Family Medicine Initiative

MAY 7, 2025

While I strive to write evidence-based but easy-to-understand articles, I believe the NNT is a research concept every GP should know. However, a 2020 analysis of 875 clinical trials showed that only 9% reported an NNT. What is the NNT? It’s the number of patients you need to treat to prevent one bad outcome. How to calculate it?

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GP Screening Family Medicine DO 130

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Should GPs actually be treated as the stars of medicine? GPs Are the Backbone of Effective Healthcare Systems Countries with a stronger focus on primary care and family medicine, rather than on hospitals and specialists, enjoy better health, 1 , 2 lower health inequalities, 2 , 3 and prevent hospitalizations. Here are the key results.

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Family Physician Family Families GP 130

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Adventures of a Sick Doctor Friday, 13 November 2020 Clarification The last line of my last blog was written purely for literary impact. at November 13, 2020 Email This BlogThis! I still sleep terribly. I'm going to talk about death. Not dying, just death, so that might make it a bit easier.

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GP Diagnose IT 100

BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

We sought to analyse how prescribing trends have changed over time, utilising a dataset containing all prescriptions signed and dispensed in the UK by primary care facilities from January 2014 to November 2020. Despite the spike in prescribing of insulins, oral antidiabetic medications were not similarly affected.

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Primary Care Supply Chain General Practitioner Vaccination 40