One week after Labour’s general election victory Wes Streeting, the new health and social care secretary, announced a […]
Category: General practice / family medicine, UK
When people consult their GP they often arrive with a clearly defined medical problem—a pain, a lump, breathlessness, […]
UK general practices continue to face major pressure on their finances, driven by falling earnings and rising expenses, […]
Earlier this month GP partners in England voted overwhelmingly to take collective action in response to an imposed […]
The collective action being undertaken by general practices could be maintained in the long term to protect services […]
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has issued an amber alert asking hospitals to restrict the use of O […]
Looking at the NHS from outside, you’d think that it placed a strong emphasis on leadership: events, conference […]
The new Labour government has promised to increase the proportion of NHS funds going to general practice and […]
In the run-up to every election, the NHS is front and centre of political manifestos. This time is […]