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Implementing the new joint NICE asthma guidelines - Pulse Today
Dec 12, 2024 · GP and respiratory expert Dr Andrew Whittamore outlines the key updates in new joint NICE/BTS/SIGN asthma guidelines and advises on how best to implement the changes. NICE has worked with BTS and SIGN to produce a unified guideline on asthma. 1 The guidance aims to modernise asthma management, in particular to support more accurate diagnosis and introduce more effective treatment regimens, to ...
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.
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.
Guidelines update: How to interpret and implement new NICE …
Nov 21, 2024 · GP with an interest in women’s health Dr Toni Hazell outlines the key updates to NICE menopause guidance and advises on how to interpret and implement the recommendations. The risks and benefits of HRT continue to be a hot topic, and this forms a key focus of the recent update to the NICE guidelines on menopause.. The guidance reminds us of the importance of shared decision making, and comes ...
The 2024/25 GP contract in England at a glance - Pulse Today
Feb 28, 2024 · We are summing up the main changes to the GP contract announced by NHS England today. An overall increase in investment of £259m taking overall contract investment to £1,186m – a 2.23% increase. This incorporates a 2% pay increase for GPs and staff, which may change based on the DDRB’s recommendations.
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.
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.
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).
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’.