Over 40% of emergency hospital admissions from care homes could be avoided
NHS England and the Health Foundation conducted a joint initiative and found that nearly half of emergency hospital admissions from … Read more
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Desperate Weston GP surgery handed over £1 million in NHS funding
Two Weston surgeries have been given £1.4 billion NHS funding between them as their financial situation is in a ‘mess’. … Read more
‘All-singing and all-dancing’ NHS App scrapped
NHSX’s new chief executive has scrapped plans for an “all-singing and all-dancing” NHS App, despite the long-term plan saying the … Read more
The full story on how practices are closing in record numbers
Surgery closures have risen almost eight-fold in six years. Léa Legraien asks whether moves to large-scale general practice can stem the … Read more
Report – Primary Concerns 2018 – The state of primary care
An overwhelming 44% of the 2,386 GPs, practice managers, practice and community nurses and community pharmacists surveyed reveal they are … Read more
GP screening and care plan programme for older patients ‘increases NHS costs’
An NHS programme that involved GPs screening older people at risk of hospitalisation and providing them with care plans increased … Read more
The how, the what and the why of the long-term plan for CCGs
The NHS long-term plan set out an ambitious path towards an integrated NHS that is sustainable, efficient and effective, with … 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
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