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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.
GPs are not sufficiently trained to refer effectively for skin cancer, secondary care researchers warn.
A study of GP referrals to a skin lesion clinic, published in the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, judged 69 per cent of those under the two-week rule to be 'inappropriate'.
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