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PCNs: the impact of COVID and the challenges ahead
Are the pressures of COVID threatening network development? CREDIT: This is an edited version of an article that originally appeared on The BMJ In 2019 keep reading
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Compliance
BMA research reveals patients being cared for in ‘temporary’ beds
BMA research has revealed that patients are being routinely cared for in ‘temporary’ beds, as hospitals in England struggle to cope with rising demand New keep reading
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Exercise brings a healthy measure of success
GP James Higgins explains how residents in Stockport, Greater Manchester are being encouraged to self-medicate – with exercise – thanks to the success of a keep reading
Health Tech
Boosting patient access and improving the patient experience
Patient-centred care – it’s the future of the NHS. Delivering it can be a challenge; improving patient access, and thus experience, is key. Three CCGs keep reading
Legal
Government to tackle fraud, saving millions
The government is set to take on fraud, hoping to save millions to pour back into patient care The government has announced that it will keep reading
News
BMA Awards honour patient information champions
The British Medical Association has released details of the winners of this year’s Patient Information Awards The British Medical Association hosted NHS foundation trusts, academic keep reading
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Top GP to help integrate health throughout England
A specialist GP has been appointed to help spread NHS innovations that integrate health and social care throughout England Dr Karen Kirkham runs a practice keep reading
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Providing care based on need is NHS’s ‘greatest achievement in 70 years’
According to voters in a BMJ poll, ‘providing care based on need and free at the point of delivery’ is the NHS’s greatest achievement in keep reading
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New partnership asks GPs to begin ‘prescribing’ outdoor exercise
Getting active outdoors is the prescription from the RCGP and parkrun UK’s new collaboration, which aims to get patients and general practice staff alike moving keep reading
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Public satisfaction with GP services falls to its lowest level ever
A new survey highlights a distinct drop in how the public feels about their general practice experiences The British Journal of General Practice has published keep reading