Pulse Today

From recognising the clues of sleep apnoea; navigating dermatology in dark skin; and keeping up with contraception guidance, Pulse LIVE Glasgow will tackle clinical questions GPs face in everyday practice. Taking place on 29 September at Crowne Plaza Glasgow Hotel, the free event offers 4 CPD hours across a programme of practical, expert-led sessions. With

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Health professionals, including physician associates (PAs), have now enrolled for the UK’s first fast-track medical degree to retrain as doctors. King’s College London said that it has opened its Healthcare Entry Medicine (HEM) degree, a new ‘full-time, four-year accelerated programme’ which provides medical training for clinical professionals who have worked in the NHS for at

GP partner Dr Mateen Ellahi shares how going back to school to do an MBA in healthcare allowed him to innovate and improve his GP surgery I always wanted to be a GP. I became a partner straight after CCT’ing and a trainer within two years. I enjoyed both roles but slowly found myself coming

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The new episode of Pulse in Focus: The Podcast for GPs is now live and available on all podcast platforms. Senior journalist Maya Dhillon is joined by reporter Harry Hetherington to discuss the findings of Pulse’s survey which exclusively revealed that an estimated quarter of patient referrals are now returned as unsolicited advice and guidance (A&G) to

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Exclusive A hospital trust has said a message telling GPs it was unable to convert advice and guidance (A&G) requests to referrals had been sent ‘in error’. An email from a member of United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals Trust’s (ULTH) cardiology department to GPs said it had taken this step because it had ‘no secretaries’. The email

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