GPs have made ‘real progress’ in delivering end-of-life care to patients, with an increase in the proportion of practices using the Gold Standard Framework, a new analysis reports.

08 February 2010

GPC chair Dr Laurence Buckman has hit back at claims made in a national newspaper that 'soaring numbers' of patients are complaining about poor GP services.

08 February 2010

Balance and resistance training in older patients with type 2 diabetes significantly reduces their risk of falls, a US study has found.

05 February 2010

High profile media coverage of child abuse stories such as the Baby P case has prompted GPs to practice more cautiously and seek medico-legal advice more often, the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS) claimed this week.

05 February 2010

GPs treating patients at risk of recurrent myocardial infarction with clopidogrel may be keeping some of them on the drug for far longer than necessary, researchers believe.

05 February 2010

GPs are set to be handed responsibility for all swine flu queries after the Government announced that the National Pandemic Flu Service is to shut down next Thursday.

04 February 2010

Exclusive: NHS managers are planning to scrap growth funding for PMS practices across London and use the cash to fund a new network of 100 ‘polysystems’ – the successors to Lord Darzi’s polyclinics.

04 February 2010

Patients should have the automatic right to email and telephone consultations with their GP, the Liberal Democrats said today.

04 February 2010

GPs face a further round of vaccinating young women against HPV after Government figures showed a disappointing number have received a full three doses under the catch-up campaign.

04 February 2010

The herbal treatment ginkgo biloba could increase the risk of seizures, according to new research.

04 February 2010