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 Care for Children – a GP and paediatrician integrated service [read more]
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 could begin charging patients directly for appointments in 2017, the [read more]
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 – despite a growing number of patients, the Press and [read more]
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 by the NHS to transform the future of dementia care [read more]
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 people with easy access to advice and medicine, and encourage self-care [read more]
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 by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the Leicester Mercury reports. Although [read more]
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 this development have on public health and will monies raised [read more]
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 appointment, the Essex Echo reports. Robert Straffon had an ulcer [read more]
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 to outside all nurseries, GP practices, playing fields and sports [read more]
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 failures by her doctor meant she wasn’t diagnosed with the [read more]
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