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Moving to an updated measure of obesity that goes beyond body mass index (BMI) could save the NHS time and money through avoiding misdiagnosis, UK researchers have concluded. Two separate studies have shown poor performance of BMI as an indicator of health across adults in the UK and internationally. It follows a Lancet Commission on

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Facing a prognosis of less than a year, Dr Grant Ingrams reflects on the realities of terminal cancer and the lessons he hopes fellow GPs will take from his experience 22 October 2025 started like any other Wednesday for me. The last meeting of the day was a video conference with an IT specialist in

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Social care will be commissioned around local neighbourhoods in parallel to neighbourhood health services, the Government has announced. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said today that social care will be organised around local neighbourhoods so that patients see the same carer more regularly and staff spend less time travelling. It said councils

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GPs have further reduced antibiotic prescribing, but ongoing rising antimicrobial resistance means more work is needed, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has concluded. National surveillance data shows a 10.7% fall in antibiotic prescribing between 2019 and 2025 from 17.8 to 15.9 defined daily doses per 1,000 inhabitants per day. Figures also show that antibiotic

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GP practices across the UK are reporting disruption to IT systems and referrals amid an ongoing global Microsoft outage. Practices have been notifying patients that the outage is causing issues in receiving and replying to emails, as well as delays in receiving and processing hospital correspondence and referrals. Online consultation and triage platform eConsult said

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