Long-term conditions and prescribing Archives

Long-term conditions and prescribing

Fewer than one in five type 2 diabetes patients prescribed best treatment, finds new tool

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GP practices to publish ‘patient charter’ and receive continuity of care incentive

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Government progress on antimicrobial resistance ‘limited’, warns NAO

Adults with depression accrue long-term physical conditions at a faster rate

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Patients put off seeking healthcare due to NHS admin ‘doom loop’

Patients with stable asthma keen to step down medication, research finds

First randomised trial indicates Wegovy effective for treating alcohol-use disorder

Online weight-loss prescribers issued new rules that could increase GP workload

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Antidepressants effective for anxiety but long-term implications unclear

UKHSA widens list of first-option antibiotics GPs can prescribe

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GP continuity reduces workload in practices and A&E, study suggests

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Government rejects call to make OTC medicines free to reduce GP pressure

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GPs can reject requests for input on private weight-loss jab prescriptions, say LMCs

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25% of patients changed medication following general practice-based pharmacogenetics trial

GPs in several areas serve collective notice to ICBs on ‘unfunded work’

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Most people support sharing personal health data to develop AI in NHS

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Dependency-forming drugs prescriptions fall but inequalities persist

GPs told to stop providing ADHD care to children due to ‘capacity issues’

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Atomoxetine and stimulants best treatments for adult ADHD, study suggests

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Under-18s puberty blocker ban extended indefinitely following expert advice

GPs given go-ahead to prescribe antivirals after uptick in cases of flu

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Medicines shortages ‘increasing tensions’ between GPs and pharmacists

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NICE finalises long-awaited joint guidance overhauling asthma care

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Latest UKHSA figures show rise in both antibiotic use and resistance

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CPD: Key questions on vitamin B12 deficiency

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GPs call for urgent obesity services review as demand for new drugs rises

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ICB warns GP collective action could cause £4.2 million financial loss

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Dispensing fees cut for GP practices in England and Wales

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Timing of daily blood pressure medication makes no difference, multiple trials find

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New RCGP guidance severely limits PA scope of practice

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First repeat prescribing guidance in 20 years urges GPs to review processes

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BMA will approach Cass review ‘neutrally’ after vote overturns critical stance

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More than 39 million people could die from antibiotic resistance by 2050

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Pharmacists to vote on working to rule

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NHS England excludes GPs from cheaper medicines deal due to ‘confidentiality concerns’

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GPs can continue prescribing puberty blockers in some cases, NHS England says

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GPs could prescribe new incontinence pill from October

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Doctors advised to reduce prescribing and testing to tackle climate change

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Streeting ‘defends’ previous Government ban on puberty blockers

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Coroner calls for online drug prescribers to communicate with patients’ GP

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GPs could support almost half of patients to quit antidepressants, finds trial

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Medicine shortages cause ‘moral distress’ for three-in-four GPs

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The debate around the clinical responsibilities of physician associates

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Only one in six patients experience antidepressant withdrawal, finds study

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Government puts ’emergency ban’ on private prescribing of puberty blockers

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Pharmacy First ‘will fail’ if people ‘keep having to return to their GP’, MPs warn

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Antibiotic prescribing concerns ‘so far unfounded’, say Pharmacy First leaders

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GPs having to provide advice on alternatives amid ‘daily’ medicines shortages

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GPs will use AI to reduce antibiotic prescribing under Government five-year plan

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Nearly half of patients struggled to get medicines over the last year

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Drug shortages are ‘new normal’ and made worse by Brexit, report says

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Migraine: Myths and Facts

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Significant proportion of RTIs given more than one antibiotic course

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Strategy pledges pharmacists as ‘medicine leaders’ in GP practices

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Casebook: Prescription drug dependence

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Masterclass: Complete GP’s guide to hypertension

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Automatic records updates from pharmacies to GPs to be phased in from next week

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Overdiagnosis: The diagnostic challenges in long Covid

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Pharmacies can free up 30 million GP appointments annually, say trade leaders

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GPs ‘under no obligation’ to prescribe inclisiran in absence of LES

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Masterclass: A complete GP’s guide to menopause and perimenopause

