Cancer

Introduction
Among people born after 1960, 50% will be affected by cancer at some point in their lives.1 The UK, however, has relatively poor survival rates for cancer in comparison to other countries with well-developed health care ...

Inflammatory arthritis

Introduction
The inflammatory arthropathies affect both young and old and are immune modulated diseases. The three main conditions are rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) which also ...

Rheumatoid arthritis – a clinical update for practice nurses

Dr Gerry Morrow Editor, Clinical Knowledge Summaries; Medical & Product Director (Primary Care) Agilio Software. March 2022 INTRODUCTION
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease. RA ...

Chronic kidney disease: diagnosis and management

Dr Gerry Morrow MB ChB MRCGP Dip CBT Editor CKS; Medical & Product Director (Primary Care) Agilio Software. March 2022 INTRODUCTION
Chronic kidney disease is a complication of many of the conditions routinely managed ...

Autoimmune diseases Part 1: background and diagnosis

Content developed by Dr Gerry Morrow MB ChB, MRCGP, Dip CBT Medical Director Clarity Informatics and Editor, Clinical Knowledge Summaries INTRODUCTION
Autoimmune diseases are increasing in prevalence and ...

Autoimmune diseases Part 2: Disease modifying treatments and monitoring

Content developed by Dr Gerry Morrow MB ChB, MRCGP, Dip CBT Medical Director Clarity Informatics and Editor, Clinical Knowledge Summaries INTRODUCTION
In part 1, we described the signs and symptoms of, ...

Multimorbidity

INTRODUCTION Multimorbidity is an increasingly problematic issue for healthcare delivery and healthcare professionals. People with multimorbidity are more likely to attend, and to require health and social care assistance ...