Respiratory physician Lutz Beckert considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, including the prevention of COPD, the importance of smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation, and the lifesaving potential of addressing treatable traits. He also discusses the logic of inhaler therapy, moving from single therapy to dual and triple therapy when indicated, as well as other aspects of management
Not-for-profit general practice is exactly that
Wednesday 13 October 2021, 01:15 AM

Not-for-profit providers find the funding is weighted against them
The wrongs of primary healthcare funding must be corrected – if only for the sake of practices bearing a massive workload of high-needs patient care, writes Ian Powell
The negotiation process that regularly updates terms and conditions for general practice funding barely works for privately owned practices. It works
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