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One in 10 posts in specialist mental health services are vacant, and Brexit could make future recruitment more difficult, the Mental Health Network has said.

The January 2018 issue of GM is out now, and all the articles from the print journal are also available to read online. View the complete list here.

Early warning systems have become part of regular and mainstream clinical practice in secondary care. There have been recent moves to attempt to utilise early warning scoring systems in the community to identify patients at risk of deteriorating and prioritise those requiring clinical review. There are numerous challenges to this approach, and this has been regularly discussed in the community setting about how best to consider its introduction and implementation.

As many hip fracture patients suffer with co-existing medical and social problems, good handover to primary care physicians facilitates good community care. This is part two of a two-part article.

Since early January, influenza hospital admission levels have risen by up to 50%. This outbreak has resulted in national updates in influenza plans. Annual influenza vaccination is still the best available method of protection against influenza, and is the primary strategy for disease control and prevention.

Leading osteoporosis experts have warned GPs and health professionals to exercise caution over recently issued guidance about the use of bisphosphonates.

A new study which suggested vitamin D and calcium supplements do not reduce the risk of bone fractures in healthy older people may cause confusion says leading academics and bone health experts.

Age is a major risk factor for developing age-related eye diseases. Disease processes like age-related macular degeneration, cataract, diabetic eye disease, glaucoma, dry eyes are common examples.

The realities of implementing alternatives to face-to-face GP consultations, such as telephone, email, online and video consultations, mean that hoped-for reductions in GP workload and increases in available appointments for patients might not be realised.

Patients could find that supplies of their medicines will be disrupted when the UK leaves the EU, a new briefing paper from the Brexit Health Alliance suggests.

Healthcare professionals should tell their patients that most sore throats do not need antibiotics.

People with suspected late AMD (wet active) should be referred to a macula service within one working day, NICE has said in new guidance.

The Scottish Medicines Consortium has published advice on four new medicines submitted for consideration for routine use by NHS Scotland.

Healthcare professionals should tell their patients that most sore throats do not need antibiotics, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and Public Health England have said. 

Epilepsy is associated with thickness and volume differences in the grey matter of several brain regions, according to new research led by UCL and the Keck School of Medicine of USC.