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Majority of complex patients to have personalised care plan within two years

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NICE says another no to Alzheimer’s drugs in final draft guidance

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GPs criticised by coroner for ‘not understanding’ medical examiner process

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GPs no longer need to do rectal exam for prostate cancer, argue urologists

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Health visitors to administer some childhood vaccinations to boost uptake, says NHSE

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Cold sore virus linked to Alzheimer’s disease in large study

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Older people have increased risk of postural hypotension in first month of antidepressants

Community nurses call for more ‘GP back-up’ in palliative care decisions

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Final NICE falls guideline opens up for range of professionals to do home assessments

Aggressive hypertension targeting lowers dementia risk, finds large study

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Saliva test for prostate cancer risk is more accurate for screening, study suggests

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Poor co-ordination across NHS for long-term conditions ‘harming patients’

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ICB invests £2m into general practice following collective action

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Researchers find strong evidence that shingles vaccine reduces dementia risk

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Updated risk score better for identifying frailty, research shows

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Clinical conundrum: Care home demanding sedation for a dementia patient

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NICE to reconsider Alzheimer’s drug rejection

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RSV vaccine sees drop in hospitalisation of older people

CPD: Key questions on non-pain symptom control in palliative care

GPs need to be aware of LES risks, BMA warns after coroner ruling

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Study backs switching atrial fibrillation patients from beta-blockers to digoxin

GPs will require training to fully participate in assisted dying, says chief medical officer

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Study backs switching atrial fibrillation patients from beta-blockers to digoxin

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GPs will require training to fully participate in assisted dying, says chief medical officer

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GP continuity reduces workload in practices and A&E, study suggests

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GLP-1 weight-loss drugs may cut risk of dementia and other conditions

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Repeated paracetamol use linked with severe complications in over-65s

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GPs should prioritise cancer testing in older men with tiredness, suggests study

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Case of the month: What’s causing this patient’s sudden-onset confusion and memory loss?

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GPs given go-ahead to prescribe antivirals after uptick in cases of flu

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Not your average practice: The oldest patient population in England

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NICE rules newly-approved Alzheimer’s-slowing drug too costly for NHS

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Updated NICE guidelines on falls may be ‘challenging to implement’, GPs warn

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GPs spend 4.1 million hours per year with dementia patients, finds report

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Statins should be prescribed to most over-70s, UK modelling study concludes

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GPs unable to meet end-of-life care demands, charity warns

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Diabetes drugs found to lower risk of dementia in large analysis

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NICE rules Alzheimer’s-slowing drug lecanemab too expensive for NHS

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Dementia commission adds high cholesterol and untreated vision loss to risk list

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NHS dementia services ‘cannot meet need of newer treatments’

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Government announces ‘largest patient choice expansion’ in a decade

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Top tips for GPs in palliative care

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Medical professionals should not be ‘forced’ to assist patients to end their lives, MPs told

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Lib Dems call for patients over 70 to see same GP at every appointment

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Antipsychotics associated with much wider harms in dementia patients than thought

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Ten tips for providing more holistic and supportive dementia care

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Rubber-stamped NICE B12 guidance will be ‘challenging’ to implement, say GPs

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Austerity has driven rise in frailty among older people, finds study

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Alzheimer’s blood test could help early diagnosis and direct treatment

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Attending NHS Health Check linked to ‘significantly lower risk of disease’

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Pulse Reference Masterclass: Dementia

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Key questions: Palliative care pain relief

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Climate change likely to bring mosquito-borne diseases to UK, UKHSA warns

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Half of doctors remain concerned about changing laws on assisted dying

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NHS too specialised for demands of ageing population, CMO warns

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Pandemic lockdowns led to sustained cognitive decline among older adults

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Young-onset dementia: The role of primary care

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Regular Tai Chi may curb Parkinson’s disease for years, study finds

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Key questions: Dementia

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UTI prevention campaign launched to help avoid serious complications

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Being unhealthy in your sixties increases risk of nursing home admission

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NHS to pilot puzzles app to speed up dementia diagnosis

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Heating on prescription can cut GP visits and prescriptions, trial shows

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Slightly unhealthy middle aged traits linked with earlier heart attacks and strokes

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CPD: Organising competent and compassionate end-of-life care

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Deaths from flu above average last winter as the virus returned ‘at scale’

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GPs asked to respond to Government ‘major conditions strategy’ call for evidence

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Covid treatments eligibility updated to include respiratory and neurological conditions

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GPs to participate in new pilots to improve dementia diagnosis rates in care homes

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Working life: Celebrating Christmas – and life – in the hospice

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‘Long way to go’ before ‘game-changing’ Alzheimer’s drug reaches NHS

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Researchers to test new falls risk tool in general practice after positive results

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NICE recommends adapted shoes for severe osteoarthritis

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Clinical clangers: ‘Her dipstick test shows a water infection, can you prescribe antibiotics?’