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NHS England reiterates call for GPs to curb OTC prescribing

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Operose PA job advert leads to ‘confusion’ over prescribing rights

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CPD: Key questions on primary headache disorder

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GP workload concern as ICB axes ‘financially unsustainable’ prescription service

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GP concern as Pharmacy First ‘directs patients back to general practice’

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Pulse in Print: 64 years of chronic disease management

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GPs can start referring patients to Pharmacy First next week

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GPs to only prescribe fluoroquinolone antibiotics as last resort, says MHRA

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Around 3,000 pharmacies sign up to contraception service

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MHRA reviews risk of autism for children whose fathers took valproate

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CPD: Setting up your practice for better homeless care

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GPs can now prescribe antivirals for flu as cases rise sharply

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Pharmacy First programme to be monitored for antimicrobial resistance impact

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GPs join call for QOF to incentivise reduced antidepressant prescribing

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GP contract should include ‘essential’ continuity of care requirement

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Will GPs benefit from pharmacies taking on ‘common conditions’ prescribing?

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Pharmacies to prescribe for ‘common conditions’ from end of January

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GPs should not lead gender identity treatment, ICB tells NHSE

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NHSE: ‘4-5%’ surge in GP prescribing costs driven by demand, DOACs and HRT

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ICB agrees to gender incongruence service after pressure from GPs

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CPD: Implementing and delivering group consultations

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‘More guidance needed’ on probable overprescribing of antibiotics for insect bites

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Change ‘highly misleading’ physician associate title, proposes BMA

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Marked fall in GP prescribing of opioids, benzodiazepines and Z-drugs

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Lifestyle medicine in primary care

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Online pharmacies warned over risks of not contacting GPs

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Pharmacist prescribing pilots to be launched across England

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More diagnostic testing needed to tackle antibiotic resistance, Government told

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Liothyronine should only be prescribed by specialist in small number of patients

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Apps to prescribe and manage weight-loss medication for obesity, NICE proposes

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One in four blood tests in general practice may be unnecessary

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Senior GP leader had to sign ‘220 paper prescriptions in one day’

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NICE says its new approval process has sped up access to medicines

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GP practice stops employing physician associates after patient death

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Government to keep free prescriptions for over-60s

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GPs should prescribe OTC medicines to poor patients, watchdog suggests

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No increase in unsafe prescribing by GPs during Covid pandemic, finds study

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Pharmacists to access and add to GP record by end of year

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Can pharmacists really absorb GP workload?

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The GP recovery plan at a glance

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Patients resort to stealing Calpol: How the cost-of-living crisis is affecting GP prescribing

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GP burnout linked to higher opioid and antibiotic prescribing, finds study

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NHS England prescribing director says he ‘no longer refers to pain clinics’

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GPs should be cautious about prescribing painkillers for lower back pain

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PAs could get prescribing rights as Government launches regulation consultation

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GPs should be able to prescribe massages, say MPs

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Government attempts to ease antibiotics shortage with hoarding ban

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GP practice daily updates lay bare antibiotics shortages

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GPs could revert to paper scripts so patients can shop around for antibiotics

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GPs urge NHS England to direct strep A-worried parents to NHS 111 amid ‘relentless’ demand

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Target to reduce antibiotic prescribing hit years ahead of schedule

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GPs set to prescribe heating to vulnerable patients

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NHS England asks GPs to review prescribing of antibiotics

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Vulnerable patients not taking medicines due to cost-of-living crisis, GPs warn

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CPD: Interpreting NICE guidance on depression in adults

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EasyJet still requiring GP note explaining medicines in travellers’ luggage

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Therapeutics update: lipid management

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Pharmacies to take over management and supply of contraception from GPs

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DHSC seeks views on medical devices racial bias

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Pandemic saw ‘50% rise’ in antipsychotics for dementia patients in care homes

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Prescribing ‘core skill’ of GPs and most medicines ‘necessary’, says RCGP

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Atorvastatin most common drug as NHS prescribing costs continue to rise

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How to consult remotely: contraception

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Tribunal clears GPs accused of attempting to conceal sedative prescriptions

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CPD: Key questions on anticoagulation

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Welsh pharmacies to prescribe drugs including antibiotics to free up GPs

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NHS app registrations reduced GP practice visits for repeat prescriptions

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GPs asked to do ‘extensive reviews’ for gender identity clinic patients facing long waits

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No increase to NHS prescription charge for first time in 12 years

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Large increase in prescribing of anxiety medication for young adults, finds study

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Antiseptic drug as good as low-dose antibiotics for recurrent UTI prevention

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Starting and refining electronic repeat dispensing

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Clinical clangers: ‘My test results say I’ve got thrush – can I get a prescription, doctor?’

