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GP latest news

Welcome to the latest news section for GPs

Our monthly newsletters are designed to keep primary care up to speed on recent developments within Leicester‘s Hospitals.

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• GP Newsletter for April 2013 [pdf / 3.97MB] April 2013 edition of latest news for GPs. Winter emergency pressures; Changes to Sunquest ICE requesting for GP path profiles; New Paediatric Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) Service; Reduction in patients who do not attend appointments; Raising awareness of Sudden Arrhythmic Death; New neurology clinic; Phlebotomy service for children - patient information leaflet; Additional Choose and Book services - sleep and pain management; GP Hotline Highlight Report; GP Events attended by UHL Staff; Forthcoming GP Educational Events; Dr Graham Fancourt's retirement; Consultant update - starters and leavers; GP Podcast - 'Fits, faints and funny turns' in children

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• GP Newsletter for March 2013 [pdf / 2.83MB] March 2013 edition of latest news for GPs. Roll out of Letters in ICE; Update on the UHL Emergency Care Pathway Programme; Vascular Mortality and Morbidity Rates; EMAS - Voluntary and Alternative Transport Methods; Re-Location of the Pain Management Service; Dr Robin Graham-Brown Retires; GP Hotline Highlight Report; GP Events attended by UHL Consultants; Forthcoming GP Educational Events; Consultant to Consultant Referral Protocol; Consultant update – starters and leavers; GP Podcast – organ donation

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• GP Newsletter for February 2013 [pdf / 1.98MB] February 2013 edition of latest news for GPs. Continued improvements to Leicester's maternity service; Roll out of outpatient letters in ICE; NHS Change Day 13.03.13; Brush heads in vials of cervical cytology samples; HIV testing prompt to exclude HIV sero-conversion illness; GP Hotline highlight report - January 2013; GP events attended by UHL Consultants; Forthcoming education events; Consultant update; GP podcast on Sudden Cardiac Death

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• GP Newsletter for January 2013 [pdf / 4.51MB] January 2013 edition of latest news for GPs. Welcome from our new Chief Executive; The UHL Emergency Care Pathway Programme; Developments and Future Plans for UHL's Main Operating Theatres; Haemoglobin Reporting; Using Patient's Correct Address when Ordering Pathology; GP Temperature Check; Immunology Sample Labelling; Reminder about Changes to our Phlebotomy Service for Children; Adult Continence Community Service; UHL's Strategic Direction; Upgrade to LRI Fracture Clinic; Changes to Adult Inpatient Discharge Summary and Stroke Summary on Ice; Lower GI Pathway and Referral Form; Updated HbA1c Guidance in diagnosing diabetes and identifying individuals at a high risk of diabetes; GP Hotline Highlight Report December 2012; GP Hotline Online; Admission avoidance; The Doctors' Dining Club; Consultant Update – Starters and Leavers; GP Podcast on Emergency Contraception; GP Education

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• GP Newsletter for December 2012 [pdf / 1.56MB] December 2012 edition of latest news for GPs. National dermatology clinical trial recruitment for Bullous Pemphigoid; Young cancer patients move to a new state-of-the-art unit; UHL's Strategic Direction; New adult continence community service; High D-Dimer results; Updated UHL address on letters and pathology reports; 'FAIR' for dementia care; GP temperature check survey; GP hotline highlight report; The Doctors' Dining Club; Consultant update; Podcast – pain management; Forthcoming educational events

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• GP Newsletter for November 2012 [pdf / 1.13MB] November 2012 edition of latest news for GPs. Changes to the children's phlebotomy service; The 5 Critical Safety Actions programme; GP temperature check survey; Update on ICE rollout; Bed Bureau pilot for general surgery patients; GP Hotline October highlight report; GP Hotline on line information; Details of the <48 and >48 hour admission avoidance / ambulatory clinics; The Doctors' Dining Club; Consultant staff update; Rheumatology podcast; GP education