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Hot Topics GP Update Autumn Preview 2021

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Dr Simon Curtis
26th August 2021

The brand new Autumn 2021 Hot Topics GP Update course is ready to go! We are confident that we have the most up to date course out there. The following Hot Topics will be included:

Don’t chuck out the rat poison just yet

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Dr Rob Walker
19th August 2021

My grandfather used to joke about his 6 pm dose of rat poison. As a farmer warfarin was something he was accustomed to using to get rid of the rats, so he was always mildly amused that this drug, whilst...

SGLT2i – can they trigger DKA in people without diabetes?

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Dr Simon Curtis
12th August 2021

Bill is a 75 year old patient with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Despite being on furosemide and maximally tolerated doses of losartan and bisoprolol (he did not tolerate spironolactone)...

Lateral Flow Tests

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Dr Laura Darby
5th August 2021

Lateral flow tests (LFT) are becoming an ever increasing part of everyday life. Following their initial role in screening of health and social care workers they have since become available to the general...

Infected by Freedom

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Dr Neal Tucker
29th July 2021

The doors are open, the masks are off.

You're Awesome

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Dr Simon Curtis
22nd July 2021

Last year during the first wave of the pandemic the public stepped back, the NHS stepped up, there was a huge sense of gratitude and goodwill towards all the NHS and staff. Remember the Thursday night...