…have been wrongly turned away from practices. Medical care is also refused to sex workers, domestic workers and people who have suffered torture, trafficking, domestic and sexual violence, research has…
Yet another GP practice has closed in Brighton, bringing the total number of closures up to seven in less than two years, covering more than 30,000 patients. Some 2,300 patients…
Full story at DevonLive 19 February 2018 Experts are blaming ‘chronic underfunding’ of the NHS after new figures have revealed how many GP practices in Devon have closed and merged…
Over 100 GPs have co-signed a letter warning Prime Minister David Cameron that general practice is no longer safe for patients, and telling him to start treating NHS staff with…
Increasing demands on general practice over the past five years – not just a heavier workload but the increasing complexity and intensity of work – have led to a feeling…
…the New Journal can reveal they want patients to be prevented from getting the chance to protest against the changes. The North London Partners, a group of health chiefs set…
…than the existing separate teams on each site. A cut in the number of community hospitals from 13 to just seven ‘community hubs’ with beds and a further five ‘community…
…Hull which fund an average of 115 in every 50,000 and NHS Oxfordshire which fund an average of 21 in every 50,00. Full story at www.hughjames.com 9 March 2016…
…turns people into commodities and liabilities,” the report found. The research, carried out by activist Mark Brown, Honorary Research Fellow at Lancaster University Elaine James and Professor Chris Hatton, also…
…examples of good and outstanding care, and identifies factors that maintain high-quality care. Most services provide people with good care, but variation exists. Some care services are closing, increasing pressure…