The new and first ever NICE Guidance for B12 deficiency - NICE guideline [NG239] - 'Vitamin B12 deficiency in over 16s: diagnosis and management’ landed with us on the 6th March 2024. Previously all we had was a NICE CKS summary. As a stakeholder I was able to add my...
Dr Tony Copperfield is a GP in Essex and his following blog was published on the 23 of July 2022 in Pulse Today. It follows a previous article titled: GP’s urged to screen asymptomatic patients on metformin for B12 deficiency
Nurse oneMy lovely mum is a retired District Nurse. Her job involved giving B12 injections to her patients at 3 monthly intervals. My grandma had a diagnosis of PA (pernicious anaemia) and mum would recognise when she was ready for her next injection. Mum had zero...
On the 1st of May 2019 I was interviewed by Steven Bruce of the Academy of Physical Medicine for a live 90 minute broadcast including questions from Academy members.
Steven described this as one of the most important and informative live broadcasts we have done, giving a wealth of information not covered in medical training, and exposing the shortcomings of the conventional response.
Jasper You may remember our beloved poster boy Jasper, passed away peacefully on the 23rd of May last year and that he did in fact become B12 deficient toward the end of his life. Remember, for us humans, there is no for 4 injections a year, your GP may not be aware...
If your treatment is being restricted or stopped altogether, hopefully there will be some help options for you here. The Letters.... There are letters being sent out to patients, some of whom have received B12 treatment for donkey's years, which announce that they...
Is your doctor allowing you to sink or swim? How are you feeling? Are your symptoms improving? Do you need more frequent B12 injections......? These questions are very rarely asked of B12 deficient patients regarding their treatment. Too many patients remain 'seen'...
The BBC came to the first day of the 2016 conference and as part of their report they needed to get a 'balanced' view of B12 deficiency so they interviewed a GP. This slide below shows the statement provided. As you can see, this GP from the RCGP (Royal College of...
If this advice were given by a garage we’d know they were kidding - but a similar instruction is given in the UK to too many B12 deficient patients regarding their treatment. NICE and BNF Guidelines advocate a maintenance dose for patients with neurological symptoms...
Jane Ellison, Public Health Minister and two advisors kindly spent time listening to the issues facing B12 deficient patients when I met her along with my own, very supportive MP, Nicky Morgan. I chose to petition Jane as her ministerial responsibilities include;...
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