Find out about our recent news and a selection of clinical alerts below.

TMLEP Member, Justin Stebbing and his team research Baricitinib as a potential treatment for 2019-nCoV.

TMLEP would like to highlight the importance of identifying patients at risk of falls and then managing their time in hospital accordingly.

TMLEP would like to highlight the importance of recognising red flags of Crohn’s disease, following through with investigations and correctly reviewing tests. Signs of Crohn’s disease must not be ignored, and unexpected results should cause clinicians to consider re-testing or alternate investigations.

TMLEP would like to highlight how important it is to consider each patient individually and assess the potential risks in light of the individual’s clinical presentation, age, gender and other clinical factors such as test results.

TMLEP would like to highlight the importance of gaining fully informed consent, whereby the patient is informed of material risks, alternative treatments and the risks of benefits of any alternative risks.

TMLEP would like to highlight the importance of taking a full, relevant history and carrying out full examinations of eye injuries including appropriate imaging, when history suggests an impact with high-speed or high-impact projectiles.

TMLEP would like to highlight the importance of taking appropriate medical histories and carrying out assessments, looking for red-flag symptoms, to rule out differential diagnoses.

TMLEP would like to highlight the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) 2014 transition report and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) 2016 guidelines which considered the issue of transition.

TMLEP would like to highlight the importance of recognising red flags and triggers in pregnant patients and undertaking investigations either themselves, or referring the patient to an obstetrician to investigate further.