GPs
NICE to set out new opioid prescription guidelines for GPs
March 18, 2019Sales and Marketing GPs, NICE, addiction, addictive drugs, opioids, prescription drugs, withdrawal
NICE is set to develop new guidelines for GPs and healthcare professionals setting out rules for doctors regarding opioids and …
More than 40% of GPs intend to quit within five years
February 28, 2019Medical Communications GPs, NHS, NHS LOng term plan, UK, brexit, workforce
More than 40% of GPs intend to quit within five years according to researchers at the University of Warwick. The …
UK GPs are “undervalued” with 40% looking to quit profession, study finds
February 5, 2018Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GPs, NHS, UK, health, pharma
Falling numbers of General Practitioners (GPs) in the UK are due to “concerns regarding professional risk in delivering care in …
UK heading towards GP crisis as 40% consider leaving
April 12, 2017Medical Communications, Research and Development GPs, General Practice, Jeremy Hunt, NHS
The University of Exeter has conducted a survey looking into GP morale in the south-west of the UK, and the …
Doctors ‘distrust apps developed by pharma’ – survey
July 31, 2015Medical Communications France, GPs, Germany, Healthcare Technologies, UK, chronic disease, disease management, healthcare tech
A study of GPs in three European countries show GPs feel there is a role for healthcare technologies in disease …
NICE reworks cancer guidance for GPs
June 23, 2015Sales and Marketing Cancer, GPs, NICE, UK, baker, research
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence says thousands of lives will be saved each year if GPs and …
NICE unveils guidelines to monitor antibiotic prescribing
February 18, 2015Sales and Marketing AMR, Antibiotics, GPs, NHS, NICE, antimicrobials, baker
NICE are asking UK doctors to spy on their colleagues in order to help tackle the growing threat of antimicrobial …
NICE recommends test to reduce antibiotic use
December 3, 2014Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, GPs, NICE, UK, doctors, icl, pneumonia
NICE guidelines say GPs should use point of care blood tests to assess which patients to prescribe antibiotics for bacterial …
Doctors warn of urgent care ‘chaos’
November 12, 2014Sales and Marketing BMA, GPs, NHS, doctors, nagpaul, pac
Doctors’ leaders are demanding greater investment in out-of-hours GP services, warning of ‘fragmentation’ and underfunding, and branding the current system …
GPs to ‘prescribe’ apps
November 11, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, Frost & Sullivan, GPs, NHS, Samsung, UK, apps, eHealth, prescribing
General practitioners in the UK are to begin ‘prescribing’ health apps as part of a move to better monitor issues …
Doctors must help NHS save money, says report
November 7, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, GPs, NHS, government, hospitals
A report has suggested the National Health Service could make nearly £2 billion in cost savings if doctors ‘provided more …
UK doctors are ignoring statin guidance
November 3, 2014Sales and Marketing British Medical Association, GPs, NHS, NICE, Royal College of GPs, Royal College of Physicians, statins
A survey of UK doctors has found that many are refusing to apply NICE advice to offer statin therapy to …
NICE under increased pressure over conflicts of interest
October 22, 2014Sales and Marketing GPs, NHS, NICE, UK, baker, conflict, mccoll, wollaston
A group of influential doctors is calling on the government to tighten up NICE’s conflicts of interests policy. In a …
Pharmacists could save the NHS £1.1 billion
October 20, 2014Sales and Marketing GP, GPs, NHS, UK, pharmacists
New research from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society shows that common ailments such as coughs and sore throats cost the NHS …
NHS staff striking over pay
October 13, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing British Association of Occupational Therapists., GMB, GPs, Hunt, NHS, UCATT, midwives, strike
Over 400,000 NHS staff have gone on strike for four hours as a 1% pay rise requested by Unions was …
