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New NICE guidance clarifies HRT as 'first line treatment' for …
Nov 7, 2024 · NICE has therefore clarified the wording around this treatment, as ‘one of the key changes’ made in the final guidance. Dr Marie Anne Ledingham, a consultant clinical advisor at NICE, said they have ‘been very, very clear that CBT is an adjunct therapy, and the use of HRT does not preclude the use of CBT’.
The 12 clinical questions of Christmas: A not-very-academic …
Dec 15, 2023 · 4 Because cataplexy – a total loss of muscular control, which can lead to collapse, is a possible feature of narcolepsy. And this is typically triggered by excitement (anticipation of cracker), noise (the bang of the cracker), laughter (the joke in the cracker) and anger (the annoyance and getting the duff end of the cracker).
ICB reveals detailed plan for integrated neighbourhood teams for …
Oct 22, 2024 · Exclusive North West London (NWL) ICB has drawn up first-of-its-kind plans to introduce ‘integrated neighbourhood teams’ inspired by the Fuller Stocktake.. All NWL providers, including GP practices, are now ‘asked to put their plans in place’ to ‘enact the vision’ for integrated neighbourhood teams, according to a document presented to the board last week.
ARRS increases in line with Agenda for Change, NHS England …
Oct 3, 2024 · Increases to the reimbursable amounts for ARRS staff are in line with the 5.5% Agenda for Change pay increases announced earlier this year, NHS England has confirmed.. However, networks will need to find the money for these uplifts within their existing 2024/25 budgets, it added.
What GPC England wants from an overhauled GMS contract
Oct 10, 2024 · In an updated vision document, published this week, the GPCE has set out draft ‘heads of terms’ for this new-look contract – including more funding, more protection for practices and a commitment to return to a family doctor service.. The GPC wants negotiations to be finalised by the end of 2027, for the new contract to be implemented ‘by April 2028 at the latest’.
NHS England announces relaunch of anti-smoking pill varenicline
Nov 12, 2024 · NHS England will relaunch ‘improved’ anti-smoking pill varenicline after withdrawal of a branded version in 2021. Varenicline, previously available as Champix, will be offered by pharmacy and council-led stop smoking services in England and is expected to help over 85,000 people try to stop smoking each year.
NHSE plans phased rollout of tirzepatide for weight loss to avoid ...
Oct 4, 2024 · It also wants to raise the threshold BMI to 40 for the first two or three years of the phased rollout. According to NHS England calculations, around 2.8 million patients would be eligible for tirzepatide as the recommendations currently stood.
NHS England reveals more details of 'red tape challenge' to cut GP ...
Nov 21, 2024 · NHS England has revealed more details about the ‘red tape challenge’ launched by the Government to ‘cut down’ on bureaucracy, in a bid to free up GPs’ time.
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