Blog - 2023 - Page 7

What’s the point of point of care tests?

Dr James Seddon

23rd March 2023

I remember, a good few years ago now, my GP trainer telling me that “GPST2 is about knocking the hospital out of you; not every patient needs a CRP.” She was, of course, absolutely correct. Now here I...

Urgent Care

Chickenpox exposure in pregnancy – avoid rash mistakes

Dr Rachel Brettell

16th March 2023

For most of us, when chickenpox strikes, it’s an itchy nuisance for the kids and a childcare headache for the grownups. But for pregnant women, as discussed here, it can result in life-threatening disease,...

Urgent Care

Coming soon to you: Direct access imaging for suspected cancer…Maybe

Dr Rob Walker

8th March 2023

How to improve timelines for cancer diagnosis has been a hot topic for years. The Long Term Plan (LTP) for cancer announced in 2019 boldly set out to increase the number of patients diagnosed with early...

Cancer

Hot Topics GP Update

Semaglutide for obesity – how does it work, what’s the evidence and can my patient have it?

Dr Stephanie De Giorgio

2nd March 2023

If you have been reading or watching any media recently, you will almost certainly have seen discussion around the new “celeb weight loss drug” or “life changing medication for obesity”, depending upon...

Obesity

Kindness in our surgeries: our key safeguarding tool

Dr James Booth

23rd February 2023

When I train GP and practice nurses about child safeguarding, I like to finish with a true story. This story is about my father, who remains the best GP I have ever worked with, and someone who knew more,...

Safeguarding