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‘Very small’ number of over-65s given wrong flu vaccine

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GP practice receptionists trained in spotting loneliness

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New nationwide falls service to refer to GPs by January

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Nearly 3,000 excess deaths among over-65s in summer heat waves

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GPs to receive incentive payments to deliver ‘accelerated’ care home Covid boosters

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Clinical clanger: ‘My ankles are really swollen, doctor – can you give me some of those water tablets?’

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Key questions on urinary tract infections and urinary incontinence in the elderly

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People with dementia ‘face up to two-year wait for diagnosis’

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GPs to share deceased patients’ records with medical examiners from April

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Pandemic saw ‘50% rise’ in antipsychotics for dementia patients in care homes

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Alendronic acid out of stock until late August

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CCG hopes to save £90k a year by transporting patients to GP appointments

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RSV vaccine offers ‘exceptional protection’ for older adults, trial suggests

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

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GPs should prescribe tailored exercise and weight loss to relieve osteoarthritis

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

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

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Vulnerable patients to receive additional Covid boosters in spring and autumn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Prescribing of antidepressants continues to rise in England

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GPs can vaccinate care home residents ahead of their booster vaccination date

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GPs on track to meet target to offer Covid boosters in all care homes by 1 November

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Casebook: Parkinson’s disease

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GPs given 12-week respite before certifying care home jab exemptions

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Government to ‘take action’ after finding 10% of medicines ‘overprescribed’

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Researchers identify vaccinated patient groups most at risk of serious Covid

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GPs asked to administer Covid boosters in care homes by 1 November, ideally with flu

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CPD: Key Questions on polypharmacy and deprescribing

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PCN incentive scheme to include online GP consultation targets from October

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BMA to debate move to ‘neutral’ stance on assisted dying

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Care home-level Covid data shows 44 deaths in a single residential setting

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MPs vote through legally mandated vaccinations for GPs visiting care homes

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NICE draft guidance recommends new drugs for rheumatoid arthritis

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Health secretary defends early pandemic handling

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Health secretary confirms autumn timeline for Covid booster jab campaign

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Government considering mandatory Covid vaccinations for GPs visiting care homes

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Government considering mandatory Covid vaccinations for some frontline staff

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Government must firm up national advice on DNACPR orders, finds CQC review

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Near complete uptake of Covid vaccine among people aged 75-79

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‘Crucial milestone’ as all care homes offered Covid vaccinations

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Care home vaccinations ‘on track’ to be finalised by end of week, says NHSE

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GPs to care for patients discharged from hospital to free up beds

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North East ahead as over one third of over-80s receive Covid jab

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GPs ‘expected to’ vaccinate all care homes by end of this week

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Prioritise vaccine supply to local GP hubs, BMA urges Government

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NHSE: Free ‘extra staffing’ available to GP networks vaccinating in care homes

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GPs invited to order Covid vaccines for care home delivery

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Family and friends can still take over-80s to vaccine appointments in tier 4

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GPs to expand Covid vaccination effort to care homes from next week

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CQC review finds evidence of ‘inappropriate’ DNR decisions during pandemic

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NHSE primary care director thanks GPs as face-to-face consultations increase

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Care homes ‘pushed’ into accepting Covid-positive patients

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NHSE ‘not expecting’ all GP practices to need funding for Covid care home service

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GP practice nurses visiting care homes for fortnightly Covid testing

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MPs condemn Government’s ‘negligent’ response to Covid-19 in care homes

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BAME people in care homes more likely to die with coronavirus

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Primary care network serving 80,000 patients collapses due to DES concerns

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End-of-life: Advance care planning by phone or video

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Care home Covid deaths may be ‘under-reported’, suggests PHE review

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Can we talk about death?

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BMA: GP practices opting out of DES ‘risk losing influence’ over future services

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GPs asked to review medicines of care home residents as part of Covid service

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‘All’ care homes successfully signed up with clinical lead after ‘record’ GP uptake

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GPs to support care home residents with Covid-19 ‘remotely and face to face’

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Care home ‘clinical leads’ will not be held ‘medically responsible’ for residents

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Covid-19 deaths in care homes reducing across most of UK

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All care homes should have named clinician by Friday, says Government

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NHS England will fund new GP care home service and Covid absence locum cover

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Death verification: Department of Health guidance on remote process

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Don’t impose extended lockdown on elderly, say BMA and RCGP

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GPs could face regulation to ensure all care homes receive weekly ward round

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Managing the seriously ill patient in the community

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Virtual care home rounds ‘not part of DES for now’, says NHS England

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BMA not consulted on care homes enhanced service being brought forward

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Care homes advised they can reuse their patients’ medicines during pandemic

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Care homes: NHS guidance on re-use of medicines during Covid-19 – 28 April

