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
‘If you don’t like it, lump it’: A meagre increase in funding is imposed despite poor rationale
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‘If you don’t like it, lump it’: A meagre increase in funding is imposed despite poor rationale
Thursday 25 May 2023, 09:51 AM

General practices are struggling with large increases in utilisation of consultations and no further funding to match this [Image: Stormseeker on Unsplash]
Unilateral decision-making by the funders will leave general practices in a dire situation, writes Angus Chambers
Parties to the main agreement by which general practice care is funded took a good look last November at the workings behind how much practices can an
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