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Rise in junior doctors training as GPs in Wales
Credit: This story was first seen on the BBC There has been a 16% increase in the number of junior doctors choosing to come to keep reading
Practice Operations
News
Hundreds of GP surgeries could close due to excessive NHS rent charges
Credit: This story was first seen on the Daily Mail Hundreds of NHS centres now face closure after the NHS introduced ‘incomprehensible’ increases to property keep reading
News
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
News
£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
News
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
Practice Operations
Scouting for general practitioners
Where recruitment is concerned it’s safe to assume statistics should be eyed with a degree of caution. For example, reasons for a certain region having keep reading
News
Scottish GPs set to receive £71.6m funding boost
Credit: This story was first seen on The Scotsman The Scottish government has responded to calls for action from beleaguered GPs by giving them an keep reading
Comment
Expenses failing to add up for practices
One of the key aims of the recent finance announcement by NHS England and the BMA was to, ‘…secure much needed funding to address GP keep reading
Management
Pointless GP appointments costing the NHS £306m
Credit: This story was first seen on the Daily Mirror Millions of needless GP appointments cost the cash-starved NHS over £300m a year, the Daily keep reading
Comment
Management blog: federation versus super practice
As GP practices are faced with increasingly pinched budgets – in the face of an accelerating ageing population – the discussions around future provision of primary care in the community continue to keep reading