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GPs told to start ‘virtual’ weekly care home rounds from next month

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GPs voice concern for care home patients as thousands have now died

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All over-60s should be isolating from coronavirus, say experts

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We can empower patients through end-of-life conversations

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GPs ‘should continue to take individual approach to DNR forms’

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GPs asked to set up dedicated home-visiting team for ‘shielded’ patients

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GPs advised to warn about ‘difficult decisions’ around hospital admissions

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End-of-life care: RCGP guidance on controlling symptoms for Covid patients – March

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NHS England tells GPs to prepare for ‘significant increase in home visiting’

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If you disagree with the RCGP’s assisted dying decision, make your voice heard

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RCGP remains opposed to change the law on assisted dying

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Almost half of over-60s with CKD are undiagnosed, research suggests

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NHSE dilutes PCN care home plans and agrees £120/bed as it delays two services

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Black and Asian patients prescribed dementia drugs differently to white patients

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BMA and NHS in talks over funding for networks with multiple care homes

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GPs to visit care home patients fortnightly under network requirements

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Ten top tips on frailty in general practice

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Guideline of the month: End-of-life care

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What is the future of the GP home visit?

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How we made our home visiting service more efficient

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The RCGP must adopt a neutral position on the assisted dying debate

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GPs vote for home visits to be removed from contract

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Welsh GPs demand a stop to senior doctors signing off end-of-life care forms

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Ten top tips on dementia care

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Elderly suffering from medicines overload, committee hears

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CPD: Key questions on falls

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GPs may have to assess mental health and mental capacity free of charge

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Older women in affluent areas particularly at risk of lyme disease, study finds

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Don’t ignore death until it’s right around the corner

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New standards can help improve end-of-life care

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Work and pensions secretary launches review of terminal illness guidelines

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I need something strong for this niggly QOF

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Six month guideline for terminally ill patients deemed ‘not fit for purpose’

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Thousands of terminally ill patients risk being denied benefits, says RCGP

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200 pharmacists recruited to tackle overprescribing in care homes

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Local GP leaders protest against care homes being built without GP consultation

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GP screening and care plan programme for older patients ‘increases NHS costs’

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GPs should refer more elderly depression patients for non-drug treatments

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CPD – Case-based: Multimorbidity

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GPs to offer targeted support to frail patients to prevent admissions

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I predict a better NHS winter – but no respite for GPs

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Only investigate high-risk patients for vitamin D deficiency, says new guidance

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Government must fund public health properly if it’s serious about prevention

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Our campaign will help GPs cut inappropriate antibiotic use further

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Social care reforms ‘can’t be done’ without GPs, says health secretary

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Building on the legacy of Julian Tudor-Hart

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The dreaded resuscitation discussion

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Lower on-treatment blood pressures linked to death and cognitive decline in over-85s

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Working life: Running a virtual ward

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BMA advises against care home requests for GP sign-off of OTC prescribing

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Pharmacist review of GP patients drastically reduces sulfonylurea prescriptions

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NICE: GPs should avoid anticholinergic drugs which raise dementia risk

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Still a doctor

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How to set up a robust home visit policy

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Study questions benefit of involving GP patients in decision making

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Dilemma: Care home demands GP visit after resident falls

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GPs should interview relatives when assessing dementia, says NICE

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At least 456 patients died after inappropriate opioid prescribing by GP

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Is GP training still fit for purpose?

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GPs to advise patients on dementia risk as part of NHS Health Checks

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Our home visit service freed up GPs – and saved my practice

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GPs urged to be ‘vigilant’ as elderly ‘harmed’ by hospital prescribing

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Hospital re-admissions within one month ‘have risen by a fifth’

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Agonising over agonising

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Assess frailty in elderly diabetes patients, GPs urged in new guidelines

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Dementia patients may be able to come off antipsychotics, study suggests

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What the new UTI guidance means for GPs

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Notes from Kafka’s care home

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Patients increasingly unable to see their preferred GP, finds study

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Are home visits a waste of time?

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Long-term anticholinergics raise dementia risk, finds study

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Electronic death certification makes sense for GPs and relatives

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We need a discussion about natural death

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BMA: GPs ‘likely’ responsible for care of psychiatric inpatients in their area

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Jeremy Hunt to pilot integrated health plans for social care users

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Pharmacists to review medication of 180,000 care home residents

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A third of elderly can be taken off medicines, suggests GP study

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Aspirin as effective as NOACs for VTE post hip and knee operations

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What GPs need to know about the new flu vaccines

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How our ‘welfare champions’ free up valuable GP time

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‘Leg Clubs’ are helping us tackle loneliness

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How I helped cut unnecessary ambulance transfers to A&E

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Council scraps falls prevention service in bid to save £2.2m

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Frail and elderly in an ‘endless cycle’ of hospital re-admissions, warns Red Cross

