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With major changes to the community pharmacy contract set to increase collaboration between pharmacies and general practice, healthcare professionals have a final opportunity to secure their place at the inaugural Community Pharmacy & General Practice Conference later this month. The two-day event will bring together GPs, community pharmacists, and primary care leaders, to e...

Healthcare professionals have been warned to be alert to signs of Ebola in anyone acutely unwell with history of recent travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or Uganda. The urgent public health alert from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) comes amidst rapid spread of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the

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In the first of a new series on Dilemmas in Paediatrics, GPSI in paediatrics Dr David Capehorn discusses management of the common but tricky presentation of persistent cough in children, including identifying red flags, avoiding overdiagnosis of asthma and how to recognise protracted bacterial bronchitis Persistent cough is one of the most common reasons

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Updated anti-racism and ‘cultural competence’ training should be mandatory for all NHS staff, a Government-commissioned report into antisemitism and other forms of racism across the NHS has recommended. Lord John Mann’s review said that the NHS mandatory training module on equality, diversity and human ‘requires urgent updating’ and the specific inclusion of ‘quality assured’ co...

Almost two thirds of GPs say they are likely to increase private work following this year’s imposed GP contract, a new survey has revealed. The poll by mutual financial services provider Wesleyan found that more than a quarter (27%) of GPs already undertake private work, with a further third (33%) planning to start within the

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