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GPs should 'opportunistically' offer HPV vaccine to gay men under 45

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has announced that routine HPV vaccinatio...

Infectious diseases: Scarlet fever

Diagnosis and management of scarlet fever....

Plasma PCT levels rise rapidly in response to bacterial sepsis

Testing procalcitonin in bacterial infection

Procalcitonin testing could be of practical use in general practice....

Coughs and colds: NICE antibiotic advice (Photo: JH Lancy)

GPs should not be first port of call for coughs and colds, says NICE antibiotic advice

NICE draft guidelines aimed at changing behaviour among patients and the public warn that GPs should...

Pregnancy: warning over pertussis vaccination

GPs urged to drive up pertussis vaccine coverage as infant deaths confirmed

GPs should aim to vaccinate more pregnant women against pertussis to protect newborns, Public Health...

Antibiotics: map reveals wide variation in spending per patient (Photo: iStock)

Exclusive: Huge variation in CCG antibiotic spending per patient revealed

CCGs in some parts of England spend more than twice as much per registered patient on antibiotic tre...

Flu vaccine: children aged five to seven will receive the vaccine in 2015/16 (Photo: Science Photo Library)

Primary school flu vaccine rollout could cut GP workload

GPs could see fewer incidences of patients with influenza-like symptoms as the national flu vaccinat...

GPs urged to boost pertussis vaccine coverage as infant cases rise 33%

GP pertussis vaccine coverage in pregnant women has improved this year, but Public Health England (P...

Prescription: tests could help GPs choose when to give out antibiotics

Viewpoint: How CRP testing can help GPs beat antimicrobial resistance

Point-of-care testing for antimicrobial resistance can help GPs play a major role in bringing the UK...

Blood test: GP practice to test new patients for HIV (Photo: iStock)

GP practices to offer all new patients HIV test in bid to catch disease earlier

A pilot scheme in Coventry will see every patient registering at one of 10 practices in the region o...

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