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Fears for patients over plan for ‘care navigators’ to answer GP phone calls
As reported by The Mirror, Health Secretary Steve Barclay claims the plan will ‘end the 8am scramble’ for appointments, but there are fears that it keep reading
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UK Health Secretary’s former aide calls for ‘full privatisation’ of NHS
As reported by Yahoo, a former aide to Health Secretary Steve Barclay has called for the “full privatisation” of the NHS. Leon Emirali, a media keep reading
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A senior GP rejects Government plans to bypass practices for cancer diagnosis
As reported by Practice Index, Dr Bramall-Stanier, a GP leader, has criticised Government plans to send patients directly for cancer tests without first having practice keep reading
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Weight-loss apps to offer NHS England help to obese
As reported by the BBC, four apps to help people with obesity lose weight, including the offer of medication, could be used by the NHS keep reading
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Government considering placing anti-smoking message inserts in cigarette packets
As reported by the BBC, messages encouraging UK smokers to quit could be placed inside packets of cigarettes under draft proposals being considered by the keep reading
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Winter Covid vaccines axed for under-65s
As reported by the BBC, Covid vaccines will not be offered routinely to healthy under-65s this winter, following advice from UK immunisation experts Last autumn, keep reading
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Health Secretary promises to protect health technology money
Speaking at the recent NHS Confederation Expo conference, Steve Barclay, health secretary, claims the UK government will ringfence money for health technology to protect from keep reading
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Health and economic issues could both benefit from weight-loss jab
The expansion of the new £40m Government pilot scheme to provide access to weight-loss injections is primarily to address health issues, but could also provide keep reading
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New plan announced to help patients contact their GP
£240m has been given to practices across England to embrace latest technology, in a bid to make it easier for patients to contact their GP keep reading
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Junior doctor strike led to 175,000 cancellations
As reported by the BBC, more than 175,000 patient appointments and procedures had to be cancelled in England when junior doctors went on strike this keep reading