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GP suspended over COVID-19 vaccine comments complaints
As reported by BBC news, a Londonderry doctor has been suspended from practising for 18 months following complaints about comments she made about the COVID-19 keep reading
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GP appointments in Wales: people facing crisis, says watchdog
As reported by BBC news, people in parts of Wales are facing a “crisis of access” to GPs, according to a patients’ watchdog The Community keep reading
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Overprescribing of medicines must stop, says government
As reported by BBC news, many patients are being prescribed unnecessary and even harmful treatments, a report warns The review, in England, suggests one-tenth of keep reading
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COVID jab rollout for 12 to 15-year-olds to start in schools in England
As reported by BBC news, all children aged 12 to 15 in England will be offered one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID jab, vaccines Minister keep reading
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NHS sparks pride but one in five go private, survey finds
As reported by BBC news, the NHS makes people proud to be British but one in five has been forced to go private, suggests a keep reading
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Boosters not needed for all, says Oxford jab creator
As reported by BBC news, giving booster jabs to everyone is unnecessary, says the scientist behind the Oxford vaccine, as she calls for doses to keep reading
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Mandatory jabs for health staff being considered in consultation
As reported by BBC news, compulsory COVID and flu jabs for frontline NHS and care workers in England are being considered in a government consultation keep reading
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Sexually transmitted infections fall during pandemic
As reported by BBC news, cases of newly diagnosed sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are down by a third in England, data reveals Experts say the keep reading
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Pressures on GPs makes safe patient care increasingly difficult to guarantee, says RCGP
The Royal College of GPs has appeared in the national media defending hard pressed GPs against claims that they are being ‘ordered’ to provide face-to-face keep reading
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Third COVID jab advised for most vulnerable 1%
As reported by BBC news, people over the age of 12 with severely weakened immune systems should have a third vaccine dose to top up keep reading