This article outlines the rights and responsibilities of employees and employers with regards to the provision of personal health information within employment, and how medical practitioners can assist in advocating for their patient.

Despite statins being so commonly used, little is known about the ‘real-world’ information needs of consumers using statins.

This paper provides an overview of data linkage and its relevance to general practice physicians.

The aim of this article is to address the preferences of young people with a chronic illness in dealing with doctors. It also covers ways in which GPs might frame chronic illness management to young patients and their families to optimise care.

Adolescents with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy should be regularly reviewed in a paediatric cardiology department; however, general practitioners should understand the diagnostic and treatment principles for this condition.