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GPs cut A&E trips for care home residents by 40%

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GPs told to freeze all flu vaccine orders until further notice

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NICE guidance on GPs identifying patients in cold homes ‘unrealistic’, study finds

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$Primary care osteoporosis screening ‘could prevent a quarter of hip fractures’$

Primary care osteoporosis screening ‘could prevent a quarter of hip fractures’

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Over 42,000 dementia patients on antipsychotics, show first data

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GPs should encourage elderly to become physically active, says study

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GP medicals for elderly drivers won’t make our roads safer

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‘Use adjuvanted flu vaccine in over-65s next winter’, JCVI recommends

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Anticoagulants may reduce risk of dementia, study finds

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Loneliness ‘as damaging to health as long-term conditions’, says RCGP chair

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Should GPs check elderly patients’ ability to drive?

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GPs can risk-stratify frail patients in ‘only a few minutes’ using tool

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GPs should ask elderly ‘if they like visits from grandchildren’ to spot depression

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GPs must brace themselves for a gruelling flu season

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Are we giving the right answers to the ‘surprise question’?

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GPs, not elderly people, should decide if they’re fit to drive

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GPs should certify over-75s’ fitness to drive every year, says Harriet Harman

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$Co-prescribe bisphosphonate with steroid to reduce hip fractures, says study$

Co-prescribe bisphosphonate with steroid to reduce hip fractures, says study

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CQC warns of social care services ‘tipping point’

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Confusion as practices told they can leave moderately frail patients off new register

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How can practices fulfil the new frailty requirements?

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GPs urged to consider falls risk when prescribing beta blockers

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GPs to keep savings under £1.4m scheme to slash care home prescribing

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GPs could be forced to manage high-risk drugs with no extra funding

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GP social prescribing drive ‘unacceptable’ given lack of evidence, warn researchers

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RCGP updates antibiotics toolkit after practice points out error

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GPs asked to save £1m by skyping pensioners in care homes

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GPs will be paid £270 per care home patient under new DES

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Call for ibuprofen sale to be restricted to pharmacies following cardiac concerns

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GPs ‘threatened’ by NHS bosses over refusal to prescribe flu antivirals

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GP practices to get £6.50 per patient to review statins after IT glitch

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GPs told to ask dying patients about their religious beliefs

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What is involved in the frailty checks scheme?

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Around 3% of over-65s will require new contractual frailty check, estimates GPC

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GPs should face scrutiny of acute kidney injury care, says NICE

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GP practices to risk breach notices if they don’t ask elderly about falls

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GPs to do reviews of severely frail in place of scrapped unplanned admissions DES

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Practices urged to help cut COPD readmissions

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Patients seeing the same GP ‘key to reducing hospital admissions’

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GPs should routinely ask older people about falls, says NICE

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GP social prescribing can reduce appointments ‘by over one fifth’

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GPs urged to do ACR testing for patients at risk of kidney disease

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GPs in A&E and care homes can cut unnecessary attendances, says Hunt

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Guideline of the month: Supporting wellbeing in older people

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Statin use associated with reduced Alzheimer’s risk, major study finds

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GPs should encourage lonely patients to take up singing and arts classes, say NICE

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Self-care helpline frees up GP time for double appointments

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Care home pilot scheme reduced GP call-outs

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Check for heart murmurs at health checks and vaccinations, GPs advised

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Over 75s on many prescriptions at risk of hospitalisation

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GPs to do weekly care home rounds under new NHS England plan

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Consider stopping treatment with ‘limited benefit’ in multimorbidity, advises NICE

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Hunt’s flagship named GP policy ‘had no impact on continuity of care’

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Senior doctors are not better at predicting death of terminally ill patients

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GPs referring patients to dance classes under new scheme

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Reduced GP antibiotic prescriptions linked with ‘small’ increase in complications

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How sharing urgent care plans helps vulnerable patients get the care they want

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GPs come under pressure to stop prescribing over-the-counter drugs

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Longer GP appointments ‘highly cost effective’, finds major study

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GPs to help elderly patients at risk of loneliness under new pilot scheme

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Practice ‘loses £55,000’ as CCG cuts £1m enhanced service without warning

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Delayed discharge costs almost £1bn a year, government auditors find

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GPs should aim for lower blood pressure targets in elderly patients, say researchers

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One in five care homes claim to be ‘overcharged’ by GP practices

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Obscure diagnosis – orthostatic tremor

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GP prescribing of strong opioids up by more than a fifth in two years

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£30m contract for adult social services is ‘Trojan horse’ for privatisation, warn campaigners

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Spike in winter deaths down to flu and dementia in older people, experts claim

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Should everyone be on vitamin D?

