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One in five over-75s has not yet taken up spring Covid booster

One in five over-75s has not yet taken up spring Covid booster

Around one in

GPs should prescribe tailored exercise and weight loss to relieve osteoarthritis

GPs should prescribe tailored exercise and weight loss to relieve osteoarthritis

Updated NICE draft

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Discharging untested patients to care homes was ‘unlawful’, rules High Court

Discharging untested patients to care homes was ‘unlawful’, rules High Court

Early pandemic policy

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Atopic eczema in under 12s: diagnosis and management

Atopic eczema in under 12s: diagnosis and management

Immunosuppressed to show doctor note or medication to receive spring Covid booster

The NHS has

Immunosuppressed to show doctor note or medication to receive spring Covid booster

Vulnerable patients to receive additional Covid boosters in spring and autumn

Over-75s, care home

Vulnerable patients to receive additional Covid boosters in spring and autumn

Medical arithmetic: Jaw swelling, persistent ‘thrush’ and sweat rash

What do these

Medical arithmetic: Jaw swelling, persistent ‘thrush’ and sweat rash

One in three older adults sought medical help for new condition after Covid

Almost one in

One in three older adults sought medical help for new condition after Covid

Clinical clangers: ‘She needs an antipsychotic, doctor – she’s started seeing and hearing things’

Continuing our series

Clinical clangers: ‘She needs an antipsychotic, doctor – she’s started seeing and hearing things’

Rise in Covid cases among over-65s ‘of particular concern’, warn researchers

Covid-19 cases may

Rise in Covid cases among over-65s ‘of particular concern’, warn researchers

Jeremy Hunt suggests GPs should have ‘their own lists of patients’

Health secretary Sajid

Jeremy Hunt suggests GPs should have ‘their own lists of patients’

Seeing same GP prevents polypharmacy and complications in dementia, says study

People with dementia

Seeing same GP prevents polypharmacy and complications in dementia, says study

GPs asked to have ‘conversations’ with vaccine-hesitant care home residents

GPs are being

GPs asked to have ‘conversations’ with vaccine-hesitant care home residents

Prescribing of antidepressants continues to rise in England

Rates of antidepressant

Prescribing of antidepressants continues to rise in England