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Criteria for diagnosing kidney disease may cause unnecessary treatment (Photo: PhotoDisc)

QOF kidney disease definition 'overdiagnoses patients'

The definition of chronic kidney disease (CKD) used in the QOF may be overdiagnosing thousands of pa...

Breastfeeding: benefits children

Breastfeeding for longer 'raises child IQ'

Infants who are breastfed for longer have higher intelligence in later life, a study has found....

Community prescriptions are rising as the population ages

NHS passes 1bn prescriptions-a-year milestone

Over 1bn community prescriptions have been dispensed in a single year for the first time, although o...

Flu vaccination will be offered to four to 10 year olds in certain parts of the country this winter

Pilots set to extend child flu vaccine campaign

Children aged four to 10 years will be vaccinated against flu in parts of England from September und...

DH advisers said the new vaccine was not cost-effective

JCVI rejects meningitis B vaccine

The meningitis B vaccine Bexsero should not be introduced in the UK because it is not a good use of ...

Diabetes patients face a far greater risk of disability (Photo: iStock)

Diabetes 'raises disability risk by 80%'

People with diabetes are up to 80% more likely to develop a physical disability than those without t...

Consultations have become too focused on QOF, researchers say

QOF 'damaging patient-centred care', study finds

QOF is forcing GPs to marginalise patients' needs in consultations in favour of 'tick-box' targets, ...

Practices will be benchmarked on how many checks they provide

Health checks relaunched to target 15m patients

Public health chiefs have relaunched the NHS Health Check programme to target 15m patients over five...

Exclusive: 'Shocking' delays hit dementia care

Elderly patients are waiting up to a year for a dementia diagnosis and GPs warn efforts to identify ...

High blood pressure: missing medication raises stroke risk

Missed BP drugs 'increase stroke risk'

Hypertensive patients who fail to take prescribed BP drugs are four times more likely to die from a ...

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