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To Vape or not to Vape? DAUK’s Ellen Welch in Mail Plus

Last week, Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced that England could become the first country to prescribe e-cigarettes, as updated guidance from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) encourages vaping manufacturers to license their products as medicines. The NHS has endorsed vaping devices for some time to entice smokers…

#MaskUp says Dr Louise Hyde from DAUK’s GP team

Covid-19 has caused chaos for me over the past month, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. I’ve got children in primary school, work as a GP - and yes, I do see most of my patients face-to-face - and I’ve had to leave my safe little corner of…

DAUK’s Dr Ellen Welch writes in Mail Plus on the covid vaccination in pregnancy

Figures released by NHS England last week showed that one in six intensive-care patients is an unvaccinated pregnant woman – highlighting the bleak consequences of not getting jabbed. I’m a GP, and at the height of the second wave of the pandemic, I had the Covid-19 vaccine at 29 weeks pregnant. But…

DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl tells Mail Plus readers why they need to get vaccinated

Last Friday, 825 patients out of 3,480 patients who were in intensive care beds in England had COVID. It’s a stark warning. The latest figures show the majority of admissions – 75 per cent – are unvaccinated. I signed up to the NHS to serve the public - and the…

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