Danger warning following incorrect prescribing of high dose vitamin D patient prescribing requires regular monitoring for safety. A safety warning was issued after a patient was inadvertently given 20,000 units Colecalciferol twice daily instead...
Read moreTelling DVLA about a medical condition or disability You must tell DVLA if you have a driving licence and: you develop a ‘notifiable’ medical condition or disability a condition or disability has got worse since you got your licence Notifiable...
Read moreHealth Condition affects your driving safetyDrivingCheck if a health condition affects your drivingYou need to tell DVLA about some medical conditions as they can affect your driving. Telling DVLA about a medical condition or...
Read moreIn General practice we see tongue pain may be caused by a viral infection – such as an infection that causes hand, foot and mouth disease (Coxsackie virus). Another virus is the cold sore virus (caused by herpes simplex virus HSV). A sore or...
Read moreChickenpox Chickenpox is very common at the moment , see attached image taken with consent of chickenpox. Chickenpox is usually mild and common childhood illness. Most children catch chickenpox at some point. The stages of chickenpox are a rash...
Read moreRANITIDINE AWARE Some oral ranitidine products (tablets and liquids) have been recalled by the manufacturers. This recall warning was a purely as a precaution, because of possible contamination of ranitidine with an impurity called NDMA which is...
Read moreA research study published by The King’s Fund looks at medical training and workforce in the UK at a time when all the political parties have pledged to significantly increase the number of doctors and GPs general practitioners. A survey of...
Read moreColorectal cancer, one of the commonest cancers worldwide, was the third most frequent cancer among men and women in England IN 2016, accounting for 12% of all new cancer cases. Predominantly a disease of older people, with the highest incidence...
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