What value do GPs offer?
Truly understanding the complexities and demands of working in an out-of-hospital environment key to value what GPs offer Related items fromOnMedica BMA calls for maximum number of patients per GP Make GP a more attractive career, agree MPs Public wants NHS to prioritise 7-day GP access GPs set to be balloted on willingness to take industrial action To improve GP access, we all need to step out of the trenches (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - August 24, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
The Government ’s children’s obesity plan 'will fail children'
Cancer Research UK gives three reasons why (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - August 17, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
Impossible things
Can the NHS fly through the turbulences? Related items fromOnMedica Five year plan for general practice unveiled UK ’s vote to leave EU will impact on NHS GPs and physicians innovate to improve care BMJ calls for the UK to remain in the European Union Innovative use of technology key to improving patient outcomes (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - August 15, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
Understanding the menopause
Too many women do not understand the menopause – this has to change, says Louise Newson (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - August 8, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
Advances in Wilms ’ tumour treatment
How less became more Related items fromOnMedica Funding boost for major health conditions in NHS Wales NICE calls for safer use of controlled drugs Low birthweight linked to higher mortality right up to adolescence UK slower to diagnose child cancer than Germany 170,000 people alive 25 years after cancer diagnosis (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - August 1, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
On The Pulse - July 2016
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Source: OnMedica Blogs - July 28, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
Ghostbusters
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Source: OnMedica Blogs - July 24, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
Improving cancer drug testing
Balls of cells with their own ‘passport’ to help speed up cancer drug testingRelated items from OnMedicaNICE calls for safer use of controlled drugsEU membership best for cancer patients and research, say leading oncologistsCancer cases have risen 12% since mid-1990sStop smoking drugs not linked to rise in psychiatric side effectsGPs slash total antibiotic scrips by over 7% in a year (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - July 18, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
Fit notes
Should the ruling about GPs issuing sick notes be changed?Related items from OnMedicaDifficult patients really are harder to diagnosePrimary Care Home has positive impact on care and servicesGPs should encourage families to discuss old age issuesDemand for seven-day GP services will grow with timeHome care visits should last at least 30 minutes (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - July 11, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
Gene editing technology
A technology that could help engineer better cancer targeting immune cellsRelated items from OnMedicaPatients not getting targeted cancer drugsBreakthrough in myeloma diagnosis ‘Molecular scissors’ provide miracle cureRare diseases in children identified by DNA project NICE calls for safer use of controlled drugs (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - July 3, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
Expert advice
Who knows what leaving the EU will mean for the NHSRelated items from OnMedicaUK’s vote to leave EU will impact on NHSJuniors’ contract concerns about far more than payIt ‘beggars belief’ that seven-day NHS plans are uncosted, say MPsWould Brexit destabilise the NHS?BMJ calls for the UK to remain in the European Union (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - June 27, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
On The Pulse - June 2016
Stem-cell transplantation for multiple sclerosis (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - June 23, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
Dashboard medicine
A sensible summary of clinical markers can be a useful form of feedback to doctors (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - June 20, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
Rising costs of generic medications
Louise Newson discusses how some entrepreneurs have made a fortune by exploiting a loophole in NHS pricing rulesRelated items from OnMedicaThe medicine price debate MPs slam government for its poor management of Cancer Drugs Fund Study shows huge global variation in cancer drug costsNHS cash pressures causing bad rationing decisionsGPs, consultants and public back striking juniors (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - June 13, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
Diabetes: setting the record straight
Healthcare professionals discuss some of the biggest myths surrounding diabetes care (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - June 13, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
