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.

26 February 2010

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.

26 February 2010

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 .

25 February 2010

London LMCs have created an online information resource for GPs to ensure they are aware of roll-out of the Summary Care Record across the capital.

25 February 2010

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.

25 February 2010

A Government scheme aimed at massively speeding up funding of new GP premises has so far been taken up by just a single PCT, Pulse can reveal.

25 February 2010

High-earning GPs face ‘significant’ financial losses under plans to reduce tax relief on pension contributions, accountants are warning.

24 February 2010

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.

24 February 2010

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.

24 February 2010

GPs could be paid for the first time for meeting QOF targets in an acute illness, and for their success at not prescribing a drug.

23 February 2010