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NHS offers smartphone GP appointments
CREDIT: This story was first seen in BBC News A 24-hour service has been launched for NHS patients, offering GP consultations via videolink on smartphones, keep reading
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Finding support for winter pressures
As the evenings shorten and winter creeps in, the focus is on managing the winter-surge in demand on NHS services. With an anticipated increase in keep reading
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Young people ‘not receiving mental health care they need’
CREDIT: This story was first seen in BBC News Young people are facing long waiting times and unequal access to mental health services, a review keep reading
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GPs should get patients to take their own measurements in war on obesity
CREDIT: This story was first seen in The Telegraph Overweight patients should be handed a tape measure and told to measure their own waistlines as part keep reading
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No clear evidence most new cancer drugs work
CREDIT: This story was first seen on Web.MD A new study published in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) has found no clear evidence that most keep reading
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All in the joints: Dr Clare Price looks at the causes and treatment of arthritis
Dr Clare Price looks at the causes and treatment of arthritis, differentiating between the two most common forms of the condition seen in primary care keep reading
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Some suspected cancer patients refused urgent referrals due to cost pressures
CREDIT: This story was first seen on The Daily Mail The Daily Mail writes that doctors are unwilling to make urgent referrals for some suspected cancer keep reading
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Raising awareness: HIV Awareness in Primary Care (HIVAP)
A new campaign to engage GPs in HIV testing was launched in September last year – the aim: to improve and expand sexual health and keep reading
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Mental health workforce needs ‘radical reform’ to meet patient demands
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the National Health Executive ‘Radical reform’ is urgently needed to develop a workforce fit to meet the needs keep reading
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Fears over impact of flu on the NHS this winter
CREDIT: This story was first seen in The Argus Thousands of people in Brighton and Hove at a high risk of medical complications from contracting keep reading