TY - JOUR T1 - The GP’s role in improving the uptake of healthy start vitamins JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 407 LP - 407 DO - 10.3399/bjgp12X653525 VL - 62 IS - 601 AU - Angela Lucas-Herald AU - Katherine Grosset AU - Morag Robertson AU - Syed Faisal Ahmed Y1 - 2012/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/62/601/407.1.abstract N2 - We were interested to read the editorial by Saxena et al.1 We agree that GPs are in an ideal position to support expectant mothers through their pregnancy and the postnatal period. An important aspect of any GP’s role is of course health promotion and recently efforts have been made by local health authorities to encourage expectant mothers to consider vitamin D supplementation.Symptomatic cases of vitamin D deficiency are on the rise in … ER -