GPs 'face week-long delay for Tamiflu vouchers'
03 Jul 09
Exclusive: GPs will have to wait at least eight days to obtain the Tamiflu vouchers which are a key part of the Government's new swine flu strategy, Pulse can reveal.
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GPs 'face week-long delay for Tamiflu vouchers'
Victory for GPs as NICE agrees to review skin cancer guidance
03 Jul 09
NICE has bowed to pressure from GPs leaders and announced they will formally review their ‘unnecessarily onerous’ guidance on minor skin surgery.
Swine flu tracker
03 Jul 09
Copperfield
Antiviral stockpile? Soon it'll be BOGOF Tamiflu
03 Jul 09
Oh, I really hate to crow about this but I've just deleted about 70 e-mails from my in-box – all labelled 'Unread' - on the subject of pig flu, swabbing, contract tracing, prophylactic prescribing and all that.
Blogs, comment & analysis
The end of homeopathy?
03 Jul 09
I know, the Lancet has already published an editorial with this very title. Many homeopaths were very upset. But the end never came! Now it looks as though another milestone on the way to homeopathy’s 'end' has been reached.
Swine flu - you ain't seen nothing yet
02 Jul 09
If you thought it had been tough so far, just wait until we get the 100,000 cases a day the Government is now predicting
Clinical
Dry eye syndrome - the evidence-based management
01 Jul 09
The latest in the series offering evidence-based advice not covered by official guidelines
Tackling poor compliance
01 Jul 09
Professor Hugh McGavock continues his series on common problems in primary care prescribing by discussing difficulties with compliance and strategies to overcome them
Education
Clinical quiz - foot problems
01 Jul 09
We've got four pictures of four foot problems. Are the accompanying statements true or false?
What's the large, solid mass on this man's thigh?
01 Jul 09
When this patient presented with what he thought was a muscle injury, Dr Ayakannu Kandiah was reminded of a previous case
If you can't touch your patients, you're not ready to be a GP
18 Jun 09
What is the point of the Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA)? Dr Una Coales says GPs to be need to understand its meaning if they're to get through it.
Practical resources to download
UPDATED 26/06: Swine flu treatment algorithms and further guidance
26 Jun 09
Download the HPA's algorithms for management of swine flu. UPDATED 26/06: Latest algorithms for the management of returning travellers and suspected cases and updated standard practical advice for investigating people who may be infected.
Swine flu advice poster for patients
09 Jun 09
In many areas of the country concern over swine vlu is prompting large numbers of patients to visit or call Gp surgeries unnecessarily. The helpful poster for your surgery, attached below, is designed to give clear information about who...
Phil Peverley
It's the listening that counts
01 Jul 09
There are some patients Phil knows he will never cure of their perceived ills, but a sympathetic ear goes a long way - and helps keep complaints at bay
