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CQC – Jaws
November 15, 2013
So you think it`s safe to go back in the water? Once an inspection visit is over there is a temptation to relax, to let standards slip and stop trying…
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Drugs & Medicines
November 8, 2013
It`s a bit obvious, but what is the most vulnerable cost in primary care when cuts are in the air? In general practice it`s got to be medicines.  The total…
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Choices
November 8, 2013
The NHS Choices website has the following advice for people seeking online help and advice about NHS dentistry. – The NHS will not provide treatments such as teeth whitening, which…
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Wood for the Trees
November 1, 2013
There is so much going on in practice life right now, probably the most on-going changes  GPs have had to deal with since the inception of the NHS. The trees…
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How Root Canals Cause Cancer
November 1, 2013
I bet that heading got your attention, it certainly got mine. There is more and more in the `alternative` press about the ill effects of root treatment – including cancer. …
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RIP – The Idyllic Rural Practice?
October 28, 2013
I worked in a remote and rural area for a number of years, actually in a group of islands. One island GP practice had a grand total of 63 patients,…
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On Balance – The Scales of Evidence
October 28, 2013
There has, for a long time, been a known loose association between gum disease and heart disease that cannot be explained by the common risk factors. For quite a while…
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What`s your Favourite Filling?
October 18, 2013
Well mine is chocolate fondant, what`s yours? A very significant event occurred this month which is going to affect our choice of filling from now on. A thousand delegates from…
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