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Virtual GP service to pay £13,670 for prescribing without CQC registration

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Virtual GP service pleads guilty to prescribing without CQC registration

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Switching to dry inhaler cuts carbon footprint without loss of asthma control, study shows

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Statin side effects ‘overestimated and overdiagnosed’, finds large study

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Over half of patients on methotrexate report three or more side effects

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Will Covid signal the end of the road for overmedicalisation?

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Overworked GPs more likely to prescribe broad-spectrum antibiotics, finds study

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‘Serious concerns’ over cholesterol-lowering injection rollout, warn GP leaders

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NICE publishes wide-ranging new draft guidance on stopping antidepressants

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NICE: Antidepressants should not be first-line treatment for ‘less severe’ depression

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UK drugs regulator approves first Covid antiviral pill to be taken at home

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Covid antiviral drugs could be prescribed to prevent hospital admission ‘this winter’

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HRT not linked to overall increased risk of dementia, large UK study shows

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Opioid prescriptions reduced when GPs urged to ‘think twice’, finds study

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Staying on antidepressants reduces risk of depression relapse, finds study

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MHRA has no plans to curb pregabalin prescribing by GPs

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Government to ‘take action’ after finding 10% of medicines ‘overprescribed’

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Pharmacy leaders calls for temporary halt to GP practice recruitment of pharmacists

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CPD: Key Questions on polypharmacy and deprescribing

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Primary care diabetes drug bill rises 62% in five years

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GPs to prescribe SGLT2 inhibitors to reduce CVD risk under NICE proposals

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NICE to approve ‘game changer’ twice-yearly cholesterol-lowering injection

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NI GPs told to stop initiating pregabalin for neuropathic pain amid deaths rise

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Pharmacists should administer opioid overdose-reversal drug, proposes Government

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GP should prescribe fruit and veg to boost healthy eating, says Government-backed report

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Oral contraceptive pill to become available without prescription in UK

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Pregnant women on sodium valproate to be reminded to urgently see GP

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Bempedoic acid with ezetimibe recommended for high cholesterol

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Lack of evidence on safe methods to stop antidepressants, study finds

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GPs can safely write delayed antibiotic scripts for RTIs, finds study

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GPs warned against involvement in ‘Cancard’ cannabis ID scheme

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NICE: GPs should ‘encourage and support’ some patients to stop taking opioids for chronic pain

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‘One in 10’ online GP consultations could be referred to pharmacies under new scheme

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Structured opioid and gabapentinoid reviews become compulsory for PCNs

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Statins have no impact on muscle pain compared with placebo, finds GP study

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MHRA warns of pregabalin ‘breathing difficulties’

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Updated GMC guidance limits remote prescriptions of controlled drugs

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Government launches first consultation on OTC oral contraceptives

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GPs could offer common asthma drug as early Covid-19 intervention

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NICE approves new weight loss treatment for high-risk obese patients

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NICE recommends new migraine treatment for up to 200,000 patients in the UK

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No-deal Brexit will disrupt medicine supplies and Covid response, report warns

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Plans to withdraw GP-prescribed lithium drug halted

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GPs request prescribing law change to offset Brexit medicine shortages

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GPs prescribed fewer antidepressants during coronavirus lockdown

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GPs working for Covid hotline can now prescribe using EPS

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Proposed ban on opioids for chronic pain leaves GPs with scant options

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$OTC prescribing ban delivers fraction of expected savings, shows official data$

OTC prescribing ban delivers fraction of expected savings, shows official data

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GPs should advise caution to women on contraception when prescribing antibiotics

