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The Government is planning to ‘ease pressure on GPs’ by expanding the use of pharmacists’ clinical skills, the primary care minister has said. Stephen Kinnock said that ‘stronger collaboration’ between community pharmacy and general practice is ‘vital’ to the future success of the NHS, and that is the ‘direction of travel’ that the Government wants

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Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon Mr Kamran Saha answers key questions on the common eye problems that present to primary care in older patients. Complete the full module on Pulse 365 today. The module explores a range of conditions from acute red eye and sudden visual loss to the slow-burn conditions of macular degeneration, glaucoma and cataract,

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GP practices in one area have raised concerns they are offering diabetes care at a significant loss – with one practice claiming it now loses £150,000 a year providing the services. Practices in the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) ICB area have raised concerns about ‘difficult to deliver’ demands within a local enhanced service...

Pulse editor-in-chief Jaimie Kaffash hosted an on-stage interview with chair of the BMA’s GP committee in England Dr Katie Bramall at Pulse LIVE Birmingham on 10 June asking her what she wants from an overhauled GMS contract, about the next steps for collective action, and the future of the independent contractor model Jaimie Kaffash: Working

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A medical defence organisation has warned GPs using artificial intelligence (AI) that they risk becoming the ‘obvious target for a clinical negligence claim’ if the technology fails. The Medical Protection Society (MPS) said the Government should address this by changing the law to share responsibility more fairly to ‘developers, manufacturers and suppliers of AI tools’. An MPS ...