Family doctors in Scotland are struggling to meet patient demands despite delivering around half a million appointments a […]
Category: General practice / family medicine, UK
I’m reaching the age when my friends are discussing retirement, pensions, and the next stages of their lives. […]
There are certain questions I really hope patients don’t ask me these days in general practice. One is, […]
From 1 November patients were supposed to have access to their electronic GP record and to be able […]
The head of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has defended going public about the current crisis […]
Before 1979, being a GP required no postgraduate training. After completing medical school and a year of hospital […]
Power cuts were thrilling in the 1970s: the schools closed early, we cooked on a Primus stove, and […]
Internal guidance from NHS England—as reported by the Health Service Journal1—indicates that patients who decline two dates for […]
On 29 September the Guardian reported that England’s new health and social care secretary, Thérèse Coffey, was to […]