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Honey is ‘more effective’ than antibiotics for coughs, finds study

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Governments asks medicine suppliers to make six-week Brexit stockpile

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UK medicines regulator ‘will consider’ ban on over-the-counter codeine

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GPs should not prescribe opioids for chronic pain, says NICE

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The impending antibioticlypse

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Nearly nine-in-10 GP prescriptions now issued electronically

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Non-Covid clinical crises: Adrenal insufficiency and adrenal crisis

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GPs faced with ongoing HRT shortages

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Quarter of GPs prescribing ‘unsafe’ strength of immunosuppressant, study finds

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GPs will temporarily not require patient consent for electronic repeat prescriptions

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Primary care hydroxychloroquine trial goes ahead as Lancet paper retracted

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MHRA halts recruitment to primary care hydroxychloroquine trial over death reports

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GPs asked to review medicines of care home residents as part of Covid service

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Care homes advised they can reuse their patients’ medicines during pandemic

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BMA joins call to suspend prescription charges during pandemic

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Drugs monitoring: NHS guidance on how to manage patients during Covid-19 – 15 April

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GPs ‘strongly discouraged’ from prescribing antimalarials for Covid-19

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Non-Covid clinical crises: New thyrotoxicosis

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NICE: GPs should advise paracetamol over ibuprofen for Covid-19

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GPs told to allow pharmacies to request repeat prescriptions

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Electronic prescription service: NHS England update – 27 March

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Medicines to treat Covid-19: How GPs should handle requests

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GPs should not examine children’s throats ‘unless absolutely necessary’

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GPs can defer medication reviews to October

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CPD – Case-based: rational prescribing of antibiotics

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‘The best emollient is one the patient uses’ – prescribing emollients in primary care

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The BNF – then and now

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GPs ‘overestimate harms and benefits of drugs’, say researchers

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Government lifts bulk-buy importing restrictions on medical cannabis

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GPs advised to use hydrogen peroxide over antibiotics in impetigo

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Researchers urge prescribing caution as macrolides linked with birth defects

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Guideline of the month: Cannabis-based medicinal products

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Experts call for action on OTC codeine ahead of first NICE chronic pain guideline

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Major GP IT supplier joins system for reporting adverse drugs to MHRA

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GPs reluctant to give practice pharmacists control of prescribing decisions, study finds

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Government launches Bill which could allow nurses to prescribe metformin and statins

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GPs need to be alerted to beta blocker overdose risk, says NHS safety watchdog

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Revealed: Only half of PCNs recruited clinical pharmacists in 2019

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Guideline of the month: Thyroid disease

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Media reports of sepsis deaths ‘make parents pressure GPs for antibiotics’

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GPs should not prescribe melatonin on NHS for jet lag, independent review recommends

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NICE in 90 seconds – lipid modification

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New test for primary care could diagnose UTIs in 25 minutes via smartphone camera

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Up to 43% of US antibiotics could be unnecessary prescriptions, says study

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Cardiovascular 10-year score may underestimate disease risk, study warns

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End of year clinical digest

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What to do with thyroid nodules

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Exercise referral schemes not as effective as hoped, research suggests

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Risk of death increases three-fold if patients co-prescribed methadone and benzodiazepines

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Coroner warns lack of guidance on co-prescribing oxycodone and amitriptyline

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Government report recommends breaking some tablets in half amid drug shortages

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Primary care prescribing costs fall by £250m since last year, figures reveal

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Antibiotic prescribing in primary care in Scotland falls to lowest level on record

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Practices and pharmacies told they can share supplies amid flu vaccine shortages

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NICE approves first two cannabis-based medicines for NHS use

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GMC and royal colleges publish guidance on online prescribing

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GP practice warns new patients they will not routinely prescribe opiates

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CPD: Hot topics in prescribing – part 2

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17% drop in antibiotic prescribing in general practice since 2014

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Anxiety and sleeping drugs prescribing highest in deprived areas, study shows

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Remaining fluoxetine protocols extended into November

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GP practices told to order child nasal flu vaccines one week at a time

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Anti-inflammatories can help curb symptoms of depression, study finds

