News Bulletin
Pulse 7th October 2011
Speaking exclusively to Pulse at a Migrant Rights Network event, Dr Kambiz Boomla, Chair of Tower Hamlets LMC, said that GPs had a duty of care to migrants ...
GPs must 'use their discretion' to treat migrants
Quarterly News Bulletin
Professional Reading Resources
Practice Information Updates (September 2011)
- Newham EmisWeb - Sept 2011
- City & Hackney Flu recall info - Sept 2011
- Newham Flu recall info - Sept 2011
Awards
2011
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Shared Learning Awards 2011
Clinical Effectiveness Group (CEG) has emerged as a finalist in the NICE Shared Learning Awards for 2011.
Statins for Ischaemic heart disease: Excellence and equity.
"The East London Clinical Effectiveness Group has helped improve prescribing of generic simvastatin to people with ischaemic heart disease in three inner London PCTs, particularly in South Asian people. As a result, 4,000 extra patients are now on statins, resulting in 37 fewer heart attacks or deaths from this cause every year."
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2010
John Perry Prize 2010
Clinical Effectiveness Group (CEG) has been awarded the prestigious John Perry Prize 2010 for excellence in innovation in primary health care and computing from the Primary Health Care Group of the British Computer Society.
The CEG received £500 and a certificate. The history of this prize can be viewed here
2004
"Clinical Effectiveness Group wins national prize"
"Queen Mary's Clinical Effectiveness Group (CEG) recently won a national prize from a national guidelines journal, the Guidelines in Practice Awards 2004. The team won the award for implementing the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease for their East London Coronary Heart Disease Guidelines. "
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