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Conferences and more your Digital Primary Care update 4.7.20
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Join Andy and Gandhi as they explore attending online conferences in our post COVID world including a sneak peek at our own: S1 FBUG SystmOne Online Summit: https://bit.ly/S1FBUG2020
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S1 FBUG SystmOne Online Summit: https://bit.ly/S1FBUG2020
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Today...
Exploring an issue from the news this week….
Controversy around RCGP comments that COVID19 is a lifestyle disease…
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/views/why...
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/rcgp...
Plus further details on the exciting up coming S1 FBUG online
The apology…
https://twitter.com/rcgp/status/12768...
The articles…
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/rcgp...
Event held in coop with sport england
Caused controversy around the term… Lifestyle disease
Promoting the event, the RCGP had said: ‘Covid-19 is a communicable virus but it is also a lifestyle disease. Obesity, diabetes and other lifestyle diseases are associated with poorer outcomes from infection.'
Caused controversy on twitter resulting in apology
RCGP virtual conference titled ‘Covid-19: A lifestyle disease and the vital role GPs have in beating it’
Most risk factors identified by PHE are NON-MODIFIABLE - BAME increases risk of death by 10-50%, male gender, certain types of employment where homeworking/distancing difficult.
DM & HTN may also be risk factors, and life style is a factor here, but the link to COVID outcomes becomes stretched.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/rcgp...
Event held in coop with sport england
Promoting the event, the RCGP had said: ‘Covid-19 is a communicable virus