…minority groups plus a “systematic shift in culture and practice, including designing and commissioning services collaboratively with people from ethnic minority backgrounds.” Full story in The Lowdown, 20 February 2022…
…published today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre showed that there were 34,100 full-time-equivalent GPs, excluding locums, working in GP practices in England as at 30 September 2015….
…patients’ right to care, 6 February). Such patients are seen very rarely, if at all, in clinical practice. Assurances that individuals with infectious diseases and those requiring “emergency treatment” will…
…and their use is standard practice in many other countries. A trial of Humira for one group of paediatric uveitis patients, taking place in the UK, was stopped early because…
…seven local GP surgeries into three large hub complexes and plans to merge four GP surgeries into new health hubs in Doncaster going out for consultation. The projects will both…
…an NHS dentist because of cuts is being endorsed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock. Access MyDentist targets areas with big shortages of Health Service practices and offers more expensive private…
…one in six appointments – 5.4m, or 17.3% – the patient was forced to wait at least two weeks after booking it to see a GP, practice nurse or other…
…“major concern”. The report comes amid a national inquiry into private sector health providers in the wake of the “shocking” malpractice of rogue surgeon Ian Paterson, who was jailed for…
Full story in Pulse, 30 October 2018 NHS Digital has paid management consultants £1.2m to assist with its overhaul of GP IT systems, due next year. McKinsey & Company was…
…mental health workers. Read More Safety compromised We all want an NHS that has safety at the heart of its service to the public. There is now evidence, however, that…