News
Northern Ireland: primary care to receive £15m funding boost
CREDIT: This story was first seen on BBC News The Department of Health has revealed how it plans to spend £70m set aside for transforming keep reading
Primary care
News
‘Hundreds’ sign petition at closure of out of hours GP service
CREDIT: This story was first seen in The Courier Hundreds of people signed a petition at the weekend protesting about the closure of the out-of-hours keep reading
News
Expanded primary health-care team coming to east London
CREDIT: This story was first seen in The London Free Press Expanded primary health-care team coming to east London, The London Free Press reports. The InterCommunity keep reading
Management
Price of medication putting pressure on NHS budgets, finds report
A new report examines the cost of medicines to the NHS and explores the policies used to try to control growth in costs, as well 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
Comment
Will government plans to change planning rules damage primary care services?
Last month Prime Minister Theresa May turned her attention back to the UK’s housing market, with a promise to ‘rewrite the rule book in terms keep reading
Health & Patient Care
Evidence on weight loss and cancer link should be considered in clinical guidelines
New research published in the British Journal of General Practice looking into weight loss as a predictor of cancer suggests clinical guidelines need to be in place keep reading
Legal
6 key legal considerations for your GP practice
General practice is unique in its set up;Â that GPs are publicly funded organisations, yet independent contractors that operate in partnerships makes the general practice model keep reading
Health & Patient Care
RCGP renews calls for longer consultations following BJGP multimorbidity study
RCGP chair Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard has responded to a study published in the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) on patients living with multimorbidities Undertaken to keep reading
News
New report examines inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics in primary care
A new report –Â Reducing inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics in English primary care: evidence and outlook – claims inappropriate prescribing was found in every general practice keep reading