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The article presents several studies on women's health in Great Britain. It includes a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial to examine the effect of metformin on fat distribution and metabolic syndrome in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome, a randomized study of thromboprophylaxis in women with unexplained consecutive miscarriages, and the relation between hormone replacement therapy and coronary heart disease.

The article presents several papers related to diabetes in Great Britain. Included are "Assessing Glycaemia in Diabetes using Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose (SBMG) and HbA JAMA 2006:295:1688-1697." Another paper presented is the "Type2 diabetes does not increase risk of depression. CMAJ 2006;175:42-46" a population based cohort study that involves almost 90,000 people carried out in Canada. Lastly is the paper "Space-time clustering analysis of Type1 diabetes among 0-29 years old in Yorkshire."

The article comments on several research papers about sexual health and reproductive health in Great Britain. The papers include the use of contraception outside the terms of the product license, reasons why women stops talking about sexual health with their general practitioners, use of intrauterine contraceptive device and the prevalence of female commercial sex contacts among men.

Focuses on the preparation for the written MRCGP examination of the general practitioners in Great Britain. Knowledge on the basics of the hierarchy of papers; Explanation of differential diagnosis to patients; Medical ethics including beneficence, confidentiality and equity.

The article presents various studies related to urology in Great Britain. These include the comparison between self-management techniques and medical management of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), the dietary modifications of patients with renal stones and the chance of finding significant pathology in haematuria patients. The article also presents the methods, results and conclusions of the studies conducted. Moreover, it offers advice to patients on how to handle such diseases.

The article discusses issues related to the plan of extending health care services for patients who need to visit outside regular hours in Great Britain. The question arises whether general practitioners are expected to work all hours of the day and night and whether the government can afford to fund the plan. Robbie Coull, a locum, says providing extended hours is not in the business interests of general practitioners.

Features three general practitioners in Great Britain and their views on dealing with a psychotic patient. Penny Reid; Linden Ruckert; Andrew Wordsworth.

The article reports on doubts expressed by General Practice Committee negotiators regarding the ability of the government to bring in flagship elements of its Our Health, Our Care, Our Say White Paper, in Great Britain. The paper included proposals to extend surgery opening hours and allow patients to register near their workplace instead of home.

The article focuses on the competition between general practitioners (GP) and private companies to provide more and better services in Great Britain. Significantly, new health providers and GP practices will have more incentives to serve a wider area and take on hospital work. The "Our Health, Our Care, Our Say" White Paper unilaterally changed the contracts by forcing GP practices to be either opened or closed. Health experts talked about the significance as well as the implications of the implementation of the White Paper.

The article discusses the annual cancer diagnosis rates conducted by general practitioners which shows the number of cancer referrals made via the urgent two-week wait pathway correlated with the number of cancer diagnoses in Great Britain.

The article focuses on the Choose and Book, a national electronic booking service in Great Britain. The National Health Service employs people to upload paper refferals to increase performance against the booking service. The system is seen as an aid for Primary Care Trusts to close in on its aim of a 90 percent of outpatient referrals and all patients are treated within 48 hours.

The article reports that general practitioners and immunization experts have dismissed allegations that medical practices massaged records to boost pay. The periodical claimed that children were recorded as having received up to 60% more vaccine than they normally would. The British Department of Health took the allegations by the "Sun" newspaper seriously, but declared that there has been no evidence to support the paper's claims.

The article reports that hospitals in Great Britain are returning paper referrals to practices if they cannot offer patients an appointment within the government's 13-week waiting time target. The block on manual referrals comes in addition to choose and book restrictions which are stopping general practitioners who are referring patients to popular hospitals if they have longer waits.

The article offers idea in getting a passing mark on the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) written paper of Great Britain. The author conveys that in every question there are usually five constructs with a total of 25 marks available. Read each questions and write a detailed answer that addresses all the constructs and show justification in every question that requires decisions. Get all the 12 questions and a merit mark can be gained, the author added.

The article presents various aspects of the government's White Paper scheme in Great Britain. New measures have been initiated to widen health and well-being of patients. The government will set up demonstration sites to explore ways of transferring health care from hospitals to the community. A new generation of community hospitals will be established to provide medical services. Health officials will consider new targets for primary care trusts for moving funding from secondary to primary care and from treatment to prevention. Patients will have the right to see service and performance data on physician practices in support of their right to a choice of practice.

The article provides tips on how to prepare for the examination for Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). It is important to visit the RCGP website to study the exam regulations, syllabus and questions and answers from previous papers. Some source materials which can be beneficial to general practitioners are the Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network, Bandolier and the Cochrane Library of systematic reviews.

The article reports on the plans of the ministers to abolish general practitioners' (GP)practice boundaries in a move designed to improve services and access by forcing GPs to compete for patients in Great Britain. The scheme is at the top of the government's wish-list as it starts to draft the White Paper on community health services.

