Removing barriers for GPs to successful treatment of hypertension

Professor Gordon McInnes discusses the barriers for GPs to successful treatment of hypertension.

'We need to educate general practitioners that the benefits of reducing blood pressure are considerable and that they have drugs available today which are highly effective in lowering blood pressure. And we also need to convince them that these drugs are not associated with downsides which (make) lead to an overall disadvantage for the patient.'