Between 2011 and 2019 tuberculosis cases in the UK were in decline, but started rising since 2019 with a dip in detections during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Early diagnosis is vital and GPs play a key role preventing, identifying and treating patients with TB.
Using case studies this course will increase your knowledge and skills in identifying patients with pulmonary and extrapulmonary symptoms. It also highlights risk factors, the importance of screening and contact tracing and the benefits and limitations of vaccination.
This course will enable you to develop strategies within your practice to improve the prevention, diagnosis and management of TB.
This course was developed in partnership with TB Alert and Public Health England, with partner funding provided by NHS England.
