While seeing the advanced GPN role as distinctly different to acute ANPs within our practice, I also needed to consider symptoms and conditions which perhaps link to or commonly present in GPN appointments where we can offer value and reduce workload within the team. Hypothyroidism is in my mind one of these and yet I needed some clarity around diagnosis which Margaret Perry’s excellent and comprehensive article has provided.

The medication landscape for type 2 diabetes has changed dramatically over the last year and I needed some confirmation around where older medications such as gliclazide still had a place. Susan Camphor clearly sets out clinical scenarios where gliclazide still fits, but also situations to avoid