Essential knowledge Update 2019.1

The first of three brand new EKU updates to be released this year, EKU2019.1 provides a summary of important new and changing knowledge on a variety of primary care topics encountered by general practitioners including:

• Chronic heart failure in adults: diagnosis and management
• Diagnosis and management of venous leg ulcers
• Hearing loss in adults: assessment and management
• New diagnosis of hyperthyroidism in primary care
• Rheumatoid arthritis in adults: management
• Generalised pruritis in adults without underlying dermatosis.

The  RCGP EKU Programme  offers a wealth of additional resources designed to help GPs keep up to date with the very latest changes in primary care.