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NICE: GPs should develop individual care plans for patients with multimorbidity

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Bin sensors could prompt GPs to check up on frail elderly, report suggests

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How we increased the number of patients on our end-of-life register by 600%

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GPs should be incentivised to check memory problems, says dementia czar

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Prime Minister’s GP dementia diagnosis drive increased ‘false alarms’ by 150%

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Revealed: the dementia diagnosis drive that went too far

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‘These figures are alarming’

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How we reduced appointments by a third for socially isolated over-75s

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100,000 patients set to receive personal health budgets by 2020

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Government looks to reboot telehealth in the NHS

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A preferred place of palliative care should be viewed like a birth plan

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NICE advises GPs to take blood pressure, oxygen levels in suspected sepsis

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Fall in shingles vaccinations ‘could be due to pharmacy flu scheme’

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All practices to receive withheld DES payments after NHS England relents

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GPs warned high doses of vitamin D could be harmful for elderly

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GPs should consider ibuprofen over antibiotic in UTI, suggests study

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GPs urged to use screening tools to diagnose sepsis

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Missing unplanned admissions DES payments could be delayed into New Year

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NICE encourages GPs to consider ‘inherent uncertainty’ at end of life

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NHS England launches investigation into missing DES payments

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GPs should be incentivised to identify continence needs, says NHS England

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GPs need support in taking more dementia patients off antipsychotics, say experts

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Practices denied thousands of pounds for unplanned admissions DES

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Two-thirds of palliative care patients are not on GP registers

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Care homes cash crisis, researchers ‘breach’ the brain barrier and drop Facebook to be happier

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Practices could employ workers to help with ‘lonely’ older patients, say influential MSPs

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Alzheimer’s drug ‘helps keep patients out of care homes’

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Antipsychotic may help combat drug-resistant depression

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Practices to be relieved of almost all care home patients under CCG plans

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NHS England announces plans for fire service to undertake health checks

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‘Do not resuscitate’ form is not fit-for-purpose, say GPs

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GP-led scheme reduced emergency admissions by ‘more than a third’

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Patients can prevent Alzheimer’s by modifying nine risk factors, research suggests

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Number of people developing dementia ‘stabilising’

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Fire services to do health visits under NHS England deal

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Care homes ‘to stop paying retainer payments to GP practices’

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GPs could diagnose dementia ‘with three simple questions’

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GP surgeries build up network to support end-of-life care

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GPs urged to be ‘more open’ about end of life under NICE alternative to Liverpool Care Pathway

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Case management has no effect on outcomes or costs, find researchers

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CQC says GPs should be more involved in end-of-life care

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GPs to be questioned about their certification of deaths

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GPs urged to refer patients with swollen neck glands promptly for cancer investigation

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GPs should be sued for ‘late’ dementia diagnoses, says professor

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Prescriptions for strong opioids up 10% in one year

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GPs record 25% hike in dementia cases since introduction of ‘cash for diagnosis’ scheme

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Palliative care in India still has a long way to go

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Discovering someone’s a carer for a cancer patient solves a host of problems

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Further doubts raised over benefits of paracetamol for musculoskeletal pain

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GPs set to screen millions more for dementia under ‘significant’ expansion of enhanced service

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Unplanned admissions DES survey could be dropped, GPC claims

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Hunt announces £68m partnership with pharmaceutical companies to battle dementia

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NICE multimorbidity guidelines ‘due next year’, announces NICE chief

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‘GPs should consider cold a risk factor for health’

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Q&A: What the change in dementia diagnosis rates means for GPs

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GP dementia diagnosis rates to increase by five percentage points overnight

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Over 10,000 patients to get combined personal health and social care budget

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GPs must help patients in cold homes – but Health and Wellbeing Boards should act, too

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Welsh GPs call for greater representation on NICE guidelines committees

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GPs should check annually whether vulnerable patients are living in cold homes, says NICE

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NICE guidelines on winter deaths – key recommendations for GPs

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‘3% of GPs’ workload’ devoted to people made ill by inaccessible homes

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GPs told to be aware of potential harm of paracetamol as researchers call safety into question

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GPs have ‘three strikes’ policy before willing to refer for dementia, Alzheimer’s chief claims

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Inappropriate GP dementia referrals double since introduction of case-finding DES

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Have GPs been ‘gaming’ the dementia DES?

