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Pregabalin in pregnancy and congenital malformation risks

Dr Rob Walker

26th January 2023

As we (hopefully) start to see reductions in the deluge of winter illness, I’m sure Practices will be desperately trying to get back to some of the crucial work we do for managing long term conditions,...

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Roll up, roll up! Who wants a statin?

Dr Nick Jones

19th January 2023

It’s impossible to open a newspaper or turn on the television without hearing mention of the current crisis in the NHS. This doesn’t make the most auspicious backdrop for the release of the new NICE draft...

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Oxford Score 0 – Clinical Judgement 1

Dr Andy Ward

12th January 2023

An ill-timed jump for a header, an awkward landing, a disturbing pop in my knee and the worst pain I’ve ever felt. Thus went my left anterior cruciate ligament and with it my fantasy of tearing up the...

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What TIME should I take my BP meds Doc?

Dr Rob Walker

5th January 2023

We’re all used to the flurry of questions that come after we start people on a new medication. You’re eyeing up the clock (running late…again), and about to say your farewells when the inquisition starts...

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Is FIT fit for purpose?

Dr Nick Jones

15th December 2022

I think it is fair to say that the recent NHS England letter to practices advising on the role of Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) in the assessment of people with suspected colorectal cancer has not...

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Invasive Group A Strep – A Keeping it Simple Update

Drs Laura Darby & Simon Curtis

7th December 2022

With terrifying headlines reporting children dying from (iGAS) invasive Group A streptococcus it’s no surprise that parents are alarmed. A quick scrawl through the BBC news site reveals a series of articles...

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