Two challenges in primary care: Lynch syndrome and pelvic inflammatory disease

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Grab your trainers, your dog lead, or a cuppa and join us for some free CPD as we have another relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom.  In the second of two episodes this month, Ali and Nik discuss: 

• Lynch syndrome: what’s the role of primary care? How can people access testing, and what support and surveillance can be offered? 
• Diagnosing pelvic inflammatory disease: a challenge in general practice. We consider how we can approach making a diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease in general practice. This is important because it has significant sequelae, including subfertility and chronic pelvic pain. 

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Lynch syndrome: what does it mean for general practice?  

Molecular testing strategies for Lynch syndrome in people with colorectal cancer (NICE DG27, 2017). 

NICE guidance on testing for Lynch syndrome in colorectal cancer (NICE NG151, 2020) 

NHS England: Implementing Lynch syndrome testing and surveillance pathways handbook v.1.2. 

Guidelines for the management of hereditary colorectal cancer from the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG)/Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI)/United Kingdom Cancer Genetics Group (UKCGG) 

The Royal Marsden: A beginner’s guide to Lynch syndrome 

Diagnosing pelvic inflammatory disease: a challenge in general practice  

BASHH guidelines on the diagnosis and management of PID (UK national guideline for the management of pelvic inflammatory disease, 2018 – updated 2019) 

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