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Poverty and Mental Health – Let’s Talk About It

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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...

Tired all the time: Cracking the Fatigue Code in Modern General Practice"

Tired all the time: Cracking the Fatigue Code in Modern General Practice" image
Dr Zoe Norris
9th January 2025

My welcoming smile faltered as Alison sat down and opened her appointment with “I’ve come in because, well, I’m just shattered ALL the time”. If there was ever a presenting complaint that sums up the complexity...

New Year’s Blog – General Practice Word of the Year 2024

New Year’s Blog – General Practice Word of the Year 2024 image
Neal Tucker
31st December 2024

Congratulations! If you are reading this blog you have made it through 2024 and come out the other side. 

Subclinical Hypothyroidism - Think twice before testing or treating

Subclinical Hypothyroidism - Think twice before testing or treating image
Dr Rob Walker
10th December 2024

What is it they say about the three certainties in life? Death, taxes and life in the NHS never gets any quieter? We’re all no doubt gearing up for another busy winter, so any evidence or guidelines that...

Stopping the groans from recurrent stones

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Dr Neal Tucker
4th December 2024

Randeep is currently rolling around in agony on your examination couch. He has renal colic. You’ve already jabbed him with IM diclofenac and are wishing the practice still kept morphine. You’ve already...

Sleepless nights, restless hearts: spotting the OSA-AF connection

Sleepless nights, restless hearts: spotting the OSA-AF connection image
Dr Simon Curtis
27th November 2024

Our patients are our best teachers. I remember one, let’s call him Mike, who first taught me the link between atrial fibrillation and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). He was a large guy, always smiley and...