Pandemic Flu Victims Face Gp Surgery Ban Disease Control: Official Advice Uk-Wide Guidance Warns Doctors to Close Their Doors to Infected Patients to Prevent Contagion

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DOCTORS could be forced to ban pandemic flu patients from their surgeries under new guidelines issued by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the British Medical Association (BMA).

The first UK-wide advice for GPs on infection control in the event of a major influenza outbreak outlines how larger practices might be expected to arrange dedicated teams to treat suspected cases, with separate "flu routes" to ensure they do not come into contact with other patients.

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Pandemic Flu Victims Face Gp Surgery Ban Disease Control: Official Advice Uk-Wide Guidance Warns Doctors to Close Their Doors to Infected Patients to Prevent Contagion

However, it advises that smaller practices, with only one entrance, might have to close their doors to flu patients and have notices indi...

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