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RCGP responds to NHS Digital report on GP workforce
In a three month period ending in December 2016, full-time equivalent (FTE) GP numbers fell by 445, from 34,495 to 34,050. The numbers are part of keep reading
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Health & Patient Care
MyAsthma self management app links with online GP service
Digital health pioneers my mhealth have teamed up with LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor to deliver the myAsthma app to their patients. MyAsthma is a comprehensive management keep reading
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Surgeon says mastectomy GP was ‘cancer-phobic’
Credit: This story was first seen on the BBC A female GP who underwent a mastectomy was ‘cancer-phobic’, a court has heard. Prosecutors said surgeon keep reading
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Trial to test for Barrett’s oesophagus launches in GP surgeries
A Cancer Research UK-funded trial allowing GP surgeries to test for Barrett’s oesophagus – a condition that can increase the risk of developing oesophageal cancer keep reading
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GPs to stop prescribing omega-3 oils, gluten-free food and cough medicine
Credit: This story was first seen on The Guardian The NHS is to stop giving patients travel vaccinations, gluten-free foods and some drugs that can keep reading
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£21m bid to help build new GP practices
Credit: This story was first seen on The Inverness Courier Bosses at NHS Highland will ask the Scottish government for a multimillion-pound finance package that could keep reading
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Northern Ireland GP practices ‘face privatisation’
Credit: This story was first seen on The Belfast Telegraph Dozens of GP surgeries across Northern Ireland could be in danger of being privatised, campaigners keep reading
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Concerns for future of GP workforce as ageing doctors set to retire
Credit: This story was first seen on This is Lancashire An ageing workforce and a lack of new recruits is continuing to raise concerns for keep reading
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GP recruitment crisis caused by ‘systematic disinvestment’
Credit: This story was first seen on Herald Scotland A public health consultant has told MSPs that “systematic disinvestment” in GP services has caused a keep reading
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GP killed himself after sex attack claims from patients
Credit: This story was first seen on the Birmingham Mail A GP killed himself with a heroin overdose, hours after discovering he was under police keep reading