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Weve just been thrown out of the car park at the examination hall, and it was the british council who threw us out and they said, its just not good to have you here. and they said its about the candidates privacy. but i wonder if its also to do with the fact that they know that nigeria is on the red list and theyjust dont want to be associated with the brain drain. 3 hours later, the candidates emerge into the nigerian sunshine. where do you want to go if you succeed? i want to go to the uk, uk....

New data has revealed that last year, 50 children aged under 11 from across the Oldham Borough were admitted to...

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Background: Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a significant health problem in Australia, and disproportionately affects rural Australians. Management of CHF in Australia is heavily centred around the general practitioner (GP). Australian and international literature indicates there is a gap between current and best practice in CHF management. There is little known about the non-pharmacological aspects of management, or CHF management in a rural Australian context. This study aimed to identify wh...

When the patient moves from one facility to another, the medical file will follow

Deprescribing aims to reduce polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use. Both General Practitioners (GPs) and older adults have expressed a willingness to consider deprescribing. However, deprescribing is often deferred in practice. The aim of this study was to identify factors which influence GP and older adult decisions about deprescribing in primary care. Semi-structured interviews were used in this qualitative study, conducted in a regional area in Australia. Participants included GPs and...

All of Dubai’s hospitals will be onboarded onto a single electronic medical file by the end of the year...

Professor Mike Holmes, of primary health care services provider Nimbuscare, says new services are being launched in the community to help people…

Greetings, and welcome to the European Alliance for Personalised Medicine (EAPM) update, writes EAPM Executive Director Dr. Denis Horgan. Lawmakers press Commission to make pharma strategy more pro-businessOn this topic, EAPM has published an academic article, Towards Better Pharmaceutical Provision in Europe — Who Decides the Future? which can be read here. The European Commission needs to […]

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