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02 September 2020
02 September 2020
02 September 2020
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
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
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
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
27 August 2020
27 August 2020
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