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NHS England address ‘serious concerns’ over potential homeopathy reaccreditation

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GPs need better access to ‘patchy’ substance misuse services in Wales, report says

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Drug shortages – how GPs are kept out of the loop

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Outgoing RCGP chair to head new social prescribing academy

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Final stage of electronic prescriptions service to be rolled out in November

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Primary prevention statins benefit ‘may be marginal’ for healthy patients, says study

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Over 50% increase in patients attending Health Checks since 2012, reports NHS Digital

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NICE revises antidepressant guidance to warn of ‘severe’ withdrawal symptoms

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Range of professions able to prescribe ‘low-risk’ medicines to increase

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‘Green prescribing’ could lead to fewer GP appointments, study claims

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Clinical clangers: ‘I need antibiotics for this infected insect bite’

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Variation in uptake of new prescribing guidance by GPs, study finds

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CPD: Hot topics in prescribing – part 1

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Addiction to prescription drugs: GPs stuck between a rock and a hard place

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UK invests £18m to target global antimicrobial resistance

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Labour pledges to abolish prescription charges

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Antidepressants work ‘by tackling anxiety symptoms rather than depression’

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How much of our prescribing has a beneficial effect?

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Coroner calls for changes to discharge letter procedures after patient death

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Opioid prescribing in primary care on the rise in England

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NICE may have inadvertently boosted antidepressant prescriptions in under 18s

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One in four adults prescribed addictive medicines, says PHE review

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Pharmacist to dispense high-dose statins without GP prescription under NHS plans

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HRT shortages to continue into next year

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Amoxicillin overused for treatment of common infections, research shows

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GPs should do ‘early reviews’ of patients newly prescribed opioids

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Better UTI tests needed to prevent overprescribing of antibiotics, say researchers

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GPs should not prescribe antibiotics for impetigo, says NICE

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Previous exposure to antibiotics likelier to result in response failure for children

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Long-term aspirin use reduces risk of colorectal cancer, says NICE guidance

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Two GPs suspended for ‘inappropriately’ prescribing opioids online

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Working life: Caring for elite triathletes

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Social prescribers in austerity town help improve public health, study finds

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GPs ignore pharmacist advice ‘because it is unlikely to benefit patients’ finds study

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Government announces £2m boost to support latest phase of antibiotics campaign

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Prescription drug addiction review must boost funding for pain services, say GPs

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Dementia patients should be recommended social activities, says NICE

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Government announces first special envoy on antimicrobial resistance

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Government announces first special envoy on antimicrobial resistance

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Working life: The osteopath GP

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Diabetes patients prescribed free bike hire by GPs

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April 2019: Are GPs being unfairly targeted in antibiotics drive?

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GPs should prescribe ‘forest bathing’ on NHS, says charity

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Working life: On duty at Silverstone

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200 pharmacists recruited to tackle overprescribing in care homes

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Pharmacy regulator ‘is putting burden of policing online pharmacists on GPs’

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Pharmacy regulator sets new rules for online medicines after safety warnings

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OTC medication rationing only made a quarter of its targeted savings

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OTC medication rationing only made a quarter of its targeted savings

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Half of patients on statins have ‘sub-optimal’ response to treatment

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Hancock calls for NHS to ‘rapidly’ assess barriers to medical cannabis prescribing

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Homeopathy prescribing set to be blacklisted under NHS England plans

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Working life: Drugs Checker

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Doctors not prescribing medical cannabis due to lack of knowledge

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GPs will need to take part in network peer-review meetings as part of QOF

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Dr Susan Hopkins: ‘We want GPs to educate patients about antibiotics’

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GPs the target in the fight against antimicrobial resistance

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CQC: Nearly half of private primary care services not providing safe care

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GPs report increase in patients asking for medicinal cannabis and low-carb diets

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Nearly two-thirds of primary care staff say Brexit will worsen medicine shortages

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National body needed to scrutinise CCGs’ restriction of treatments, report says

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PHE: GPs should ‘prescribe shorter antibiotic courses and educate patients’

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NICE announce prescription drug dependence guidelines to cut deaths

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Just ‘one in three’ patients expects antibiotics from GP out-of-hours services

