Management
Village GP woes as ‘intermittent hours’ affect patients
Villagers have criticised the ‘intermittent hours’ at Congresbury’s GP surgery while they wait for a new health centre to be built This is an edited keep reading
Month: February 2020
Live it
Five ways to improve your wellbeing at work
It’s estimated that we spend around a third of our lives at work, so it’s no wonder it has such a powerful effect on our keep reading
Live it
GPs’ discussion of weight with patients found to be rare and mainly negative
Overweight and obese patients not only have few interactions with physicians about their weight, but the encounters they do have are largely negative experiences, a keep reading
News
RCGP statement on Wuhan Novel Coronavirus
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) have released their latest statement on the Wuhan Novel Coronavirus This is an edited version of an article keep reading
Uncategorized
Pension payment suspension deemed unlawful
The BMA has secured victory in the high court over changes made by health secretary Matt Hancock to the NHS pensions scheme in England and keep reading
News
RCGP: axing partnership model won’t help meet workforce targets
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) consolidate their stance on primary care networks (PCNs) This is an edited version of an article first published keep reading
Health Tech
Online prescribing ‘must get safer’
More deaths could occur unless action is taken to protect people when obtaining medications from online health providers, says a UK coroner This is an keep reading
Uncategorized
NICE encourages use of greener asthma inhalers
People with asthma will be helped to choose the inhaler that is best for them, and best for the environment, using a new patient-decision aid keep reading
News
CQC: more focus on human rights needed by healthcare services when using the Mental Health Act
Services need to improve how they provide care and treatment for people detained under the Mental Health Act (MHA) in a way that respects their keep reading
Legal
GP, who sexually assaulted 24 patients, handed three life sentences
GP Manish Shah committed 90 assaults on patients he gave unnecessary examinations to and has been given three life sentences This is an edited version keep reading