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A 10% jump in recorded dementia since introduction of ‘cash for diagnosis’ scheme

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CCG pays to ferry elderly patients to GP practices in bid to reduce home visits

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GPs told to say ‘no’ to care home antiviral requests until LES is agreed

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In full: GPC letter to PHE on antivirals for influenza prophylaxis in care homes

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More patients will have ‘serious illness’ in a decade

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Hospitals advertise £100k GP vacancies as they look to make inroads into primary care

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Flu vaccine only 3% effective this season, public health bosses admit

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GPs should review all nursing home residents for dementia, says NHS England lead

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In full: NHS England’s FAQ on diagnosing dementia in care homes

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GPs to recommend ‘books on prescription’ to patients with dementia

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GPs to conduct loneliness and heating checks on elderly, pledges Miliband

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One in ten practices in some areas ‘face closure’

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GPs told to review care home patient records after residents given wrong antiviral dose

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GPs ‘should recommend joining walking groups’ to their patients

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GP experts in NICE row over guidelines on use of antivirals for flu

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Thank God they’ve binned the dementia DES

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GPs to be offered ‘perverse’ incentive for reducing emergency admissions by 10%

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Cameron pledges £15 million to help find new dementia drugs

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GPs given second chance to meet unplanned admissions deadlines

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How we look after all care home residents in our area

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GPs to diagnose and care for dementia like other long-term conditions, says Government advisor

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GPs urged to discontinue aspirin in stable CAD patients with atrial fibrillation

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NHS England extends deadline for ‘cash for diagnosis’ dementia scheme

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Practices ‘risk rated’ by CQC based on QOF and patient survey data

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Over 40% of GPs prepare to sign up for ‘cash for diagnosis’ dementia scheme

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GP targets on antibiotic prescribing would be too risky, warns GP academic

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Leading doctors urge withdrawal of dementia ‘cash for diagnoses’ scheme

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Why have we signed up for a dementia scheme we don’t believe in?

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GPs pledge to donate ‘unethical’ diagnosis cash to local dementia care services

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Hunt: Care home staff should update GP records every day

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Co-trimoxazole linked to sudden death in elderly taking ACE inhibitors or ARBs

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Cash for dementia diagnoses intended to cover GP costs, Stevens says

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One third of CCGs fail to allocate £5 per head funding promised for vulnerable patients

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GPs boost COPD care through practice networks

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Two-thirds of GPs disregard NICE advice to offer statins to more patients

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Giving GPs ‘cash for diagnoses’ is unethical

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GPs to be paid £55 for every dementia diagnosis under new identification scheme

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CCG admits to spending £2.5m earmarked for GP practices on propping up A&E

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NHS releases read codes for diagnosing frailty

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GPs refer vulnerable elderly to handle furry animals

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NHS England appoint regional dementia ‘ambassadors’ to boost diagnoses

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GPs offered £200 payment for each newly diagnosed dementia patient

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Some of our ‘care’ is a burden to patients

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Health minister says patients should have right to buy luxury goods with personal health budgets

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Practices offered £7k grants to improve cancer care

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GPs to use ‘brain tool’ to risk assess dementia in early middle aged patients

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NHS chief calls for ‘step-change’ in GP dementia diagnosis

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GPs could face increased targets for dementia diagnosis

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Dr Ivan Camphor: We have long been trying to raise the issue of poor communication at patient handover

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NHS England issues safety alert over fears about discharge reports

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GP-led tai chi class reduces falls in elderly

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NHS England to review unplanned admissions care plan following ‘do not resuscitate’ controversy

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RCGP council to launch working group on overdiagnosis and overtreatment

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Unplanned admissions DES could cause harm to dying patients, experts warn

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How to achieve good end-of-life care within unplanned admissions DES

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In full: local area teams told to strictly enforce terms of unplanned admissions DES

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GPs to be given no leniency for unplanned admissions deadlines following NHS England orders

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GPs urged to review anticholinergics use in elderly

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Dementia DES had little impact on number of patients diagnosed

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One in five GPs report patient harm as mental health services struggle to cope

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Government’s telecare scheme costs 10 times NHS cost-effectiveness threshold

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GPs should offer advice on dementia to middle-aged patients, says NICE

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Prescription rates increased by 3% last year

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NHS Health Checks ‘costs twice as much’ as opportunistic testing

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$CCGs urged to commission services to prevent fractures$

CCGs urged to commission services to prevent fractures

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GPs to ensure dying patients have individual care plans as part of Liverpool Care Pathway replacement

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GP chief inspector’s practice set to deregister nursing home patients due to recruitment crisis

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Screen men with gout for erectile dysfunction, researchers say

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GPs should use point-of-care test to guide antibiotic use for pneumonia, says NICE

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GPs told to review aspirin use in patients with atrial fibrillation

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CCG decides not to charge patients for orthotics

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European regulator launches review of high-dose ibuprofen safety

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Two-thirds of GPs cut out of consultations over £5 per head vulnerable patient funding

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NICE to explore multimorbidity QOF indicators on mental health and frail elderly care

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Statins may lead to decline in physical activity among the elderly, researchers warn

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Self-referral for physiotherapy slashes costs

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Dilemma: Woman accuses her carer of abuse

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Are older patients being overtreated?

