Drug interactions for HIV+ patients
Specialist pharmacist advice
With the incredible advances of modern medicine, treatment of HIV has been revolutionised over the last 20 years. This brings new challenges as the HIV positive population is ageing and developing co-morbidities. These require additional medications on top of an antiretroviral (ARV) regimen.
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Top tips for managing patients with Parkinson’s
Spotting and managing Parkinson’s disease (PD) in primary care
The Movement Disorders Service at Charing Cross Hospital can support you in the diagnosis and management of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders.
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Psoriatic arthritis: advice and options
Psoriatic arthritis is a complex condition involving the skin, nails, peripheral and axial skeleton, entire digits (dactylitis) and entheses. It is estimated that psoriasis is prevalent in 2-3 per cent of the general population. One third of these patients will have an inflammatory arthritis and at least 20 per cent of people with psoriasis have severe psoriatic arthritis with progressive joint lesions.
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Transport updates: patients and pathology
All sites
An updates for GPs and practice staff regarding improvements to pathology sample transport and changes to patient transport arrangements.
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Children’s Ambulatory Unit change in opening hours
Hammersmith Hospital
The Children’s Ambulatory Unit (CAU) at Hammersmith Hospital will be changing its opening hours. From Monday 7 May 2012 the unit will be open to patients with referrals from GPs and walk-ins from 9am until 5pm Monday to Friday.
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Service profile: ophthalmology
We offer ophthalmology services at The Western Eye hospital (adults), Charing Cross hospital (adults) and St Mary’s hospital (paediatrics). The Western Eye has the only 24-hour eye casualty department in West London.
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COPD, ophthalmology, renal, diabetes and other expert web chats online now!
Keep updated in your own time
Our expert clinicians are available to answer your questions through our regular online web chats. If you weren't able to join our web chats live then you can browse the Q & As at your leisure.
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Managing referrals for antenatal
Essential booking information
We have centralised the maternity booking office for St Mary’s Hospital (SMH) and Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital (QCCH) to process all referral letters for both sites. Patient choice still applies, however, please note that we give precedence to women in the local area. At QCCH we also prioritise those at high risk, requiring input from specialist teams.
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Lunchtime and online education events: pain, stroke, gynae cancers, neonates and hypertension
All sites
A lunchtime session on pain management on Tuesday 12 June, kicks off a new education series at Charing Cross Hospital. Sessions on stroke, gynaecological cancers and hypertension continue our online expert web chats series this May.
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GP hotlines
All sites
Our GP hotline is there for you when you need it, helping GPs and practice staff to locate the service information and contacts they need within our Trust.
We’d also like to make GPs aware of our non-emergency advisory email line about neonatal medicine. Please let us know how useful you find this service and what other hotlines and access points we can put in place to help you.
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BNP analysis
Available at Charing Cross, Hammersmith and St Mary's hospitals
Our Cardiology team are pleased to report that the BNP service is now available to GPs across our sites. Cardiology teams at Charing Cross, Hammersmith and St Mary's Hospitals can all now accept referrals for all patients with heart failure suspected on the basis of their BNP result. You can also expect faster turnaround times.
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Calling all practice managers!
Are you a practice manager? Would you find an information session about accessing services at our hospitals useful? Then we would like to invite you to our first event aimed specifically at your needs. The session, staffed by a range of key service providers within the Trust, would allow you to access a range of useful information eg about referral mechanisms etc.
Please register your intererest – and give your suggestions for useful topics to cover – by getting in touch with Dr Clare Ross.
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