The 18 items on NHS England's prescribing 'blacklist'
Guidance from NHS England and NHS Clinical Commissioners recommends that the following 18 items are ...
NHS confirms low value treatment blacklist and plans OTC prescribing limits
GPs should no longer prescribe 18 'low value treatments', including fish oil, herbal remedies and ho...
GPs fear over-the-counter Viagra could undermine patient care
GPs could miss out on chances to diagnose patients with serious disease under plans to make the erec...
NICE asthma guidance 2017: The key points for GPs
NICE has published a new guideline on the diagnosis, monitoring and management of asthma. This is an...
NICE asthma guidance sets out plan to overhaul treatment and diagnosis
Long-awaited NICE guidance on asthma has set out plans for a significant overhaul of treatment and d...
Clash between respected asthma guidelines risks confusion for GPs
Significant differences between NICE's new asthma guidance and established 'gold standard' BTS/SIGN ...
GP flu jab uptake soars as primary care prepares for tough winter
The proportion of GPs and other primary care healthcare workers receiving the flu vaccine has climbe...
More GP specialists needed to manage rising tide of cardiovascular disease
Heart failure cases are driving up GP workload despite the success of preventative measures to cut t...
Government advisers back adjuvanted flu vaccine for over 65s from 2018
Government advisers have concluded that adjuvanted flu vaccines are clinically more effective and mo...
DH advisers rethink decision to block HPV jabs for boys
Government advisers are reconsidering their recommendation against vaccinating boys for HPV, after a...
