Latest expert articles
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Implementing guidelinesActinic keratosis: PCDS updates guidance on primary care management
Dr Kash Bhatti highlights recent updates to the PCDS pathway on actinic keratosis and considerations when assessing and managing this common condition
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Implementing guidelines
Venous thromboembolism in adults: NICE updates
Dr Frances Akor and Professor Terry McCormack discuss the updated NICE guideline on VTE, focusing on recommendations that are relevant to primary care
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Pharmacist focus
Primary care networks: the role of the clinical pharmacist
Shailen Rao and Anjna Sharma discuss the important role of practice-based clinical pharmacists in primary care networks as defined by the new GP contract
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Key learning points
Key learning points: NICE diverticular disease
Dr Michael Sproat identifies five key learning points for primary care from the 2019 NICE guideline on the diagnosis and management of diverticular disease
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Top tips
Top tips: phone triage and remote consultations
Dr Toni Hazell offers top tips for triaging patients by phone and what to consider when setting up remote consultations
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Key learning points
Key learning points: PCDS eczema
Dr Kash Bhatti presents five key learning points from updated Primary Care Dermatology Society guidance on eczema in adults and children
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Key learning points
Key learning points: SIGN chronic pain—opioids
Professor Lesley Colvin and Professor Blair Smith outline key learning points on the use of opioids from the updated SIGN guideline on the management of chronic pain
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Key learning points
Key learning points: GOLD COPD 2020 report
Professor David Halpin highlights key learnings for primary care from the updated GOLD strategy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Top tips
Top tips: GORD in infants, children, and young people
Dr Jennifer Parkhouse offers 10 top tips on identifying and managing gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in children
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Key learning points
Key learning points: NICE acute kidney injury
Dr Ivan Benett discusses five key learning points from the recently updated NICE guideline on prevention, detection, and management of acute kidney injury
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Key learning points
Key learning points: NICE cannabis-based medicinal products
Dr David Spraggett outlines five key learning points to take away from the 2019 NICE guideline on cannabis-based medicinal products
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Hot topic
Coronavirus: what is the role of primary care?
Dr Toni Hazell summarises the recent guidance on how to identify possible cases of novel coronavirus and why suspected cases must be isolated immediately
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Top tips
Top tips: urinary tract infections in adults
Dr Sonya Jey offers top tips on the diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection in different situations in primary care
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Top tips
Top tips: personalising cancer care
Dr Anthony Cunliffe shares 10 top tips for primary care on the provision of personalised care for people with cancer
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Key learning points
Key learning points: NICE fever in under 5s
Dr Nazia Hussain identifies five key learning points for primary care from the updated NICE guideline on the assessment and initial management of fever in children under 5 years old
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Key learning points
Key learning points: BAP insomnia and sleep disorders
Professor Niroshan Siriwardena highlights the relevant recommendations for primary care from the British Association of Psychopharmacology guideline on insomnia and sleep disorders
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GP appraisal
GP burnout: how much of a threat is it to doctors and their patients?
Dr Honor Merriman explores how to help GPs before they reach burnout and provides practical steps for supporting colleagues and improving morale
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Differential diagnoses
Unintended weight loss: what’s the diagnosis?
Dr Sonya Jey explains the importance of considering and excluding sinister causes of unintentional weight loss and explores some clinical scenarios in which unintentional weight loss is a feature
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Key learning points
Key learning points: NICE community-acquired pneumonia
Dr Caroline Ward highlights four key learning points from the 2019 NICE guideline on antimicrobial prescribing in community-acquired pneumonia
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Top tips
Top tips: vaccination myth-busting
Dr Toni Hazell offers 10 top tips about how best to manage scepticism toward vaccination and improve uptake of vaccines