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CCGs given £20,000 each to roll out personal health budget scheme

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Practices told to reduce emergency admissions to receive £5 per patient funding

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Dementia roadmap marks ‘huge step forward’ in patient care, says RCGP

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Liverpool Care Pathway written off too soon, says senior ethicist

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NICE to look at developing multimorbidity QOF indicators

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GPs will stop initiating atrial fibrillation treatment under proposed NICE guidelines, BMA warns

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Ex-RCGP chair calls on hospital doctors to introduce themselves to patients

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Q&A: Buying into a care home

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Dr Linda Patterson: ‘The issue is whether we are doing more harm than good’

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GPs are ‘overdiagnosing and overtreating older patients’

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NICE to move to multimorbidity guidance, chief says

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Q&A: Named GP scheme for the over-75s

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‘Avoidable’ acute kidney injury may be killing thousands

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Download: Template ‘named GP’ letter

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Patients consulted on charges for walking sticks and knee braces by CCG

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Dilemma: Care home too demanding

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GPC negotiates extension to named GP deadline as practices face extra paperwork due to lack of IT codes

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Public health body lifts cap on shingles vaccine orders

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Dementia DES revamped to make screening offer more flexible

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Lack of ‘convincing’ evidence for vitamin D supplementation, conclude researchers

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Terminally ill left waiting for benefits, statins suppress multiple sclerosis progress, and fat genes hit jeans fit

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Extra ‘named GP’ funding in doubt as CCGs struggle to stump up cash

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Key questions on falls (1.5 CPD hours)

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GPs face tighter prescribing rules on tramadol and temazepam

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Shingles vaccination to be extended to 78-year-olds

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National dementia strategy to be renewed and ‘refreshed’ from April

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New test set to tackle CKD misdiagnosis under major NICE proposals

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Strontium ranelate gets reprieve from European regulator

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RCGP members vote to maintain opposition to assisted dying

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Complex care GP practices will ‘bridge gap with hospitals’, says NHS director

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Earlier diagnosis possible ‘in many cases of COPD’

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Key questions on prescribing in older people (1.5 CPD hours)

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NICE forced into U-turn on advice to avoid paracetamol in osteoarthritis

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Paracetamol appropriate pain relief for osteoarthritis, say international experts

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Regulators consider withdrawing strontium ranelate over CV safety concerns

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Patients with atrial fibrillation ‘at risk’ from outdated aspirin prescribing practice

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Alzheimer’s drugs ‘overprescribed’ suggest NHS figures

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Glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate ‘delays cartilage loss’ in osteoarthritis

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NICE guidance on paracetamol could increase risk of harm to patients, warn experts

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GP review of dementia coding ‘could help close diagnosis gap’

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GPs able to order more shingles vaccines after supply issue is resolved

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Exercise may improve cognition in patients with dementia, say researchers

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Teaching patients about self care this winter could cut demand in the long run

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Dementia tsar admits mistakes in enhanced service

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NHS England drops plan to have 100,000 telehealth users this year

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GPs hit by widespread complaints from patients ‘unhappy’ over dementia screening

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More than two-thirds of GPs think RCGP should change stance on assisted dying

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GPs raise doubts over shingles vaccination programme

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BMA opposes move to legalise assisted suicide

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DH reviews dementia prevalence estimates after study suggests drop in cases

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GPs give patients the most dignity at end of life

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Should the RCGP drop its opposition to assisted dying and become neutral? No

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Key questions on syncope in the elderly (1.5 CPD hours)

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Lord Falconer: ‘All the ingredients are there for change’

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RCGP should take neutral stance on assisted dying, says peer

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GPs told to refuse shingles vaccination for 71 to 78 year olds

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Third of patients on levothyroxine have no reason to take the drug, claim researchers

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How we encouraged patients to discuss end-of-life care with their GPs

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Challenges in the care of older people (1.5 CPD hours)

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Memory clinics under pressure, NHS England dementia lead admits

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Dementia DES will result in widespread misdiagnosis, expert claims

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Lessons from the LCP

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Patients are missing out on ‘essential’ palliative care

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Hunt: A&E know some patients better than GPs

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Experts criticise ‘war on dementia’ diagnosis

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Coalition of health bodies to devise Liverpool Care Pathway replacement

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Risk score predicts 10-year risk of dementia in elderly with diabetes

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RCGP launches three-year project to improve GP end-of-life care

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Fish consumption ‘linked with reduced risk of rheumatoid arthritis’

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Our view on assisted dying has changed, and so must the law

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Non-cancer palliative care – Perspectives in palliative care (1 CPD hour)

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Tricky ten minutes – ‘She’s been up at casualty with another fall’

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GPs avoided LCP before media storm

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Chronic kidney disease diagnostic criteria ‘must be reviewed’

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CCG invites bids for £1bn elderly care service

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Analysis: What does the demise of the Liverpool Care Pathway mean for GPs?

