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Record number of Scottish GP practices taken over by health boards
Credit: This story was first seen on the Scottish Herald A record number of GP practices in Scotland are now being run directly by health boards keep reading
Practice Operations
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Doctors warn politicians over future of GP services
Credit: This story was first seen on the BBC The chair of Northern Ireland’s GP Committee (NIGPC) is challenging local politicians to either ‘work with keep reading
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General Practice ‘on brink of collapse’ says chair of BMA’s GPC
Credit: This story was first seen on Sky News The NHS has been paralysed by Brexit and general practice is on the “brink of collapse”, keep reading
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Patients forced to wait ‘several weeks’ to see GP
Credit: This story was first seen on the Eastern Daily Press The Eastern Daily Press report that people in North Norfolk are waiting ‘several weeks’ keep reading
Management
Sexual health must not become the ‘Cinderella’ service of the NHS, says RCGP
Years of improvement in the quality of sexual and reproductive healthcare being delivered to patients – including a halving of teenage pregnancy rates over the keep reading
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BMA criticises progress of GP Forward View
Credit: This story was first seen on the National Health Executive The BMA has criticised NHS England for a ‘patchy’ first year of delivery of keep reading
Comment
Building a strong defence
MDDUS shares the concern of doctors about the rising cost of indemnity as a result of the cost pressures of the growing numbers of claims keep reading
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Concern over future of Oxfordshire GP surgeries
Credit: This story was first seen on the BBC There are ‘grave concerns’ about the future of GP surgeries in Oxfordshire because of a reported lack keep reading
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Private firms launch same-day GP service
Credit: This story was first seen on The Daily Mail Patients are being offered a GP-to-your-door home visiting service for a £120 monthly fee, The keep reading
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Five-fold rise in closures of GP practices since 2013
Credit: This story was first seen on The Telegraph Record numbers of GP practices are closing, following a rise in the number of doctors retiring keep reading