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NICE calls for supervision of GPs treating depression

GPs should be audited for competence when treating patients with depression, according to the latest...

NICE warns over cost scrutiny in value-based pricing plans

NICE has backed the proposed value-based pricing scheme for medicines but warned that plans to rewar...

More than 10,000 cases of melanoma are diagnosed in the UK each year (Photograph: SPL)

Arthritis drug could stop malignant melanoma

A drug for arthritis could be used to treat skin cancer, according to research co-authored in the UK...

Alzheimer's boost as NICE approves drugs

GPs can access a far greater range of treatments for patients with Alzheimer's disease under final N...

Dr Nagpaul said it was dangerous for PCTs to reduce scan referrals (Photograph: SPL)

Exclusive - PCT bid to cut costs endangers patients

PCTs could be putting patients at risk by pressuring practices to cut their use of diagnostic tests,...

GPs to offer HIV tests as diagnoses double

New diagnoses of HIV have doubled in a decade, figures show, as NICE advises GPs to offer testing to...

NICE advice to GPs 'not primary care based'

Researchers have questioned the relevance of NICE guidance to general practice after a study found w...

DoH reshapes flu pandemic plans

The UK's response to a flu pandemic must be more flexible and take into account the public's likely ...

Half of gastric bands fail, study claims

Half of patients with gastric bands are forced to have them removed within nine years due to complic...

Mums who smoke during pregnancy increase child's smoking risk

Exposure to nicotine in the womb may increase the risk of smoking in later life, research suggests....

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