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Turn your lunch break green
It’s widely known that spending time in the great outdoors can have a powerful impact on your mental health, but now new research suggests that spending keep reading
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Primary care networks – making connections through social prescribing
With the introduction of primary care networks, and the inclusion of social prescribing link workers in these new primary care network teams, GP Dr Marie keep reading
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Report concludes that vaccine reminder system is ‘inconsistent’
A report on vaccine uptake in England has found that the NHS system for reminding parents to have their children vaccinated is ‘inconsistent’ and making keep reading
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How do I handle a horrible practice manager?
What to do when your practice staff are left reeling by a disagreeable employee? This is an edited version of an Q&A written by Graham keep reading
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Homeopathy a cause for ‘serious concerns’, head of NHS warns
The head of the NHS, Simon Stevens, has stated that homeopathic practice is ‘fundamentally flawed’ in letter to the standards authority This is an edited keep reading
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Record numbers applying to study medicine at university, figures show
New UCAS figures show a six per cent increase on the number of people applying to take a degree in the subject, compared to last keep reading
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New software used to support and identify mental health problems
Patient-facing software is being increasingly used to support the quick identification of someone who’s experiencing a mental health deterioration. Claire Read explores whether patient-facing apps keep reading
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Spotlight on enhanced services: Learning Disabilities Health Check Scheme
Tackling health inequalities at the primary care level: what is the learning disabilities health check scheme and how can it benefit your patients and practice? keep reading
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Seven types of leader
Leadership can be defined as ‘a way to lead others’, but it is so much more than that. A true leader inspires people, recognises their keep reading
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Thrifty tips to save money
It’s no secret – money worries have the ability to rob us of positive mental health, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Here keep reading