected against asthma?
The introduction of oats into an infant's diet in the first few months after...
NSAID period pain relief 'better than paracetamol'
NSAIDs are more effective than paracetamol in the treatment of period pain, a Cochrane...
Child jab cover is extended
Six more strains of pneumococcal bacteria will be covered by a new vaccine being...
GP confidence in dementia diagnosis on the increase
There has been a 'positive shift' in the attitude of GPs towards the diagnosis...
Two oral MS drugs shown to cut relapses
Two oral drugs being investigated as possible treatments for MS have shown significant reduction...
'Befriending' can ease depression
Emotional support can reduce symptoms and distress for depressed patients in the community, research...
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