Management
Child’s play
It’s hoped that collaborative healthcare projects involving multi-disciplinary teams will create higher standards of care for patients. Tim Martin speaks to key figures in Connecting keep reading
Year: 2016
Management
Hundreds of NI GPs sign undated resignation letters
Credit: This story was first seen on the BBC Hundreds of GPs in Northern Ireland have signed undated resignation letters to the NHS, meaning they keep reading
Management
GP crisis grows as number of family doctors falls
Credit: This story was first seen on the Press and Journal The number of family doctors in the north and north-east of Scotland has fallen keep reading
Health & Patient Care
Making general practice dementia friendly
Reports of significant national variations in dementia care suggest the challenge of transforming current approaches is proving difficult. Tim Martin investigates the efforts being made keep reading
Health & Patient Care
New service to push patients from GP to pharmacy
Credit: This story was first seen on the Grimsby Telegraph A new Minor Ailments Scheme has been established in North East Lincolnshire to provide local keep reading
Compliance
GP surgery with 10,000 patients ‘requires improvement’
Credit: This story was first seen on the Leicester Mercury A GP practice which cares for 10,000 patients has been told it ‘requires improvement’ following an inspection keep reading
Uncategorized
Service for a fee
The Department of Health intends to charge overseas visitors and migrants for GP services by the middle of this Parliament (2017/18). What potential impact will keep reading
Management
Pensioner stages sit-in at GP surgery
Credit: This story was first seen on the Essex Echo An 80-year-old man launched a sit-in at a GP surgery in order to get an keep reading
News
Ban smoking outside nurseries and GP practices, says PHW
Credit: This story was first seen on the BBC Plans to ban smoking in school and hospital grounds and playgrounds in Wales should also extend keep reading
Legal
Woman died after GP cancer diagnosis failings
Credit: This story was first seen on The Manchester Evening News A pensioner who felt she was being branded a ‘hypochondriac’ died from cancer after keep reading