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Reducing vitamin D requests in a primary care cohort: a quality improvement study

Veena Patel, Clare Gillies, Prashanth Patel, Timothy Davies, Sajeda Hansdot, Virginia Lee, Mayur Lakhani, Kamlesh Khunti and Pankaj Gupta
BJGP Open 2020; 4 (5): bjgpopen20X101090. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101090
Veena Patel
1Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
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Clare Gillies
2Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
3Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
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Prashanth Patel
2Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
4Department of Metabolic Medicine and Chemical Pathology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
5NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
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Timothy Davies
4Department of Metabolic Medicine and Chemical Pathology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
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Sajeda Hansdot
2Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
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Virginia Lee
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Kamlesh Khunti
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Pankaj Gupta
2Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
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5NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
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Veena Patel, Clare Gillies, Prashanth Patel, Timothy Davies, Sajeda Hansdot, Virginia Lee, Mayur Lakhani, Kamlesh Khunti, Pankaj Gupta
BJGP Open 2020; 4 (5): bjgpopen20X101090. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101090

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Veena Patel, Clare Gillies, Prashanth Patel, Timothy Davies, Sajeda Hansdot, Virginia Lee, Mayur Lakhani, Kamlesh Khunti, Pankaj Gupta
BJGP Open 2020; 4 (5): bjgpopen20X101090. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101090
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