It isn’t unusual for a third person to be in the room when I’m consulting. It may be […]

Good Medical Practice is a guide produced by the General Medical Council (GMC) that sets out the standards […]

General practitioners in Scotland have rejected a call for a “move to a fully salaried GP service” with […]

From January 2024 valproate must not be started in new patients aged under 55 unless two specialists agree […]

Researchers have raised concerns over the increasing number of people in England and Wales whose bodies have begun […]

Directors of public health have urged UK ministers to do more to improve health in people of working […]

The whole situation around medical associate professionals (MAPs) is an unqualified mess. What had been dismissed as social […]

One in eight people currently in work in the UK have a “work limiting” health condition that results […]

UK regulators have approved a “world first” gene treatment for treating sickle cell disease and transfusion dependent β […]

Although some general practice consultations end in simple advice or referral, most result in prescription of medicine, probably […]