Tag: Primary Care
4 months ago
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Long Covid costs NHS up to £60m more a year in GP appointments, analysis reveals

Patients with a history of Covid-19 who are reporting relevant symptoms, without a formal long Covid diagnosis, are r...

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about 1 year ago
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NHS patients win 'David v Goliath' battle to stop private firm taking over village's GP surgery

Row over who runs Withnell Health Centre in Lancashire was highlighted by i earlier this month and is being seen as a...

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almost 2 years ago
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Improve care and tackle shortages with 'clean break' from NHS England funding model, GPs say

"Tightly controlled" budgets mean GP practices can spend money on a social prescriber or a pharmacist, but not on mor...

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almost 2 years ago
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Suspension of GP after requesting laptop ‘will put medics off general practice’, Royal College warns

Royal College of GPs said Dr Manjula Arora's case should never have got past General Medical Council's screening proc...

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about 2 years ago
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Blood suckers: private health firms prey on the worried well leaving the NHS to mop up

A growing number of firms are offering direct to consumer testing services - with foreign investors raising tens of m...

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over 2 years ago
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Middle-aged patients are most insistent on seeing their GP face-to-face, research shows

More 35-44 year olds want to decide whether to see their local doctor in person compared to those who want their GP t...

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over 2 years ago
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GPs and receptionists facing 'daily and relentless' abuse from public over remote appointments

'Patients are frustrated, understandably about waits and Covid precautions, but blame the hardworking staff that are ...

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over 2 years ago
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GP face-to-face appointments 'unlikely to return to pre-Covid levels', says senior medic

Professor Martin Mashall, chair of the Royal College of GPs, said patients will eventually get used to a new system o...

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over 2 years ago
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NHS England's top GP quits Twitter over its 'toxic and demoralising' atmosphere for doctors

Dr Nikki Kanani said the social media site has many benefits "but sometimes it’s impossible to really set out the cha...

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over 3 years ago
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GP surgeries defying Government over first dose Covid vaccine strategy

Move comes as the World Health Organisation said the second dose of the vaccine should only be delayed for up to six ...

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