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HCRG Care Group to take over Operose and 60 GP practices
Dec 6, 2023 · HCRG Care Group – formerly known as Virgin Care – has agreed to buy Operose Health, which runs nearly 60 NHS GP practices across the UK. Pulse reported in August that US medical giant Centene, trading in the UK as Operose Health, was looking to sell its nearly 60 GP practices, as part of a move to exit the UK health market.. HCRG Care Group has confirmed to Pulse that it has agreed with ...
Number of GP vacancies advertised almost halves in a year
Nov 27, 2023 · Exclusive There has been a 44% reduction in the number of GP vacancies advertised since November 2022, a Pulse survey of 612 GP partners has revealed.. Pulse has reported in recent months that requests for GP locums within primary care settings ‘have reduced since the summer’ with ‘various new ARRS roles coming to the forefront at surgeries’, and locums have been asked to consider ...
Ten top tips - 24 hour ECGs - Pulse Today
Sep 18, 2017 · 9. Consider pacemaker implantation in patients with heart block or sinus pauses . The findings of Mobitz II AV block, 2:1 AV block and third-degree AV block are likely to represent significant conduction disease and you should refer these patients urgently for evaluation for pacemaker implantation, even if asymptomic. 10 Prophylactic pacemaker implantation in this group is of prognostic benefit.
New UK health security body replaces PHE - Pulse Today
Oct 1, 2021 · The new UK-wide public health and disease security organisation, which replaces Public Health England (PHE), has launched today. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) brings together PHE, NHS Test and Trace and the Joint Biosecurity Centre to protect the population from future health threats, as well as continuing to tackle Covid-19.
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What GPs need to know about NICE’s vitamin B12 deficiency …
May 30, 2024 · GP Dr Ed Pooley summarises NICE’s new guidance on vitamin B12 deficiency in over 16s. Vitamin B12 is an essential water-soluble vitamin required for metabolism, DNA synthesis, nerve cell functioning and maturation of erythrocytes.
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