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Breaking down barriers; healthcare for sex workers
Sex workers need full access to primary care services as much as any patient – if not more. In Practice Business, we considered some of the barriers keep reading
healthcare
Live it
Live Well: promoting health and wellbeing
Live Well is a new initiative in Essex, focused on patient education, which seeks to support and promote health and wellbeing and is the combined keep reading
Management
How can healthtech alleviate the strain being placed on the NHS?
NHS England has announced that it will be backing a trial of new technology to cut missed hospital appointments, while at the same time pledging £1.5m keep reading
Management
Free wifi for hundreds of East Midlands GP practices
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the West Bridgford Wire GP practices across the Midlands and East are now providing free access to wifi services keep reading
Health & Patient Care
New questionnaire measures ‘burden’ of treatment for patients with multiple health problems
New questionnaire – developed by experts at the University of Bristol – will help measure the ‘burden’ of treatment for patients with multiple health problems keep reading
Live it
New research reveals healthcare has the third most stressed workers in the UK
According to new research, healthcare is the third most stressful industry in the UK – with 39% noting the impact of stress on their personal keep reading
Management
General practice and the digital patient
The health sector is undergoing a digital transformation; technology is evolving and being adopted to cater to the needs of digitally savvy patients. We at Practice Business keep reading
Legal
English law on gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare must move into line with Scottish law
The Medical Protection Society (MPS) has said that the law applied in gross negligence manslaughter (GNM) cases in healthcare should move towards Scotland’s comparable offence keep reading
News
GPs in west London: 12 practices either closed or merged in last 18 months
CREDIT: This story was first seen in getwestlondon Figures from NHS Digital cover the period from July 2016 to December 2017, getwestlondon reports. Twelve west London keep reading
Health & Patient Care
Fitness ‘prescriptions’: how we’re fighting chronic illness
GP James Higgins explains how a CCG-wide project to offer fitness ‘prescriptions’ is transforming care at his practice – and why it should be a keep reading