Category: Clinical

Clinical updates and guidelines for GP locums

GP locums sought for 2024 prescribing survey

Professor Tony Avery is looking for GP locums to participate in a national survey aimed to improve GP prescribing.

Prescribing

GP update on prostate cancer scheduled for February

Dr Sam Merriel of Prostate Cancer UK will present a short summary of the latest research and best practice for patients during a webinar at 1pm on Thursday 1 February.

Video and podcast: Ovarian cancer as an abdominal cancer

Join Dr Eloise Elphinstone, a GP with a special interest in women's health, as she provides an insightful update on ovarian cancer.

CVD risk – Nice update (May 2023)

Advice updated in December, and before that May 2023 – to a flurry of media attention.

Cardiology

Podcast: Cancer – early diagnosis, personalised care

This talk is a valuable resource for primary care professionals seeking to enhance cancer care.

Cancer

Video: Cancer – early diagnosis and personalised care

Final talk of 2023, as delivered by Macmillan GP Dr Anthony Cunliffe.

Podcast – GP update: Feno testing/asthma (2023)

Listen to Dr Andy Whittamore of Asthma + Lung UK.

Faecal immunochemical tests (Nice, 2023)

This is new guidance from NICE on the use of FIT testing in general practice. It was published in August 2023.

Free Macmillan talk on cancer in general practice launches

Final talk of the year, ‘Cancer: GP early diagnosis and personalised care’, will be delivered by Macmillan GP Dr Anthony Cunliffe.

Video: Asthma and Feno testing in general practice

Dr Andy Whittamore of Asthma + Lung UK on the latest updates.

Otitis media with effusion in general practice (Nice, 2023)

This is a new guideline from NICE on managing otitis media with effusion (ie glue ear) in the under 12s.

Asthma and Feno testing GP talk launched for November

Dr Andy Whittamore of Asthma + Lung UK will present a free NASGP talk on asthma and Feno (Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide) testing in general practice next month.

Spinal metastases in general practice (Nice, Sept 2023)

A new guideline from Nice on the investigation and management of spinal metastases and metastatic spinal cord compression.

Cancer

Video: What GPs need to know about eating disorders

Family Mental Wealth's talk from 7 Sept.

GP and psychologist to present NASGP’s September event

Dr Elizabeth McNaught, a GP with lived experience of disordered eating, will join NASGP’s September event.

Thrombophilia testing (2022)

This is a guideline from the British Society of Haematology on when to test for thrombophilia, published in May 2022.

GP update: Recurrent miscarriage (RCOG 2023)

Dr Louise Hudman summarises some changes to advice for supporting women experiencing recurrent miscarriage.

Free talk on eating disorders scheduled for GPs in September

Nick Pollard, co-author of The Oxford Specialist Handbook on Eating Disorders, will present a 45-minute talk next month on his work on eating disorders.