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Symptom control in end-of-life care – Perspectives in palliative care (1 CPD hour)

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ACE inhibitors ‘slow cognitive decline’ in dementia

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NHS launches major investigation after spike in elderly patient deaths

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Perspectives in palliative care – specialist palliative care

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End of life in care homes – Perspectives in palliative care (1 CPD hour)

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‘Substantial’ decline in rate of dementia over past two decades

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GPs should provide personal out-of-hours numbers to dying patients as best practice, review suggests

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The Liverpool Care Pathway’s abrupt demise offers some hard lessons for the profession

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In full: Liverpool Care Pathway review

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Liverpool Care Pathway to be ‘phased out’ within a year

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Women more prone to disability in late life than men

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Recognising the dying patient – Perspectives in palliative care (1 CPD hour)

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In full: Jeremy Hunt speech on ‘named clinicians’

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ARM calls for Liverpool Care Pathway to be included in medical school curriculums

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Almost half of GPs do not trust NHS to give them a ‘good death’

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Dr Peter Goodall: ‘Elderly care has failed a lot of people’

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End of life care – three key areas: a video module (1 CPD hour)

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Specifications for the shingles catch-up programme 2014/15

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How we ran our own memory assessment service

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Under half of patients placed on end-of-life care pathway, say researchers

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GPs avoiding Liverpool Care Pathway ‘due to adverse publicity’, says RCGP

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GPs to be consulted on support for legalisation of assisted dying

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RCGP backs drive to boost dementia diagnosis rates by 50%

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Avoiding admissions from care homes

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Using self-management plans

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Four ways to make reducing admissions pay

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This DES will help GPs transform dementia diagnosis and care

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Dr Martin Wolfson: ‘I wouldn’t want to go to any of the local nursing homes’

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Over third of GPs would not recommend their local care or nursing home to friends or relatives

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Ten top tips – pain management in older people

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Analgesia in palliation – Key questions (1.5 CPD hours)

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Five steps to writing safe Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) requests

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One of the most valuable things you can do as a doctor isn’t to help the living but to help the dying

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Ten top tips – fitness to drive in the elderly

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Analysis: This is just one study – but we must move away from a chemical reliance in dementia

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Abandon antidepressants as first-line option for depression in dementia, GPs told

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Abbreviated Mental Test

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Osteoporosis resources for primary care

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GPs need free time to help elderly in the community, says Hunt

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‘Sharp increase’ in psychotropic drug prescriptions for patients entering care homes

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90% of specialists would put themselves on Liverpool Care Pathway

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Who will be accountable for the media storm over the Liverpool Care Pathway?

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Analysis: Will earlier dementia diagnosis harm patients?

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Dementia screening DES ‘contradicts NICE’ and causes harm

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Doloplus scale for assessing pain in the elderly

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Will the dementia DES benefit patients? Yes

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Will the dementia DES benefit patients? No

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How we improved end-of-life care management without increasing costs

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End of life care – Hot topics (2 CPD hours)

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Ten top tips – visual loss in the elderly

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Allow specialists to work with GPs, says NHS Alliance

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Patients ‘distressed by dementia diagnosis’

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Hunt: This year will define GPs’ role in the NHS

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Antipsychotics in dementia down and antidepressants up

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GPs to carry out health checks in dementia carers under proposed QOF menu for 2014/15

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Movement disorders in the elderly – Key questions (1.5 CPD hours)

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Dilemma: Family conflict over end-of-life care

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Palliative care – Key questions (1.5 CPD hours)

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Our experience using the electronic care register

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Government launches independent review into use of Liverpool Care Pathway

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Antihypertensive associated with 43% increase of hip fracture

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Practice nurses can help elderly do more walking

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The information – pruritus in the elderly

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How can more people be helped to die at home?

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The Big Interview: Dying Matters

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End of life: Techniques to support difficult conversations

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GPs asked to review patients to reduce polypharmacy

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PM to launch pilot of GP dementia diagnosis app

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Over 80s miss out on warfarin therapy

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Ten top tips – substance misuse in the elderly

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Self-administered CBT ‘improves insomnia’

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Elderly patients with kidney disease ‘still require referral’

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Dementia care will be best in Europe within three years, says Hunt

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Threefold risk of dementia with anxiety

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Medication has no role in mild memory loss

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How we set up virtual wards

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Demand for intermediate care outstrips supply, finds major audit

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Benzodiazepine use linked with development of dementia

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Intensive blood glucose control ‘raises risk of falls’

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Palliative care’s becoming an elaborate game of Cluedo

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GPs should recommend breast cancer screening in women over 70 if they are fit enough, says screening director

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Daily functional movement in elderly patients ‘reduces risk of falls’

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Integrated care would cut ‘2.3 million emergency hospital admissions in older people’

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Antipsychotic prescriptions for patients with dementia down 52% in three years

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Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease ‘ignored’ in the elderly

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