A hole in the bucket? Exploring England’s retention rates of recently qualified GPs by William L. Palmer, Lucina Rolewicz, Victoria Tzortziou Brown, Giuliano Russo

“…Methods The study used aggregated, published administrative data to examine rates at which 14,302 doctors leaving their third year of specialty training (GP ST3s) became fully qualified GPs in NHS practices between 2018 and 2023. We separately analysed average levels of part-time working of those joining the NHS from 21,293 fully qualified joiners in England between 2017 and 2023. …”
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The legacy effect of early HbA1c control on microvascular complications and hospital admissions in type 2 diabetes: findings from a large UK study by Rami Aldafas, Yana Vinogradova, Thomas S. J. Crabtree, Jason Gordon, Iskandar Idris

“…Results: N  = 172,869 (mean age 62.6 ± 14.0 years, 54.6% female) were analysed. Average follow-up was 11.2 years. The risk of microvascular disease increased with higher HbA1c levels, the highest risk in the ⩾9.6% (⩾81 mmol/mol; hazard ratio (HR): 1.29, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.11–1.51) and the lowest in the <6.5% (<48.0 mmol/mol; HR: 0.94, 95% CI: 0.83–1.08). …”
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