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NEWS: NHS App to Include Unified Patient Records

October 28, 2024

As reported by UK Authority, patients will soon access their complete medical history via the NHS App, as part of a push to digitise healthcare keep reading

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NEWS: NHS England Chair Meddings to Step Down

October 25, 2024

As reported by National Health Executive, Richard Meddings will leave his role next March, seeking a successor with significant health sector experience NHS England chair keep reading

NEWS: Concerns Over ‘Broken’ NHS Messaging

September 30, 2024

Senior NHS sources are raising concerns that the government’s repeated use of negative rhetoric, including calling the NHS “broken” and labelling cancer a “death sentence,” keep reading

NEWS: NHS faces major investigation overhaul

July 16, 2024

As reported by DHSC, Health Secretary Wes Streeting calls for a thorough review led by Lord Darzi to uncover the hard truths and reform the NHS Mr keep reading

NEWS: GPs urge review of workforce plan

July 12, 2024

As reported by GP Online, The RCGP calls on Health Secretary Wes Streeting to urgently reassess the NHS workforce plan to address the GP shortage crisis keep reading

NEWS: NHS declared ‘broken’

July 11, 2024

As reported by GP Online, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting admit the NHS is broken as fresh talks on junior doctor pay keep reading

NEWS: Labour pledges to cut NHS backlog

May 30, 2024

As reported by The Guardian, Labour vows to eliminate the NHS waiting list within five years, aiming to prevent a shift towards private healthcare In an interview keep reading

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Fears for patients over plan for ‘care navigators’ to answer GP phone calls

August 30, 2023

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

Wes Streeting indicates that primary care access and reform to be one of his top three priorities

June 19, 2023

As reported by Nursing in Practice, Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, has stated that the Labour Party may give general practice a larger percentage keep reading

RCGP chair comments on GP partnership model

January 10, 2023

As reported by the RCGP, Professor Kamila Hawthorne responded to an interview with shadow secretary of State for Health, Wes Streeting Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chair keep reading