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NICE: GPs regularly review patients withdrawing from addictive medication
NICE: GPs regularly review patients withdrawing from addictive medication

GPs should provide

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Opioid prescriptions reduced when GPs urged to ‘think twice’, finds study
Opioid prescriptions reduced when GPs urged to ‘think twice’, finds study

A campaign encouraging

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New Office for Health Improvement targets mental health in first campaign
New Office for Health Improvement targets mental health in first campaign

The Government has

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Staying on antidepressants reduces risk of depression relapse, finds study

Patients who discontinue

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Staying on antidepressants reduces risk of depression relapse, finds study
Labour pledges one-month mental health waiting time target for all patients

Labour has pledged

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Labour pledges one-month mental health waiting time target for all patients
GP referral woes as number of children needing mental health support doubles

Double the number

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GP referral woes as number of children needing mental health support doubles
Record number of GPs seeking mental health counselling amid media abuse

GPs are increasingly

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Record number of GPs seeking mental health counselling amid media abuse
New GP guidance for sharing suicide risk information

The Department of

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New GP guidance for sharing suicide risk information
BMA calls for clarity on GP role in new firearms licensing guidance due within ‘weeks’

The BMA has

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BMA calls for clarity on GP role in new firearms licensing guidance due within ‘weeks’
Local authority spending on drug and alcohol misuse cut by 15% over four years

Figures published by

Local authority spending on drug and alcohol misuse cut by 15% over four years
BMA calls for patient expectations to be managed as over half of GPs suffer abuse

More than half

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BMA calls for patient expectations to be managed as over half of GPs suffer abuse
Pharmacists should administer opioid overdose-reversal drug, proposes Government

The Government has launched

Pharmacists should administer opioid overdose-reversal drug, proposes Government
Relieve GP pressure, says GMC amid rise in trainer burnout

The GMC has

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Relieve GP pressure, says GMC amid rise in trainer burnout