Reports on the improvement and sophistication of the Department of Heath's consultation into the primary care White Paper in Great Britain.

The article focuses on the British government's public health white paper. Reading the 207-page document, general practitioners (GPs) are only mentioned 23 times, mainly in supporting tables or case studies. In the chapter 'Making it Happen' they are not mentioned at all. But statistics reveal the government's deceit. Some 76 per cent of patients cite GPs as their main source of health information. Next highest is pharmacists at 26 per cent. GP and practice staff consultations total 1.2 million each day. day. The rest of the National Health Service accounts for one third of that.

Reports on the conduct of a review by the government's Committee on Safety for controversial paper that claimed to find link between MMR and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Reports on the debate over a contract for general practitioners' practice in Great Britain. Perception of nurses on the contract; Dissemination of ballot papers for the contract. INSET: Pulse swingometer: what could sway the vote.

The article presents a study which shows the comparison of mood between the people who quit smoking and people who did not quit smoking in Great Britain which include depression, anxiety and stress.

The article reports on a British government-commissioned study on the importance of mildly irregular liver function test (LFT) results, which shows that 5% of patients with unusual LFTs have a hepatocellular disease.

Several letters to the editor are presented including the move of the British government to general practitioners (GP) commissioning, a physician's lack of desire to be a commissioner, and why political parties are desperate for GP to take commissioning.

The article discusses about the needed reform for the National Health Service in Great Britain. The author concerns about the attempt planned to improve health care and spending in under-resource and deprived areas. This attempt will be made to produce some joined-up thinking on social and health care. Logical diagnostic services and minor procedures implemented are expected to be done by the use of revolutionary idea of a community hospital.

The article discusses the results of the study, which analyzes high admission rates of chronic diseases in the hospitals of Great Britain. It was found that high admission for chronic diseases were linked to deprivation and not to the quality of general practitioner (GP) care. According to study leader physician Sonia Saxena, different populations have different health needs and it is not about the quality of the GP care.

Reports on the determination of British Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt to scrap the 48 hour access of patients to primary care. Admission on the distortion and frustration caused by the rule; Choices given to the patients under a new proposed system led by the National Health Service; Stand of physicians about the implication of allowing patients to choose between practices.

Discusses the paperwork needed for Great Britain general practitioners who opt in to enhanced services before claiming payments. Complaints of low pay and excessive bureaucracy of the system.

Presents the facts and key references on smoking and health benefits of smoking cessation in Great Britain. Type of questions; Combination of clinical skills, ethical reasoning, consultation skills and knowledge on the structural changes within the National Health Service; Source of information in the Web site.

The article offers advice on the written examination paper by the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) in Great Britain. The paper consists of 12 examiner-marked questions that tests the candidate's abilities in several broad areas in medicine. The author recommends the reading of medical journals and familiarizing main issues discussed in the editorials, and looking at the MRCGP website for useful comments by examiners in previous examinations.

Reports on a British Medical Association paper that proposes to limit patients to a number of free consultation with general practitioners (GP) in Great Britain. Proposal to cut GP workload; Proposal to sanction patients who repeatedly misuse GP services; GP Judith Langfield's reason for drafting the paper.

The article reports on the views of the author that she has no desire to see copaymentsas part of any proposed solution in relation to problems of general practice. The Local Medical Committees conference in May 2017 had passed a resolution instructing the GPC to producea discussion paper on the issue of alternative funding options for the general practice including co-payments.

The article reports on the action plan established by the Dispensing Doctors' Association for responding to the proposals outlined in the pharmacy white paper of the British Government. An evaluation made by the Department of Health warned that over 700 dispensing practice situated less than 1 kilometer from the nearest pharmacy would lose their dispensing rights under its plans. General practitioners (GP) are urged to engage with the regional press and attend white paper listening events.

The article reports on the plans of the Great Britain Department of Health (DH) for the pharmacy white paper and its impact on the dispensing rights of the general practitioners (GPs). The white paper sets out options including to stop dispensing medications, and to let Primary Care Trust (PCT) to conduct needs assessment to decide which practices would be allowed for dispense. DH analysis reveals more than 700 practices could face losing their dispensing rights under white paper plans.

The article reflects on the impact of pharmacy white paper in Great Britain. The author mentions that because of such paper, the reputation of the pharmaceutical industry was applauded by the Department of Health (DOH) because some services which were once offered by general practitioners (GP) could now be available in local branch of Boots including chronic disease management, public health, and immunisations.

The article reports on the launch of a policy paper by the British National Health Service (NHS) employers, which warns new doctors that there were no guarantees of becoming a general practitioner (GP) principal. The paper claims that consultant and GP principal opportunities may not be available for all trained doctors. Moreover, an overview of the career ladder approach which the British Medical Association (BMA) refers to as a grave concerns over the plans, is offered.

