Despite policy pressure on GPs to offer consultations by email or internet video programmes such as Skype, few GPs do and most have no plans to introduce them in future, according to a new study.
May 24, 2016
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General Practice funding systems in Scotland are "part of the problem" of health inequality, and do not match clinical need in deprived areas where multi-morbidity is highest.
Dec 1, 2015
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Newly-qualified GPs could be better prepared for practice by increasing the variety and duration of their training programme, according to research being published in the April 2015 issue of the British Journal of General ...
Mar 30, 2015
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A software tool meant to help reduce emergency hospital admissions is of limited use and benefit to patients, a new study of family doctors' views and experiences has revealed.
Nov 16, 2021
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Optimizing health before pregnancy can improve health outcomes for both the mother and newborn baby.
Nov 25, 2022
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The soft thud as once every few years a cervical screening invite lands on the doormat.
May 18, 2021
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Using the full pseudonymised GP records of 57.9 million patients in England, researchers at Oxford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have found that formally recorded diagnoses of long COVID ...
Jun 30, 2021
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According to a seven year study led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London, involving more than 3 million people, only 8% of those at greater risk of heart disease who would benefit from taking statins, were prescribed ...
Jun 14, 2021
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A commonly used questionnaire adopted by GPs to monitor the treatment of depression does not provide any immediate benefits to patients, a new study has found.
Mar 27, 2024
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Expecting GPs to use medical records to identify individual patients who are most vulnerable to cold weather is unrealistic, according to a study by researchers at the University of Bristol, UCL and the University of Birmingham.
Jan 31, 2018
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