17. Birmingham and Solihull
…into the community. The concern is that cuts in hospital care will be made, helping to achieve savings, but without proper investment in community health services. What’s happening with new…
…into the community. The concern is that cuts in hospital care will be made, helping to achieve savings, but without proper investment in community health services. What’s happening with new…
…patients have had to attend a different practice. GP leaders said it was ‘shocking’ that practices had not been given enough support to avoid closure during Covid-19, ‘the biggest health…
National Audit Office finds more than 150,000 untested samples in laboratories More than 150,000 untested cervical screening samples were discovered in laboratories across England, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has found. The…
…yet done so. Local commissioners have said that practices are having issues with capacity. This comes after Pulse revealed that 200,000 patients were forced to move surgeries due to practice…
…had 100% sign up from local practices. But the CCG has pulled the £1.13m funding – which was worth £55,000 for one practice – leaving practices having to make staff…
…that they will release guidance focusing on proactive measures practices can take to avoid ending up in the situation. She said this comes as an increasing number of practices found…
More than 800 GP practices in England are at risk of having to close due to being ’financially unsustainable’, a major BMA survey has shown. The survey of 2,830 practices…
General practice needs more investment, practical support to improve ways of working and a better understanding of what is driving increased demand — or the service could collapse. Research from…
…will provide online consultations, under a pilot basis, to more than 99,000 patients across six Modality practices. Following this, depending on the success of the pilot, the provider hopes to…
…are worsening the situation. It is the latest practice to do so, following a similar measure being taken by a practice in Swindon. Full story in Pulse 6 June 2016…