The article analyzes the white paper "NHS Autonomy and Accountability" of the Conservative Party in Great Britain. The content of the paper is found to bear a resemblance to the policies of the administration. The study highlights general practitioners opening hours and asserts a commitment to practice-based commissioning. Most importantly, the paper encloses a key Labour Party principle in law. This law refers to the funding of the National Health Service (NHS) through general taxation.

The article reports that the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) advises GPs to set down Choose and Book if they are not paid for it. This recommends for reversion to the traditional paper referrals. For this reason, hospitals in Great Britain are operating for a mandatory Choose and Book referral policy and rejecting paper referrals. It has been stressed that primary care trusts (PCTs) had no legal basis to insist on electronic referrals.

The article reports on the result of the study conducted on general practitioners regarding electronic patient referrals in Great Britain. The study found out that 16% of electronic referrals recorded the size of lesions, another 44% on the concerns on malignancy compared to the 39% and 67% of paper referrals. It suggested that electronic referrals contain less detailed information on the condition of patients compared to paper referrals.

The article reports that the sliding scale standard for proof fitness-to-practice which is reflected on the government's white paper will be adopted by all local governments in Great Britain, except for Scotland. Local administrations will develop their own similar proposals with few changes. Dr. Brian Dunn of GPC Northern Ireland expects that the white paper will have a similar impact as in England.

The article reports that the medicolegal experts criticized the regulation white paper on its sliding scale standard of proof for judging fitness-to-practice among general practitioners in Great Britain. The regulation white paper proposed a scope to try doctors at different levels of proof based on the severity of the charge. In his statement, chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson said that the document proposes a civil standard and not a criminal standard of beyond unreasonable doubt.

The article reports on the White Paper's new plan in shifting at least 5 percent of hospital resources into primary care in Great Britain. The strategy relies on a series of innovations which have already seen action in the NHS, including GP with special interests, community matrons and a new breed of high-technology community hospitals. Primary care experts insist the White Paper offers real opportunities for GP, with the potential for a new career paths and an influx of specialist equipment. INSETS: PCTs hailed as GPSI trailblazers;Assessment unit to back up matrons.

The article focuses on the decision of the government to give incentives to general practitioners in an effort to spur competition as well as to improve patient access in Great Britain. The White Paper will expand the practice allowance and would only be paid to practices with open lists and those offering extended hours. Significantly, the new focus on access will be aimed at areas with little doctors in service and primary care trusts (PCTs) with poor provisions being aided to commission additional practices as a priority. Finally, the White Paper also calls on PCTs to prioritize expanding practices when allocating capital funding.

The article reports that the forthcoming Community Health White Paper will propose a major increase in mobile diagnostic facilities in Great Britain. According to Department of Health secretary Patricia Hewitt, the move will increase the capacity and reduce hospital waiting times. The paper will also recommend an increase in the number of private providers of primary care in order to improve access in areas with general practitioner shortages.

The article reports that Great Britain National Health Service health trainers -- the flagship proposal in the Great Britain Government's public health White Paper -- will have no long-term benefits on exercise and weight loss. General practitioners referral to exercise schemes is a waste of time and not supported by the evidence, the leader of a new trial concludes. Research leader Roger Harrison, senior research fellow at the evidence for population health unit, University of Manchester, has said that in the White Paper they go on about health trainers, but they are unlikely to have any benefit.

The article reports that the British government has ordered general practitioners (GPs) to put greater emphasis on getting patients back to work as part of a crackdown on the sick note culture. The Choosing Health White Paper criticised GPs for inadvertendy reinforcing a view that patients who are signed off work should not go back until they are fully recovered. Health professionals needed to start from the point of view that getting people back to work is likely to benefit their long term health. Return to work must be seen as the norm, the paper stated.

Reports on the necessity for general practitioners to record school attendance patterns and other social exclusion indicators for children register with their practice under Government plans for the result of child protection services in Great Britain. Launch of the green paper 'Every Child Matters'; Significant provision of the green paper; Aim of the proposals included in the green paper.

The article reports on the response of the British Medical Association (BMA) to the British Government's white paper which supports the principle of general practitioner commissioning in 2010.

The article offers news briefs on medical care in Great Britain. A research in journal "The Lancet Oncology" is referred to discuss cancer survival rate relation to early referral by general practitioners (GPs). A report by independent body Academy of Medical Sciences on routine prescription of antivirals to care-home residents and potential abuse is discussed. A paper in quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal "Evidence-Based Mental Health" on app-based mental health intervention is discussed.

The author reflects on the complaints against general practitioners (GPs) in Great Britain. He states that in June 2007, the Department of Health launched a consultation paper, "Making Experiences Count," outlining a new approach to dealing with complaints in health and social care. He adds that a key component of the plan is to remove the Healthcare Commission's responsibility for dealing with appeals from individual complainants.