CQC chief to chair trust with integrated GPs
The chief inspector of general practice at the Care Quality Commission has been appointed to chair a trust which runs … Read more
GPs
GP campaign group calls for Babylon boycott until ‘full impact’ is known
A grassroots GP campaign group has called on GPs to boycott working with Babylon until the independent evaluation of its … Read more
GP workforce ‘deterioration’ will hinder plan to move hospital care into practices
The ‘ongoing deterioration’ of the GP workforce will seriously hinder the Government’s plan to move care out of hospitals and … Read more
Helen Salisbury: The inverse care law in the digital age
A GP friend of mine has a relative in a distant city who is affected by a severe, long term … Read more
Private online provider partners with GP networks covering 88,000 patients
Private online GP provider Push Doctor has partnered with two primary care networks in Birmingham, giving 88,000 NHS patients access … Read more
Four in ten patients feel their GP practice building is a ‘poor environment’
Four in ten patients feel their GP practice is a poor environment that makes them anxious or stressed, according to … Read more
Patients wait twice as long for ambulances when they become seriously ill at the GP, investigation finds
Patients whose GP spots symptoms of serious health problems like heart attacks and sepsis are waiting twice as long for an ambulance as those who … Read more
Plans for Dudley’s integrated care trust delayed by a year
The creation of the NHS’ first integrated care trust has been delayed until 2020, due to the complexity of the … Read more
NHS wants more doctors to become generalists
The HSJ reports that the long-term plan includes asking more doctors to train as generalists rather than specialising in a … Read more
Every patient to have ‘right’ to access new digital GP providers
The long-term plan, published on Monday, said that by 2022-23 all patients in England will have access to a “digital … Read more