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Version: 2.1.6 | October 2024. An 80-year-old lady has persistent bilateral ache each side of her head for two months. She’s taken amlodipine 5mg for hypertension for years, with a history of migraine. She thinks her arthritis is playing up - she’s achy each morning and feels out of sorts. Her BP is 160/90.
New UK health security body replaces PHE - Pulse Today
Oct 1, 2021 · The new UK-wide public health and disease security organisation, which replaces Public Health England (PHE), has launched today. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) brings together PHE, NHS Test and Trace and the Joint Biosecurity Centre to protect the population from future health threats, as well as continuing to tackle Covid-19. The new ...
Corticosteroids and the Covid vaccine - Pulse Today
In this scenario, the steroid injection should be deferred by 2 weeks after the vaccine, to enable the patient to mount the best response to the Covid-19 vaccine. A third primary dose should be offered to anyone on: high dose corticosteroids (equivalent to ≥ 20mg prednisolone per day) for more than 10 days in the month before vaccination or.
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NICE publishes first-ever draft guideline on B12 deficiency
11 July 2023. GPs should offer patients a blood test for vitamin B12 deficiency if they have one symptom and at least one risk factor, NICE has said. The advice forms part of the first-ever draft guideline on B12 deficiency diagnosis and management, published today and open to a six-week consultation. It offers guidance on how to diagnose the ...
Ten top tips - 24 hour ECGs - Pulse Today
Sep 18, 2017 · Ten top tips – 24 hour ECGs. 18 September 2017. 1. Holter monitoring may be useful in assessing syncope as well as palpitations. Common indications for Holter monitor testing are the investigation of symptoms of palpitation, dizziness or loss of consciousness with a view to diagnosing tachy- or bradyarrhythmia.
A GP guide to allergy testing - Pulse Today
Mar 3, 2010 · A GP guide to allergy testing. 03 March 2010. Allergy GPSI Dr Adrian Morris rounds up what you need to know about common methods of allergy testing as well as a new recombinant method. A positive allergy test indicates sensitisation to an allergen but does not necessarily predict that a clinically relevant allergic reaction will occur.
HCRG Care Group to take over Operose and 60 GP practices
06 December 2023. HCRG Care Group – formerly known as Virgin Care – has agreed to buy Operose Health, which runs nearly 60 NHS GP practices across the UK. Pulse reported in August that US medical giant Centene, trading in the UK as Operose Health, was looking to sell its nearly 60 GP practices, as part of a move to exit the UK health market.
The 2024/25 GP contract in England at a glance - Pulse Today
Feb 28, 2024 · We are summing up the main changes to the GP contract announced by NHS England today. An overall increase in investment of £259m taking overall contract investment to £1,186m – a 2.23% increase. This incorporates a 2% pay increase for GPs and staff, which may change based on the DDRB’s recommendations.