Use LTRA tablets over combination therapy to control asthma, says NICE
GP asthma patients struggling to control their symptoms should be given LTRA tablets over combinatio...
GPs given green light to prescribe antivirals for flu on NHS
GPs have been alerted that they can start prescribing antivirals on the NHS for patients at risk of ...
Improve GP training to cut down on patient suicides, say MPs
Around one in three people who end their lives by suicide are in contact with their GP preceding the...
GP advice scheme for heart failure saves lives and frees hospital beds
GPs in Southwark and Lambeth will be able to directly access specialist heart failure teams for advi...
School flu vaccinations could prevent 2.3m GP visits a year by baby boomers
GP consultations for flu-like symptoms among patients aged 50 to 70 are 80% lower in areas where all...
GPs should consider withdrawing inhaled steroids for some COPD patients
Scores of COPD patients at every GP practice in the UK could be taking inhaled steroids unnecessaril...
Learning disabilities study uses GP data to highlight health gap
The largest-ever study into the health of people with learning disabilities in England has highlight...
GPs should offer HIV tests to all new patients in high prevalence areas, NICE says
GP practices in areas of high HIV prevalence should offer and recommend HIV testing to new patients ...
Allowing pharmacists to refer patients to hospital could drive up activity, GP warns
Proposals to overhaul prescribing training for pharmacists and allow them to refer patients direct t...
Pharmacists call for broader role in managing long-term conditions
GP practices and pharmacies across England should draw up plans for pharmacists to take over partial...
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