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02 September 2020

GPs to prescribe meal replacement diets to reverse diabetes

GPs will be able to prescribe ‘soup and shake weight-loss plans’ for patients to put their type 2 diabetes in remission, NHS England has announced.

01 September 2020

GP experts welcome ‘game changer’ semaglutide pill for type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes expert GPs have welcomed a ‘game changer’ new oral medication which lowers blood sugar levels and leads to weight loss.

01 September 2020

Self-sampling considered as part of bid to boost cervical screening uptake

Home self-sampling could replace cervical smear tests in a GP setting for patients who do not wish to attend, Public Health England has said.

28 August 2020

GPs told to catch up on face-to-face health checks for the severely mentally ill

NHS England has said that GPs should work with mental health services to catch up on physical health checks for patients with severe mental illness, delivering them face-to-face where possible.

27 August 2020

Number of fully-qualified FTE GPs drops by 651 in a year

The number of fully-qualified, full-time-equivalent GPs working in England has dropped by 651 from June 2019 to June 2020, the latest official figures show.

27 August 2020