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Almost 1,500 GPs signed a petition from UK primary care professionals calling for the RCGP to take ‘action on the Gaza c...
20/08/2025

Almost 1,500 GPs signed a petition from UK primary care professionals calling for the RCGP to take ‘action on the Gaza child health crisis’.

The petition, hosted by the group Care in Conflict, called on the college to publicly support a ceasefire, condemn the use of healthcare obstruction, and ‘join or lead a coalition’ of professional bodies on the issue.

Read more here: https://buff.ly/0qT1kna

NHSE FAQ waters down physician associate review actions for GP practices Read more here: https://buff.ly/DdHxGbw
20/08/2025

NHSE FAQ waters down physician associate review actions for GP practices

Read more here: https://buff.ly/DdHxGbw

'AI may soon become part of everyday practice – but it cannot take the place of a GP consultation. Policymakers must rec...
20/08/2025

'AI may soon become part of everyday practice – but it cannot take the place of a GP consultation. Policymakers must recognise this, and resist the urge to confuse support with substitution.'

Pulse editor Sofia Lind warns against using artificial intelligence as a substitute for GPs

Read her blog here: https://buff.ly/spxdF58

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools have outscored GPs in clinical exams based on the MRCGP, which researchers argued str...
20/08/2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools have outscored GPs in clinical exams based on the MRCGP, which researchers argued strengthens the case for their role in supporting general practice. https://buff.ly/MmHouWn

NHS England has published the patient charter – which stipulates the right of patients including on access and registrat...
20/08/2025

NHS England has published the patient charter – which stipulates the right of patients including on access and registration – which GP practices must display from October.

Titled ‘You and Your General Practice‘, the charter includes rules for GP practices and guidance for patients.

Read more here: https://buff.ly/Mlz3Knj

Type 2 diabetes guideline shake-up to see first-line SGLT-2 prescribingGPs could face a significant rise in prescribing ...
20/08/2025

Type 2 diabetes guideline shake-up to see first-line SGLT-2 prescribing

GPs could face a significant rise in prescribing and monitoring workload under draft NICE guidelines that recommend much earlier use of newer type 2 diabetes drugs.

The draft guidance, published today, would see SGLT-2 inhibitors started first-line for most diabetics – not just those with heart failure, cardiovascular disease or high cardiovascular risk as is currently the case – along with metformin or alone if metformin is not tolerated or contraindicated.

Read the full story here: https://buff.ly/gcLaTcB

NICE highlighted persistently low uptake of traditional cardiac rehabilitation services – only 41% of eligible people wi...
20/08/2025

NICE highlighted persistently low uptake of traditional cardiac rehabilitation services – only 41% of eligible people with acute coronary syndrome and 13% of those with heart failure in England took part in 2023. https://buff.ly/dCbGszt

NHSE sets out finalised ‘patient charter’ rules that practices must abide by Read the full story here: https://buff.ly/M...
19/08/2025

NHSE sets out finalised ‘patient charter’ rules that practices must abide by

Read the full story here: https://buff.ly/Mlz3Knj

From this month, 100 community diagnostics centres are operating 12 hours a day, seven days a week. https://buff.ly/DUZy...
19/08/2025

From this month, 100 community diagnostics centres are operating 12 hours a day, seven days a week. https://buff.ly/DUZyra7

'Medically speaking, homelessness is a disease of relationships – it is what happens when nobody in the world will give ...
19/08/2025

'Medically speaking, homelessness is a disease of relationships – it is what happens when nobody in the world will give you a bed for the night.'

Dr Paul O’Reilly shares a day in his life working as a GP for the homeless population in central London

Read his full blog here: https://buff.ly/nTgkH8M

Almost 1,500 GPs ask RCGP to take firmer stance on Gaza health crisis Read the full story here: https://buff.ly/256bPhh
19/08/2025

Almost 1,500 GPs ask RCGP to take firmer stance on Gaza health crisis

Read the full story here: https://buff.ly/256bPhh

GPs may see more of their patients recovering from heart disease offered digital rehabilitation at home, after NICE cond...
19/08/2025

GPs may see more of their patients recovering from heart disease offered digital rehabilitation at home, after NICE conditionally recommended six new technologies for NHS use. https://buff.ly/dCbGszt

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