GP leaders have welcomed a £15m funding boost for general practice in Scotland, but called for more money to close an ...

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Differential diagnosis - Examine pictures of BCC, Bowen's disease, actinic keratosis and psoriasis Dr Nigel Stollery explains how to differentiate these similar-looking superficial skin lesions.

Unilateral hearing loss Unilateral hearing loss (UHL) or single-sided deafness (SSD) occurs when the hearing in one ear is within normal limits and the other ear has a hearing loss ranging from mild ...

Incidental ischaemic changes on MRI What to do when ischaemic brain changes are found. By Mr Timothy Biggs, Dr Sarah Pickering and Mr Mandar Jog.

Clinical pictures: Male genital problems Dr Philip Marazzi discusses some common male presentations.

Confidentiality: What can GPs tell family members? In the second of a series on the GMC's new confidentiality guidance, MDU medico-legal adviser Dr Sissy Frank looks at some common scenarios about ...

The basics - Assessing parotid swellings There are many possible causes of parotid swellings, from Sjogren's syndrome to either benign or malignant neoplasms, explain Mr Malcolm Buchanan, Dr Himat ...

Differential diagnoses: Keratinous conditions Dr Nigel Stollery compares four keratinous conditions and offers clues for their diagnosis including actinic keratosis, ichthyosis vulgaris, seborrhoeic ...

Blood tests in pregnancy - a GP guide Dr Eamonn Breslin and Dr Fatima Houghton set out the expected changes in blood biochemistry.

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Direct recruitment of GPs by practices may have slowed down following the 2025/26 GP contract deal despite substantial new investment, a sessional GP organisation has warned.