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Chronic Pain - Tips for Primary Care.

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Dr Rob Walker
11th August 2025

We are all well aware of how common chronic pain is, and the impact it has. Even by conservative estimates about 20% of the adult population report chronic pain. This topic really came into focus for us...

Why patients don’t need salbutamol ‘just in case’

Why patients don’t need salbutamol ‘just in case’ image
Dr Neal Tucker
6th August 2025

Daivd has a flare of his asthma. Tight chest, coughing, wheezy, he’s not at the nebuliser stage but he’s going to need some prednisolone to bring it under control. 

New Vaccine Schedule in Play, to Help Keep Shingles at Bay

New Vaccine Schedule in Play, to Help Keep Shingles at Bay image
Dr Philippa Davies
30th July 2025

James is a 45-year-old civil engineer, who is now immunosuppressed after a recent liver transplant for PSC. When he enquires about his shingles vaccine, up until now, we’d have told him he was too young...

Let's talk about social media!

Let's talk about social media! image
Dr Laura Darby
23rd July 2025

Whatever your opinion on social media, it is part of the lives on the majority of children in the UK. A recent report released by OFCOM 2024 stated that 51% of children aged 3-12 use social media, despite...

To DRE or not to DRE, that is the question

To DRE or not to DRE, that is the question image
Dr Rob Walker
17th July 2025

Why won’t men go to the doctor? ‘We’re worried they’re going to poke a finger up our bum hole.’ (Caitlin Moran, What about Men?)

Insomnia – do the drugs work?

Insomnia – do the drugs work? image
Dr Neal Tucker
9th July 2025

Phil is 75 and can’t sleep. Or rather he does sleep, just not enough. He doesn’t have chronic pain, depression or acute stress. He doesn’t have arthritis, obstructive sleep apnoea or heart failure. He...

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