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NICE set to lower hypertension treatment thresholds for CVD patients

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Electronic prescriptions for controlled drugs rolled out across GP practices

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GP-based weight loss programme leads to diabetes remission for third of patients

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We need support in delivering the antibiotics message

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Dilemma: Partner says I make too many referrals

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RCGP urges patients to finish courses of antibiotics despite expert claims

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Large number of CCGs crack down on OTC prescribing ahead of national consultation

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GPs told to ask patients if they require over-the-counter prescription

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‘Nearly all’ practices sign up to red-rated cash-incentive prescribing scheme

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BMA calls for pregabalin to be reclassified as a controlled drug

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GP practices told to switch patients back on to generic pregabalin

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GPs reminded not to prescribe anticoagulants to at-risk patients

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GPs should provide longer appointments, says CMO-backed report

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GPs should co-prescribe PPIs to elderly taking aspirin, say researchers

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New draft NICE guidance reins in antibiotic prescribing for sinusitis

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GPs urged to consider falls risk when prescribing beta blockers

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World Health Organisation issues new advice on antibiotics prescribing

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LMCs urge GPC to reverse policy to scrap QOF amid new workload fears

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GPs back call for charging patients for non-NHS care

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GPs urged to consider myocardial infarction risk when prescribing NSAIDs

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Statin side effects caused by patients’ ‘expectation of harm’

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Uncomplicated UTI symptoms ‘almost always due to bacterial infection’

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Coroner orders NHS to overhaul GP asthma care after child’s death

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GP social prescribing drive ‘unacceptable’ given lack of evidence, warn researchers

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DH ‘blacklist’ required to enable GPs to curb OTC prescribing, says GPC lead

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RCGP updates antibiotics toolkit after practice points out error

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GP workload to be tackled with £130k social prescribing scheme

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Stroke survivors ‘quitting preventative medication against GP advice’

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Selling Viagra widely in pharmacies ‘will deny men proper care’, warns top GP

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Monthly vitamin D ‘does not prevent cardiovascular disease’

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GPs to be given greater say on NICE guidelines as ‘reference panel’ launched

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CQC cracks down on online GPs and pharmacists ‘to protect patients’

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NHS England set to pay GP practices to combine to cover 30-50k patients

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GP efforts hailed as CCG saves almost £2m in prescribing costs

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NHS England considers ban on ‘low value’ and over-the-counter prescriptions

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GPs vote to stop prescribing OTC medicines

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GP practices will not be funded to employ therapists despite GPFV pledge

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Call for ibuprofen sale to be restricted to pharmacies following cardiac concerns

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GPC tells practices to ignore CCG advice to order cheap flu vaccine

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GPs ‘threatened’ by NHS bosses over refusal to prescribe flu antivirals

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Just what the doctor didn’t order: the rise of private screening

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CCGs insisting anti-coagulation management ‘is part of core contract’

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GPs warned off-label antidepressant prescribing ‘lacks evidence’

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GPs asked to buy more expensive flu vaccine to save NHS money

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Public health chiefs blame pharmacy flu scheme for drop in shingles jab uptake

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Antibiotics a ‘safe alternative’ to surgery in child appendicitis

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Online access to antibiotics ‘hampers GP efforts to tackle resistance’

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GPs should not be expected to initiate cancer prevention drugs, says report

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Statins ‘could be prescribed for prevention of thrombotic complications’

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NHS England set for primary care budget underspend of nearly £50m this year

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Practices to get £6m to expand flu vaccinations to morbidly obese

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Digital repeat prescribing saves GP time and over £200m, says DH

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Health chiefs ignore GPC demands over Tamiflu in care homes

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GP social prescribing can reduce appointments ‘by over one fifth’

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Over 10,000 NHS patients now have personal health budgets

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GPs urged to do ACR testing for patients at risk of kidney disease

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Four CCGs to reduce over-the-counter medicine prescribing

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Statin use associated with reduced Alzheimer’s risk, major study finds

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Picture quiz – endocrine diseases

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NICE pushes through guidance limiting GP prescribing options for low back pain

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Evidence ‘does not support use of vitamin D supplements’, say researchers

