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Flu vaccination: nasal spray offered to children (Photo: SPL)

GPs urged to vaccinate more toddlers against flu as uptake drops

28 November 2014

GPs have been urged to vaccinate more toddlers against flu in a renewed call from the CMO, as uptake...

Scarlet fever: GPs urged to be vigilant (Photo: Science Photo Library)

GPs urged to report scarlet fever after spring outbreak

24 November 2014

GPs have been advised to report any cases of scarlet fever they diagnose, after a Public Health Engl...

Dr Baker: 'Please disseminate the guidance far and wide to your practice teams and any GP colleagues who may not have seen it.' Pic: RCGP

Exclusive: RCGP urges all UK practices to make Ebola preparations

22 October 2014

The RCGP is urging all UK practices to ensure they have the name and contact numbers of their local ...

Sneeze: statins could boost resistance to respiratory infection (Photo: iStock)

Statins could boost male resistance to respiratory infection

20 October 2014

Drugs that mimic part of the role of oestrogen - including statins - could increase resistance to re...

Dr Andrew Green: warning over fragmentation of primary care

Fragmented primary care undermining GP efforts to cut antibiotic use

10 October 2014

The fragmentation of primary care is undermining GPs' efforts to cut antibiotic prescribing rates, a...

Antibiotics: GPs cut prescribing rate, PHE data show

GP prescribing of antibiotics fell 3.5% in 2013

9 October 2014

Antibiotic prescribing in general practice fell by 3.5% in 2013, but prescribing rates remain 4% hig...

Flu jab: vaccination campaign underway (Photo: Jim Varney)

GPs prepare for flu workload rise as vaccination campaign begins

6 October 2014

GPs are braced for an influx of patients as Public Health England (PHE) launched its media drive to ...

Trimethoprim: treatment failure rates rose sharply over 20 years (Photo: CORDELIA MOLLOY/SPL)

One in seven antibiotic treatments from GPs fail as resistance rises

26 September 2014

Around 15% of antibiotic courses prescribed by GPs for common infections fail, a rate that has risen...

Smear test: HPV urine checks could replace invasive cervical screening (Photo: SPL)

Urine test for HPV could replace smears

17 September 2014

A simple urine test to detect HPV in women could increase cervical cancer screening rates by replaci...

Ebola virus: GPs are urged to stay alert to possible cases in the UK (Photo: SPL)

GPs advised how to detect and isolate suspected Ebola cases as outbreak continues

2 September 2014

GPs have been issued guidance on how to identify and isolate patients with suspected Ebola, as publi...

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