GPs warn NHS 'front door' under rising pressure
GP leaders have warned that all services at the 'front door' of the NHS - including practices - face rising pressure, after data showed A&E waits have soared to a nine-year high. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 4, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
#weekinreview - 31 May: Baby teaches CPR, GP wears condom #LMCLive pic and @INCommissioning
A glance back over this week's primary care news, opinion, top tweets and best gaffes. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - May 31, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Smoking during pregnancy 'raises child's obesity risk'
Mothers who smoke in pregnancy are putting their daughters at risk of gestational diabetes and obesity later in life, research has found. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - May 31, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GPs demand standard model for appraisal
GPs have warned that appraisal in England is a 'mess' and called for an end to variation in the evidence required from doctors and in pay for appraisers. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - May 31, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Monitor to review walk-in centre closures
GPs have been invited to contribute to an investigation into the closure of walk-in centres, led by the health regulator Monitor. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - May 31, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Common painkillers 'raise heart risks'
High-dose NSAIDs commonly used to treat the pain of arthritis can raise the risk of MI and heart failure, according to a major study that could help GPs prescribe the safest pain relief. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - May 30, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Thousands call on Jeremy Hunt to rule out rationing GP access
More than 18,000 people have signed a petition calling on health secretary Jeremy Hunt to rule out limiting visits to GP practices, after the idea was floated by a Conservative party policy forum. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - May 30, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Competition rules 'will not force tenders', says watchdog
NHS competition rules will not force GP commissioners 'to go out to tender for every service', according to draft guidance published by health watchdog Monitor. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - May 30, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
NICE reverses verdict on diabetes drug
NICE is set to advise GPs they can prescribe a new first-in-class type 2 diabetes drug on the NHS, after it reversed an initial decision to reject the treatment. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - May 30, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Bowel disease 'increases melanoma risk'
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease face a greater risk of skin cancer, research suggests. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - May 30, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Launch of NHS Forest and health walk at Frithwood Surgery
GPs and practice staff at the Frithwood Surgery in Gloucestershire designed a 'health walk' leading from the premises through woodland to the nearby village of Eastcombe. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - May 30, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Practices face £60,000 penalty over 0844 phone lines
GPs have warned that cancelling contracts for 0844 phone numbers could cost practices up to £60,000, as NHS England suggested it would crack down on those still using them. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - May 29, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GPs told to 'screen' for lack of exercise
GPs should actively identify patients who do too little exercise and advise them to be more active, according to NICE recommendations that seek to extend GPs' role in public health. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - May 29, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
New Inside Commissioning website launched by the team behind GP
The team behind GP has launched Inside Commissioning, a new website for a new era in the history of healthcare in England. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - May 28, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Half of medical students should become GPs, minister vows
At least 50% of all medical students should go on to become GPs, a health minister has pledged at the launch of a new NHS training body. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - May 28, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
