NHS Health Check uptake falls again after showing some improvement
Uptake for the NHS Health Check for the first quarter of 2015/16 has fallen to just 44%, despite rea...
Back and neck pain has biggest health impact on UK patients, study finds
UK patients lost more 'healthy years' of life to neck and back pain than any other condition in 2013...
GPs should draw up individual targets for type 1 diabetes patients, says NICE
GPs should help devise 'individualised' blood glucose targets for adults with type 1 diabetes to sup...
Wide variation in control of diabetes sparks call for improved care
Diabetes patients face a 'postcode lottery' variation in care and nearly 200,000 are living with sev...
GP dementia targets based on old data that overestimates prevalence
NHS primary care targets for dementia are based on outdated information and should be re-evaluated, ...
BMA holds emergency talks with NICE over antibiotics sanctions threat
BMA leaders held emergency talks with NICE on Monday after its officials called for GPs to face sanc...
NHS to quintuple fines on patients for incorrect free prescription claims
NHS officials plan to hand out fines worth up to £150 to around 1.2m patients a year by 2016/17 in a...
GPs should face sanctions for inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, says NICE
GPs should face sanctions if they hand out antibiotics inappropriately, according to NICE officials ...
Diabetes costs soar to 10% of total primary care prescribing budget
Diabetes prescribing costs saw their fastest rise in four years in 2014/15, according to data that s...
Primary school flu vaccine rollout could cut GP workload
GPs could see fewer incidences of patients with influenza-like symptoms as the national flu vaccinat...
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