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£21m bid to help build new GP practices
Credit: This story was first seen on The Inverness Courier Bosses at NHS Highland will ask the Scottish government for a multimillion-pound finance package that could keep reading
Month: March 2017
News
Northern Ireland GP practices ‘face privatisation’
Credit: This story was first seen on The Belfast Telegraph Dozens of GP surgeries across Northern Ireland could be in danger of being privatised, campaigners keep reading
Comment
GP redeployment to A&E an accident waiting to happen?
The recent announcement that all A&E departments in England will be introducing a GP triage service by Christmas was met with dismay by many of keep reading
Management
Concerns for future of GP workforce as ageing doctors set to retire
Credit: This story was first seen on This is Lancashire An ageing workforce and a lack of new recruits is continuing to raise concerns for keep reading
Management
Prime75+: Tackling loneliness, delivering change
More than 3.5 million people aged 65 and over in the UK currently live alone, with 2.9 million claiming to have no-one to turn to keep reading
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GP recruitment crisis caused by ‘systematic disinvestment’
Credit: This story was first seen on Herald Scotland A public health consultant has told MSPs that “systematic disinvestment” in GP services has caused a keep reading
Practice Operations
Scouting for general practitioners
Where recruitment is concerned it’s safe to assume statistics should be eyed with a degree of caution. For example, reasons for a certain region having keep reading
Management
GP killed himself after sex attack claims from patients
Credit: This story was first seen on the Birmingham Mail A GP killed himself with a heroin overdose, hours after discovering he was under police keep reading
News
NHS plan for 7500 GP practices to become 1500 ‘superhubs’ revealed
Credit: This story was first seen on The Telegraph Thousands of GP practices are under threat of closure, with 7500 surgeries to become 1500 ‘superhubs’ under keep reading
Comment
Advantages of a practice physiotherapist
GP practices have always been built on teamwork but, with the pressures on primary care now so acute, there is a growing consensus that the keep reading