News
‘No app or algorithm will be able to do what a GP does,’ says RCGP
As Babylon Health tests the abilities of its medical AI, the Royal College of GPs explains why technology will never replace real doctors Babylon Health keep reading
Month: June 2018
Editors choice
Communication and security: mobile messaging in general practice
The sharing of patient data by care providers is often a matter of duty to patient health – and is also unavoidable. There has been keep reading
News
Providing care based on need is NHS’s ‘greatest achievement in 70 years’
According to voters in a BMJ poll, ‘providing care based on need and free at the point of delivery’ is the NHS’s greatest achievement in keep reading
News
Doctors call for cap on GP workload
CREDIT: This story was originally seen on Aol.co.uk Doctors have voted in favour of a motion to cap the workload of GPs at the annual keep reading
News
GPs welcome MDU’s reduced-price subscriptions
The MDU’s Transactional Benefits membership has proven popular with struggling GPs, according to the organisation’s research Seventy-three per cent of 404 GPs taking part in keep reading
News
Charging patients to visit GPs is ‘against founding principles of the NHS’
A group of doctors is putting forward the idea at this week’s BMA conference that patients should be charged to visit their GP The British keep reading
News
The foundation of general practice has “serious structural faults” – but can be fixed
Dr Richard Vautrey addressed a BMA members’ event this week and discussed in-depth the reasons why general practice is both vital and at risk The keep reading
Editors choice
Breaking down barriers; healthcare for sex workers
Sex workers need full access to primary care services as much as any patient – if not more. In Practice Business, we considered some of the barriers keep reading
News
Government plans to combat childhood obesity with stricter regulations
The British government is aiming to create new, stricter rules surrounding the promotion and sale of junk food in order to promote healthier living in keep reading
News
Doctors with disabilities need better support, says BMA
The British Medical Association has stated that better funding and support is needed for doctors with disabilities Doctors requiring specialist equipment in order to do keep reading