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Practices will receive virtually no help to prepare for what could be an exceptionally harsh Christmas, finds Carolyn Wickware
'When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses not zebras' - the old adage is well-known to GPs but what should you do when faced with a zebra, not a horse? Consultant cardiologist Professor Robert Tulloh and GP Dr Louise Tulloh kick off our new series with their advice on how to catch Kawasaki disease in general practice.
The BMA is calling on the pay Review Body to raise the GP registrar supplement to 70 per cent. Its demand in evidence to the 2005 review follows the Government's appeal for a cut to aid recruitment to hospitals.
It added GPs in community hospitals should be given a big rise in advance of a formal review next year, GP educators a rise backdated to April and salaried GPs an increase to match new consultant rates.
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