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‘No scientific evidence’ for the use of statins, experts claim

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‘Very ambitious’ plans expect GPs to cut prescribing costs by ‘15%’

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GPs told to stop prescribing for minor illnesses

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GP prescribing of antibiotics drops by 6% in three years

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GP guidance on UTI testing should undergo NICE review, says health minister

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GP leaders urge nurseries to change conjunctivitis antibiotics policies

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Pharmacists to treat sore throats ‘to free up GPs and cut antibiotic use’

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NICE to look at lowering blood pressure targets in guidance overhaul

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GPs face new drive to cut inappropriate antibiotic use for urinary tract infections

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NHS England: Hundreds of GP practices missed out on payments due to Capita

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GPs could see pregabalin restrictions lifted after Pfizer loses court appeal

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Pharmacists to hand out emergency medication supplies without GP approval

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Over 75s on many prescriptions at risk of hospitalisation

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Half of patients expect GPs to prescribe or refer in line with their demands

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GPs told to refuse third party script orders in bid to cut medicines waste

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GPC guidance tells GPs to ignore GMC advice on prescribing for gender dysphoria

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Is the ‘male menopause’ overmedicalised?

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Consider stopping treatment with ‘limited benefit’ in multimorbidity, advises NICE

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NICE plans to curb use of drugs for low-back pain ‘delayed’

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Better diagnostics ‘unlikely to help GPs reduce antibiotic prescribing’

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GPs told to avoid raft of interventions by royal colleges

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Pharmacists to prescribe antibiotics to free up ‘25,000 GP appointments a year’

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Austerity? You ain’t seen nothing yet

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GP risk tool for child RTIs ‘could help reduce antibiotic prescribing by 10%’

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NICE sets out plans for GPs to drive up ‘unacceptable’ child vaccination rates

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Vaping causes similar heart damage to smoking tobacco

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Combined HRT breast cancer risk ‘may be underestimated’

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Can we issue private prescriptions to NHS patients?

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Benchmarking helps GPs reduce risky prescribing

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Half of practices haven’t begun reviews of incorrect QRISK scores

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Social prescribing scheme ‘did not cut GP workload or improve patients’ health’

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Young people urged to get MMR jabs after surge in measles cases

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GPs to make ‘nearly all’ prescriptions electronically under NHS plans

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GPs set for incentives to screen for atrial fibrillation

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Ten generic drugs to be withdrawn in UK over quality concerns

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GPs urged to prescribe ‘lifestyle medicine’ instead of drugs for type 2 diabetes

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Everyone should consider taking vitamin D pills in winter, say public health chiefs

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GPs told to do more to stop fraudulent claims for free prescriptions

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GPs advised not to issue private prescriptions

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GPs to manage up to 50% of type-1 diabetic patients under CCG plans

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Women with migraines face higher CVD risk, say researchers

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GPs told to ignore NICE statin prescribing guidance in cost-cutting drive

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Half a million penalty notices issued for patients claiming free prescriptions

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PM asks GPs to ‘halve’ inappropriate antibiotic prescribing

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GP manslaughter case dropped due to ‘insufficient evidence’

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GPs praised for ‘dramatic’ fall in antibiotic prescribing

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GPC complains about GMC gender dysphoria prescribing guidance

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Court clears one of two GPs accused of Addison’s disease manslaughter

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Two GPs accused of manslaughter after death of child with Addison’s disease

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Self-management websites can reduce GP visits for RTIs, say researchers

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Oral steroids linked with ten-fold increased risk of diabetes

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Only 11 physician associates are working in GP practices

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Picture quiz – drug reactions

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GP prescribing of strong opioids up by more than a fifth in two years

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Advising patients who self-monitor their blood glucose

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Check depressed patients for ADHD symptoms, study suggests

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‘Boilers on prescription’ scheme cut GP visits by 60%

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Researchers call for review of routine GP antibiotic prescribing for childhood UTIs

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GPs face tougher targets to cut antibiotics under new incentive scheme

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50% hike in antidepressant use in UK children

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DH and CQC discuss closer inspection of practices’ antibiotics prescribing

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GPs’ antibiotic prescribing hits five-year low

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