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Nine people infected with monkeypox in UK
As reported by the BBC News, two more people have been identified with monkeypox this week Both of the people live in the South East keep reading
Primary care
Management
Leadership lessons from the first female Brit on Everest
Rebecca Stephens was the first British woman to climb Everest and the Seven Summits. Here she discusses what she discovered about achieving goals CREDIT: This keep reading
Management
Why the primary care backlog is a ticking time bomb
Now is the time to invest in general practice – not to try to reinvent the wheel through wholesale change, writes Farah Jameel, GPC England keep reading
Comment
Making GPs hospital employees won’t solve pressure on hospitals or general
David Oliver, consultant in geriatrics and acute general medicine, discusses why Sajid Javid’s plans are unlikely to work CREDIT: This is an edited version of keep reading
News
NHS ‘bureaucracy spending’ figures will be ‘galling’ for frontline healthcare staff, says BMA
Responding to the Daily Telegraph front page, based on Policy Exchange’s latest report, highlighting increased spending on NHS bureaucracy and management, BMA Council deputy chair Dr David Wrigley keep reading
News
NHS prescription charges to be frozen in England
As reported by the BBC News, the government in England has announced that NHS prescription charges will be frozen for the first time in 12 keep reading
News
BMA supports chief medical director in successful ‘whistleblowing’ case
The British Medical Association (BMA) has supported a former chief medical director, who lost her job after speaking out about the blocking of COVID advice, keep reading
News
RCGP highlights GP pressures and the impact they are having on patient care
The following comment piece by RCGP chair Professor Martin Marshall has been published in the Daily Express and featured on the front page of the keep reading
Health & Patient Care
Is there an impact of anti-vax sentiment on routine childhood immunisations?
With uptake of the MMR vaccine falling in the UK, Emma Wilkinson examines whether anti-vaccination sentiment around COVID-19 has played a part CREDIT: This is an edited keep reading
Management
How to genuinely support your LGBTQ+ workers
Thinking of making a tokenistic gesture? Think again, says the director of Edinburgh Pride CREDIT: This is an edited version of an article that originally keep reading