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GPs under prescribe gluten-free (GF) foods for patients with coeliac disease and do not follow national prescribing guidelines, according to a Scottish study.
The study is the first to look at the quantities of GF food prescribed by GPs and compare them with the monthly allowance recommended in prescribing guidelines by Coeliac UK Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology and the British Dietetic Association. From April 2010 to March 2011, researchers evaluated retrospectively the GP electronic medical records of patients registered at 16 GP practices in the west of Scotland.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/20002998.article#.UZnxk7W2aSo
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The study is the first to look at the quantities of GF food prescribed by GPs and compare them with the monthly allowance recommended in prescribing guidelines by Coeliac UK Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology and the British Dietetic Association. From April 2010 to March 2011, researchers evaluated retrospectively the GP electronic medical records of patients registered at 16 GP practices in the west of Scotland.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/20002998.article#.UZnxk7W2aSo
(free registration)