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Last chance to value general practice

GPs have five days to back GP's Valuing General Practice campaign before it closes.

Shot honeymoon GP buried

The trainee GP shot dead in Antigua has been buried, with her husband, at the church where they married just a month ago.

Jab to 'cure' arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) could be cured by a single jab within five years, say UK researchers.

'Open practices on public holidays'

Scotland's heath department is being asked to consider encouraging GP surgeries to open on public holidays.

Pill use leads women to choose 'wrong' partner

Taking the contraceptive pill can lead a woman to choose the wrong partner, latest research suggests.

Nurses divided over all-graduate profession

Nurses remain divided over proposals for an all-graduate profession, an NMC consultation has found.

Charity campaigns against NICE kidney cancer ruling

The National Kidney Federation (NKF) is to launch a campaign against NICE's decision to rule out the use of four new drugs for kidney cancer.

RA patients 'as likely as type-2 diabetics to develop CVD'

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are as likely as patients with type-2 diabetes to develop CVD, according to Dutch research.

Government 'clawback' on pensions

GP pensions will not be uprated to take account of increases in average incomes between 2006 and 2008, the BMA has revealed.

GPC 'to consult on major contract change'

The GPC has warned the DoH that it will ask for the profession's opinion again if negotiations for 2009/10 involve major changes to the contract.
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