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Essential Knowledge Update 16: Oct 2015 (Reviewed Apr 2017)

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The sixteenth Essential Knowledge Update covers new and changing knowledge relevant to daily general practice, wherever you work in the UK. It consists of eight major items and twenty two briefings.

Please note: the topics highlighted in green were audited as current/applicable evidence or guidance up to 19th AprilĀ 2017:

  • Identification, Assessment & Management of Overweight & Obesity in Children, Young People & Adults
  • Pharmacological & Non-pharmacological Interventions for Somatoform Disorders & MUPS in Adults
  • Diagnosis & Management of Community & Hospital Acquired Pneumonia in Adults
  • Recognition, Diagnosis & Management of Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease in Children & Young People
  • Classification, Assessment, Prevalence, Effect & Treatment of Personality Disorder
  • Diagnosis & Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Adults
  • Management of Multiple Sclerosis in Primary & Secondary Care
  • Management of Osteoporosis & the Prevention of Fragility Fractures


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