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'GPs should consider cold a risk factor for health’

12 March 2015

Former GP and NICE adviser Dr David Sloan explains why GPs should refer patients living in cold homes for help.

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Readers' comments (3)

Anonymous | GP Partner14 Mar 2015 7:36am
Arkell vs Pressdram.
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Anonymous | Junior doctor16 Mar 2015 11:26pm
Oh that's another home visit to check on the thermostat. I'll come next week to check your damp and loft insulation.
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Anonymous | Sessional/Locum GP18 Mar 2015 6:58pm
I'm beginning to understand why we have become the laughing stock by our secondary care colleagues.I really should have gone into hospital medicine.Pity can't turn the clock back.
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