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Could general practice be the new A&E?
Digital Health’s GP columnist, Neil Paul, has been thinking about the huge changes that GP practices have witnessed during COVID-19 – and he has some keep reading
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Age alone not ‘sophisticated criteria’ to determine next stage of lockdown restrictions, says RCGP
Professor Martin Marshall, chair of the Royal College of GPs, has responded to a query from The Sunday Times about he extent to which age keep reading
Features
How small changes can transform vulnerable patients’ access to GPs
Some of the most vulnerable people in the UK struggle to access primary care. Dr Katherine Taylor, volunteer at Doctors of the World and GP keep reading
Management
Medical unions call for GPs to be recognised as expert medical generalists
A group of medical unions are calling for GPs to be recognised as expert medical generalists The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has, this keep reading
Long-term conditions
GPs taking photos of potential skin cancer ‘implies doubt about clinical judgement’
The RCGP has responded to the news that GPs will now be required to take photos of possible skin cancer A decision to have GPs keep reading
News
‘Disappointing’ number of overseas GPs recruited
As reported by OnMedica, the numbers of overseas GPs that have been taken on during the NHS’s recruitment drive remains low While NHS England has keep reading
News
Tech innovation vital to support GPs in expanded role
The NHS Long Term Plan rightly puts GPs and primary care front and centre of its strategy for the future of healthcare provision, says Karen keep reading
Long-term conditions
99% of GPs concerned over mental health support for young people
As reported by The Guardian, mental health services for under-18s are proving alarmingly insufficient, according to UK GPs Ninety-nine per cent of GPs are worried keep reading
News
Tayside GPs see 11% rise in patients over 10 years
Tayside GPs are concerned over the dramatic rise in patients that the area has seen in the last 10 years A huge rise in patient keep reading
Management
GP recruitment ‘unsustainable’ in Fife
18 GP surgeries in Fife have reported full patient lists, with seven of those struggling to employ more doctors Seven of the 18 GP practices keep reading