Patients with atrial fibrillation who are taking the triple therapy combination of warfarin, clopidogrel and aspirin have a three-fold increased risk of bleeding complications compared to those just receiving warfarin.
Commonly-used supplements used to treat osteoarthritis are no better than placebo and should not be prescribed by GPs, concludes an analysis of trials.
Exclusive: Health secretary Andrew Lansley will tell GPs he will instruct PCTs to open their books as never before in a bid to kick-start the handover of commissioning power to the profession.
Exclusive: The BMA is to launch an attack on core elements of the Government’s health white paper, which it will warn opens the door to further privatisation of the NHS and could lead to services being provided on the basis of cost rather than quality.
The leader of a rebel group of salaried GPs and locums who planned to split from the BMA has hailed the creation of the GPC's new sessional GP subcommittee as a 'leap in the right direction' after nearly 50 GPs put themselves forward for election to it.
The 2004 GP contract has turned general practice into a ‘hierarchical’ profession with simmering resentment between partners and salaried GPs, a new analysis finds.
Exclusive: A major report prepared for the Department of Health has questioned whether the QOF has had real benefits for patients and recommended cracking down on GPs over gaming of exception reporting and ‘fraudulent’ practice.