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HbA1c – when should we not use it?

Dr Zoe Norris

26th February 2025

It can’t only be me who remembers that cringey moment when, during an exam OSCE station, or a viva, you’d confidently reel off a management plan and the investigations you’d do.

Abnormal Bloods

Hot Topics Course Preview, Spring 2025

Dr Simon Curtis

11th February 2025

The Hot Topics GP Update course is a fun and enjoyable way to stay up to date with the latest evidence and guidelines for professionals working in front-line General Practice. If you’re in a patient-facing...

Hot Topics GP Update

Nasal steroids: a breath of fresh air for septal deviation?

Neal Tucker

5th February 2025

The only certainty in life is change (and, of course, death and taxes, but I’ve just paid my tax bill and have survived to tell the tale…).

Advanced Clinical Practice Update

Wobbly in more ways than one - antidepressants and postural hypotension

Dr Laura Darby

29th January 2025

Beryl is an 82 year old lady presenting with a ‘muzzy head’. ‘What do you mean by muzzy head’, you ask ‘Oh you know - just muzzy!’ she replies, giving you a slightly exasperated look. Hmmm… clear as mud,...

Hot Topics GP Update

Mental Health

Hypertension in The Elderly - Evidence Broadly Supportive, but Uncertainties Remain

Dr Rob Walker

22nd January 2025

It’s almost 10 years since the SPRINT trial changed the landscape of hypertension treatment, by showing that intensive antihypertensive treatment to a systolic target of 120 mm/Hg, compared to standard...

Cardiology and ECG

Hot Topics GP Update

Poverty and Mental Health – Let’s Talk About It

Dr Laura Darby

14th January 2025

Janette, aged 46, attends for a medication review. Her records show a diagnosis of chronic low back pain and mixed anxiety and depressive disorder. She’s been taking analgesics and sertraline for over...

Hot Topics GP Update

Mental Health