TY - JOUR T1 - Vitamin D testing: three important issues JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 124 LP - 124 DO - 10.3399/bjgp14X677400 VL - 64 IS - 620 AU - Katy Gardner AU - Stephen Zhao Y1 - 2014/03/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/64/620/124.1.abstract N2 - In Liverpool we are auditing vitamin D testing and prescribing in primary care, following guidelines issued to GPs in early 2012 to encourage evidenced based testing and prescribing.1 Our data indicates that some GPs are testing in an increasingly non-targeted way. GPs in Liverpool ordered over £100 000 worth of vitamin D tests in 2012, over 10 times the amount spent in 2007. Though more people were identified as deficient, the … ER -