“Simple interventions” reduce high-risk prescribing
A TRIAL “intervention” in a cohort of Scottish GP practices reduced the rate of high-risk prescribing of antiplatelet medications and NSAIDs and led to fewer hospital admissions for adverse drug reactions, according to a study led by NHS Tayside and the University of Dundee.
New GMC advice on supporting transgender patients
NEW advice to help doctors support transgender patients has been published by the GMC.
Incentive scheme to reduce antibiotic prescribing in England
AN incentive scheme to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in hospitals, general practices and other healthcare settings has been launched by NHS England.
New GDC language checks effective 1 April
ALL dentists and dental care professionals applying to join or return to the GDC register will have their proficiency in English language considered as of 1 April 2016.
Revalidation guidance aims to reduce administrative burden
NEW updated guidelines to assist GPs with appraisal and revalidation and reduce the administrative burden have been published by the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Major review of revalidation
A REVIEW looking at the impact of revalidation and how to improve it has been launched by the General Medical Council.
UK lagging in early detection of childhood cancer
CANCER Research UK is calling for measures to improve referrals in childhood cancer after research shows that diagnosis of Wilms’ tumours in UK children lags behind that in Germany.
New whistleblowing guardian resigns
THE new “national guardian” whose role was to encourage NHS staff in England to raise concerns has resigned just weeks before she was due to take up the post.
Number of female dentists continues to rise
THE number of women working in NHS dentistry in England increased by 3.1 per cent in 2014/15 to 11,285 and this figure represents a 44.2 per cent increase on 2006/07, according to statistics highlighted by the BDA on International Women’s Day.
Type 1 diabetics missing annual checks
A SURVEY of 6,850 diabetes patients by Diabetes UK found that those with Type 1 disease were less like to get proper annual checks than those with Type 2.