GP workforce shrunk over the past year in major blow to 5,000 target
The number of GPs working in the NHS in England has dropped in the past year, striking a blow to … Read more
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Charges proposed for out-of-hours GP appointments in England
Patients could face paying their family doctors for out-of-hours appointments and minor procedures that fall outside the surgery’s contracted NHS … Read more
Campaigners express fears over proposed health service changes
Campaigners staged a demonstration against proposed changes to NHS services ahead of a meeting of Nottingham’s health bosses. Members of … Read more
Calls for Theresa May to apologise for blaming GPs over A&E crisis
Prime Minister Theresa May should apologise to GPs for scapegoating them for the A&E crisis, Tory MP, House of Commons health … Read more
Seventh practice in under two years set to close in English city
Yet another GP practice has closed in Brighton, bringing the total number of closures up to seven in less than … Read more
Theresa May accused of ‘playing down’ NHS crisis and ‘scapegoating’ GPs
The BMA’s chairman, Dr Mark Porter, said the underfunding of the NHS and “salami slicing” has led to a situation … Read more
GP campaign group demands resignation of Jeremy Hunt
A GP campaign group has called on Jeremy Hunt to resign after more than 99% of its members backed a … Read more
Crisis, what NHS crisis? Theresa May must stop this denial – Jan Filochowski
A few months into my first job in the NHS, some 38 years ago, I watched Prime Minister Jim Callaghan … Read more
Health committee chair Sarah Wollaston demands Theresa May apologise for GP ‘scapegoating’ amid Tory backlash
The head of the Health Select Committee has said Theresa May must apologise for trying to “scapegoat” GPs over overwhelming … Read more
May’s scapegoat attempt could spark mass resignations, says top GP
Dr Kailash Chand says GPs are rightly angry at government effort to shift blame for NHS crisis on to them … Read more