GPs frozen out of Government's vascular screening planning 
10 Oct 08
GPs are being frozen out of the planning process for the Government’s vascular screening programme with PCTs turning to private firms and pharmacists instead.
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Row after MPs claim GP contract has 'failed to meet expectations'
09 Oct 08
GPs have again come under fire over rising salaries, in a report published by the Committee of Public Accounts today which claims the GP contract has ‘failed to live up to expectations’.
Copperfield
Don't pay patients to visit me. Pay them to stay away!
10 Oct 08
Those patients who take up a PCT's plan to pay them to visit their GP will only waste the cash on a lardburger, so why bother. How about paying them to stay away, says Copperfield.
Free prescriptions? Here's my alternative plan
08 Oct 08
Gordon Brown's plans for free prescriptions for patients with long-term conditions are half-baked and will probably never happen. Luckily, Copperfield has a better idea...
Clinical
Kendrick asks..... is the QOF turning GPs into dangerous prescribers?
08 Oct 08
Our clinical columnist Dr Malcolm Kendrick asks why – in a world of evidence-based medicine – the QOF was introduced with none
Diagnosis by numbers - perimenopause
08 Oct 08
Dr Nick Summerton discusses how to use likelihood ratios in assessing potentially perimenopausal patients
Lab test update - BNP
08 Oct 08
Chemical pathologist Dr Paul Collinson uses a case study to discuss use of B-type natriuretic peptide in suspected cardiac failure
10 tips for anyone thinking of taking up dermoscopy
07 Oct 08
Dermatology GPSI Dr Elizabeth Ogden offers advice on taking your first steps into dermoscopy
Education
Snapshot diagnosis - is this lesion on the glans penis an STI?
07 Oct 08
Dr Mike Wyndham describes a case where his first instinct was of a sexually transmitted infection
Test yourself on physical signs of systemic illness
07 Oct 08
Test your knowledge with our clinical quiz. Are these statements true or false?
Business, Legal & IT
How to minimise inheritance tax
01 Oct 08
Shane Stack of Medical Money Management advises GPs how to protect their beneficiaries from the burden of inheritance tax
Comment & Analysis
Should GPs take back out-of-hours?
08 Oct 08
It's a fact that the best out-of-hours services are GP-led and it's time for GPs to take responsibility for them everywhere, says Dr Krishna Korlipara - but Dr David Lloyd says the out-of-hours opt-out came at the right time
Focus on...coping with the credit crunch
08 Oct 08
The healthcare market is likely to be vulnerable to the financial turmoil, with public and private investment at risk
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Can GPs carry out minor surgery safely?
01 Oct 08
Blogs
After rescuing Mandelson, who will Lord Darzi's next patient be?
07 Oct 08
Lord Darzi, surgeon turned health minister, turned politician life saver, sprang into action this week when that other Lord, the Lord of Darkness, Peter Mandelson, started his first day back in the cabinet by copping an unfortunate kidney...
Patients love to see their GP arrive for surgery in a limo
01 Oct 08
Geoff's loving life at his new practice, especially the chauffeur-driven limo that all new partners get. He's already had one or two embarrassing moments which have made him look like a dipstick.
Practical resources to download
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): an online guide
02 Sep 08
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Spirometry interpretation guidance
25 Jun 08
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Asthma Control Questionnaire
18 Jun 08
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Practical Commissioning
Spotlight on...East of England
24 Sep 08
Each month we will be looking behind the headline figures at how PBC is working on the ground in individual SHAs. Here, Rob Finch looks at the East of England, where GPs have given some of the harshest feedback on commissioning in England....
The PBC players
24 Sep 08
There is a wide range of professionals, in addition to GPSIs and nurses, who can play a role in service redesign. Ingrid Torjesen presents profiles of the different PBC players to help you put together the perfect hand.
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Seven steps for successful data mining
24 Sep 08
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What now after the Darzi review?
26 Sep 08
