Hot Topics GP Update Spring-Summer 2023 Booklet

Insomnia affects nearly half of the patients we see in primary care. Despite being such a common and distressing issue, it remains a challenge to manage effectively. In this free, one-hour interactive webinar Dr. Simon Curtis will guide you through why sleep is essential for our health and well-being, how to make an accurate diagnosis using the international classification of sleep disorders and will share with you a practical, evidence-based management plan based on the latest research and guidelines.

Join us for our next cancer clinic with Cancer Research UK. We will be covering all things related to head and neck malignancies. With guest speaker CRUK GP Lance Saker, we will cover the latest statistics on this group of cancers, what challenges exist when aiming for early diagnosis and which guidelines are available to help. We will consider the barriers that exist for patients and what actions primary care can take to mitigate them, to optimise timely referrals for our patients. We look forward to you joining us for an interactive hour of CPD.

The Abnormal Bloods course has been rewritten and updated for 2025. The new course covers the full blood count and what to do with white cell and platelet abnormalities, as well as all things biochemistry! We’ll be looking at sodium and potassium abnormalities – and where magnesium fits in! We’ll round off with thyroid function tests, and what to do with abnormal LFTs.