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Intense pressure is causing GPs to work just 3.5 days a week
New research shows that GPs are working shorter hours than ever, while many trainee GPs have no intention of working full-time According to The Telegraph, keep reading
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Patients missing GP appointments ‘seems to be getting worse’
Doctors are speaking out about patients missing appointments instead of cancelling them and the strain it places on the NHS Patients failing to attend GP keep reading
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No-deal Brexit could be catastrophic for healthcare, says BMA
The BMA has outlined its concerns regarding a no-deal Brexit, in preparation for a potential worst-case scenario in March The British Medical Association (BMA) has keep reading
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Healthcare app is seeing success in Wales
An online healthcare service aimed at granting patients more freedom is currently being tested in Wales and has been received positively so far, according to keep reading
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Practice team wellbeing: what can you do to improve wellness?
Employee wellness is all about ensuring staff are happy and healthy in and out of work. Mental health-related presenteeism costs employers up to three times keep reading
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Boosting patient access and improving the patient experience
Patient-centred care – it’s the future of the NHS. Delivering it can be a challenge; improving patient access, and thus experience, is key. Three CCGs keep reading
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Expansion of controversial GP app has been blocked
The planned healthcare app, GP at Hand, has had its expansion blocked by NHS bosses who fear patient safety issues GP at Hand app – keep reading
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Communication between hospitals and GPs in Wales must improve, report shows
Research into the way that patients are discharged from hospital and into GP care in Wales has exposed some of the problems therein A new keep reading
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Relax pension rules for GPs, urges the BMA
The BMA is calling for less complex pension rules for GPs, for fear that senior doctors will retire early According to the British Medical Association keep reading
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400 more hours of GP services to be poured into North Staffordshire and Stoke
NHS England’s plans to extend GP services will open up hundreds more hours of availability in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire As part of the nationwide keep reading