A PCN in London set up a hypertension diagnosis clinic which works at scale to run searches from a central point to find patients who may have undiagnosed hypertension.

06 February 2024

30 January 2024

The increase seen in levels of overweight and obesity seen in the pandemic has not reversed in older primary school children, an analysis has found.

29 January 2024

General practice is moving to the high street, with PCNs chasing high footfall and proactively engaging with their community.

23 January 2024

Dr HK Makker, consultant respiratory physician and Dr Charles Latchford, respiratory clinical research fellow, discuss options for a woman complaining of persistent breathlessness  IntroductionBreathlessness accounts for around 4% of all GP appointments, with approximately one in three of these presentations having a multifactorial aetiology.

15 January 2024

We GPs are consulting more frequently than ever, but our patients’ health is worsening – NHS England needs to rethink its strategy for general practice, says Dr Katie Musgrave The crisis facing general practice has been entirely predictable, and is set to worsen.

12 January 2024

This month could be one of the ‘most difficult’ starts to the year the health service has ever experienced, NHS England has warned today ahead of upcoming strikes.

02 January 2024

Last month two GP registrars at a practice in Sheffield were assaulted by a patient wielding a baseball bat.

27 December 2023

It is well documented that the GP workforce is on its knees, with too few doctors and too much to do.

26 December 2023

GPs can now prescribe antivirals for high-risk patients with flu, following a sharp increase in cases.

20 December 2023