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11 hours ago
Family doctors said they are more inclined to prescribe certain medicines, refer patients to specialists or spend longer writing notes to prevent a backlash.
7 days ago
GPs in England too ‘overloaded’ to help older people at risk of falling, say MPs ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
NHS bosses giving evidence to public accounts committee admit current position is unacceptable
GPs in England are so “overloaded” that they cannot help older people who are at risk of falling in what …
21 days ago
GPs will no longer give out sick notes with workers told to do more exercise, take up gardening or see a job coach instead in trial designed to cut benefit claims and keep people in work ⊖
Those seeking to be signed off work will be offered a range of personalised alternative options that could include seeing a job coach or therapy plans including exercise or gardening.
29 days ago
How rude are the staff at YOUR local GP surgery? Interactive graphic reveals the medical centres where 'poor communication' and 'staff behaviour' are leaving patients furious ⊖
The NHS' quality of care is under fresh scrutiny, after more than 134,000 written complaints about GPs were made last year, with communication issues, and staff attitudes driving the deluge.
35 days ago
Damning figures that shame every GP surgery in England: Complaints reach record high, with 'poor communication' and 'staff behaviour' top reasons for patients' anger ⊖⊖
Over 134,000 written complaints about GPs were made to NHS England last year, with communication issues, staff attitudes and treatment errors driving the deluge.
Widow whose husband killed himself with legally held shotgun calls for GPs to be forced to alert police when firearm owners suffer mental health crisis ⊖⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Elisabeth Mann is calling for the introduction of 'Alan's Law', named after her late husband, 63, who killed himself on February 1 last year. An inquest heard his GP failed to pass on concerns to pol…
47 days ago
Sick note nation: Damning figures reveal 11MILLION sick notes were issued in England last year - with GPs refusing to say why more than 8million were unfit to work ⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
New figures published by NHS England show over eight million of the certificates distributed by medical professionals did not record a reason.
49 days ago
Cancer patients risk misdiagnosis under Labour's plans to cut 'unnecessary' appointments, GPs warn ⊖⊖
The Conservatives say the process is simply a form of rationing and accuse the Government of 'massaging' the numbers to keep hospital waiting lists artificially low.
52 days ago
Poor mental health care 'is forcing GPs in certain parts of the country to dish out pills' ○
Experts claim that a lack of NHS resources in poorer parts of the country mean that, increasingly, GPs are relying on antidepressants to treat patients.
57 days ago
We were told our son was a 'late bloomer' and 'fobbed off by GPs'... we now know he has an incurable disease and life expectancy of 30 ○
Storm Filitz knew something wasn't quite right with her now four-year-old son Grayson from his birth in December 2021.