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A spoonful of coinfidence: general practice and Downing Street
After a government source suggested that the NHS hospital crisis was the fault of GP surgeries not offering much needed patient access, and prime minister keep reading
Month: July 2017
News
RCGP announces new honorary secretary
The RCGP has announced that Dr Jonathan Leach and Dr Victoria Tzortiou Brown have been elected as joint-honorary secretary for the Royal College of GPs. keep reading
News
NHS launches plan to drive out wasteful and ineffective drug prescriptions
NHS England has published detailed plans – drawn up with family doctors and pharmacists – to cut out prescriptions for ineffective, over-priced and low value keep reading
Management
Waits of at least a week for GP appointments to soar, warns RCGP
Patients across England face waiting longer than a week for a GP or practice nurse appointment on more than 100m occasions by 2022, is the keep reading
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Service with a smile: the financial and organisational minutiae of practice management
Q. £2.4m GP access fund grant, matched by NHS funding, was provided to get the MyHealthcare service off the ground. Tell us a bit more keep reading
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500,000 patients set to receive expert advice from pharmacists
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the Gazette GP Surgeries across South Gloucestershire are set to benefit from the input and advice of clinical keep reading
Management
Leader of the pack: Practice Manager of the Year
After 22 years of working in primary care it would be understandable if Karin Bruce was beginning to take on fewer managerial responsibilities or, perhaps, keep reading
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Prescribe poetry to patients to reduce burden on NHS, GPs advised
CREDIT: This story was first seen in The Telegraph GPs should prescribe poetry and art classes to patients with depression, strokes and chronic pain, in a keep reading
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GPs and nurses could treat patients at Ipswich Hospital’s A&E under new proposals
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the Ipswich Star Pressure on Ipswich Hospital’s under-strain A&E department could be eased if new proposals are approved keep reading
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GPs win Tower Hamlets backing in revolt over NHS ‘sustainability’ savings
CREDIT: This story was first seen in The Docklands and East London Advertiser GPs worried about plans to streamline NHS functions with social care to keep reading