GPs face fight for control of new 111 service
GP commissioning groups are set to be plunged into battle with ambulance trusts and a skeleton NHS Direct service for control of the new 111 urgent care number.
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GPs left facing funding shortfall as extra investment in enhanced services fails to materialise
Exclusive: Fewer than half of PCTs have increased their investment in enhanced services this year, despite repeated Government assurances that GPs would be able to offset successive pay freezes with extra investment.
GP researchers draw up cancer 'red flags' hit-list
UK primary care researchers have identified a hit-list of signs and symptoms indicative of at least a one in twenty chance of cancer which they say should be built into practice software systems.
Blogs
Pseudo-arguments, strawmen and smoke-screens
02 Sep 10
Professor Edzard Ernst challenges his critics to show him the evidence
A new QOF indicator, you say? How about this...
01 Sep 10
Copperfield offers NICE his brainwave for a new QOF indicator: 'Retrospective analysis of medication compliance in newly dead patients'
Interactive Clinical Quizzes
Picture quiz - contact dermatitis
Look at these six cases of contact dermatitis, read the short case histories and guess the allergen.
Picture quiz - purpura
Purpural rashes involve a wide differential diagnosis. Make a diagnosis from each photograph and case history.
Pulse CPD portal
Pulse Plus - Ophthalmology (3 CPD hours)
This month's PulsePlus covers ophthalmology. You can earn a suggested 3 CPD credits by reading all five articles and associated materials and then
In Practice
How to boost your practice income with private work
11 Aug 10
As income from NHS work shrinks in real terms, you may be considering ways to maximise your non-NHS income.
QOF coding tips: psychosis and depression
23 Aug 10
Dr Simon Clay continues his series of articles on QOF coding by looking at why some patients are still required to have a mental health review long after they have recovered.
Videos
Osteopathy techniques: Thoracic spine
In the second video in our series on osteopathy techniques, Dr David Soodeen demonstrates some basic techniques for patients with problems with their thoracic vertebrae.
Daily Digest
NHS offering 'golden goodbyes', a beer glass that can prevent a hangover and why smiling babies may not be happy babies
02 Sep 10
Our roundup of the health news headlines on Thursday 2 September.
Forthcoming Events
Surgery Premises
30 September 2010 | Hilton London Olympia Hotel, London
5 CPD HOURS
The NAPC Annual Conference 2010 and Vision Awards
20 - 21 October 2010 | Hilton Birmingham Metropole
12 CPD HOURS
Practical resources to download
Travel vaccinations and malaria prophylaxis: August update
11 Aug 10
Download the latest travel vaccination and malaria prophylaxis advice with Pulse's indespensible vaccination charts.
The BMA's 'historic mistake' on the White Paper
09 Aug 10
Read an open letter from the anti-privatisation campaign group London Health Emergency to BMA chair Dr Hamish Meldrum
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