GPs should make sure they check for differences in the systolic blood pressure recorded in each arm of hypertensive patients, after a primary care study found patients with differences of more than 10mmHg are at greater risk of CVD events and mortality.
GP leaders joined nearly 200 key NHS workers at BMA headquarters last night to rally against a massive shift of hospital workload to primary care polysystems, in a move which could herald large-scale public protests against NHS cuts.
A move to HPV testing in the UK would be better for the ‘psychosocial wellbeing’ of women compared with conventional repeat smear testing, according to Australian research .
A GP leader has predicted that all GPs will eventually be forced to work in polysystems, as NHS bosses scramble to make huge savings by shifting greater volumes of work into primary care.
Exclusive: NHS managers across England are to dramatically accelerate the shift of work from hospitals to primary care, with plans for GPs to take on new services as part of London-style ‘polysystems’, Pulse can reveal.
European authorities are considering changing the diagnostic criteria for diabetes, in a move that could almost double the number of people classed as having the disease, Pulse has learned.