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Managing vertigo in general practice

. Disruptions in the central nervous system (15%), namely the brain stem, or psychological or psychiatric conflicts (10%), as well as cardiovascular, visual, proprioceptive and other systemic conditions can cause ... themselves. 1. Aetiology In about 40% of vertigo, the problem lies in the peripheral vestibular system ...

Appointment Systems - GPs' call-backs solve DNA problems

workload? Partner Dr Kam Singh explains: 'Under our old system, we wasted a dozen or more appointments ... love the system and the GPs can make more time for themselves. 'That is translating into lower costs ... . 'They found none who didn't like the new system,' Dr Singh says. Nationally more than 40 practices ...

Expert Opinion: Skin cancer and the two-week wait referral

Is the two-week wait referral system improving diagnosis rates in skin cancer?...-week wait referral (2WW) system in England and Wales was to reduce waiting times for specialist consultation ... than 95% of all skin cancers. The 2WW system in dermatology was designed to improve outcomes ... patients at medical school or soon after qualifying as a GP, so 2WW is an excellent system for allowing ...

Telehealth - The impact and success of telehealth

Two GP viewpoints on deploying telehealth systems from Dr Raza Toosy and Dr Saeed Chaudhary...of patient care, the system fails when patients do not engage or are unwilling to change, despite help from ... -fifth of patients on a caseload were provided with a Tunstall telehealth system. Over a 12-month period ... to work at the practice nurse level, with systems in place to support nurses taking on the challenge ...

QOF could cut antipsychotic use for dementia patients

Study suggests scoring system could limit inappropriate use of antipsychotics for dementia patients.

Rapid steroid dose cuts admissions for asthma

Hospital admissions for asthma can be reduced by providing systemic corticosteroid treatment within.... Systemic corticosteroids were given within 75 minutes in 50% of cases, and there were delays in 33% of cases. In 17% of cases, children failed to receive any systemic corticosteroid treatment. Early administration of systemic corticosteroids reduced the odds of children being admitted to hospital by 40%. Dr ...

Cancer calculator helps GPs spot disease at early stage

A tool to predict patients' risk of cancer could be integrated into GP computer systems to improve...patients. It could also be integrated into GP computer systems to generate a list of high-risk patients ...

Chris Lancelot - GPs suffer the overarching failure of NHS management

their best to help the patients while being obstructed by managers with their imposed, dysfunctional systems....their systems to make them cost-effective and fit for purpose. Instead, they expect others to adopt time-consuming workarounds. Take Choose and Book: a new system which often didn't fit properly on existing hospital ... . It was introduced piecemeal. It constantly changed its nature - always unhelpful when bedding in new systems ...

New APMS deals could drive GPs from GMS contracts

transform the NHS into a US-style system, GP leaders fear....that incentivise integration would move the NHS towards a US system with large commercial companies taking control ...

Mary Selby - Take away the layers and we believe anything

Last week, I told Mrs Anxious that snot is a sign of good health and a robust immune system and she

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