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Husband of ‘well-loved’ GP to cycle length of Britain for charity in her memory
The husband and a family friend of a GP who died last year in a paddleboarding accident will cycle the length of Britain to raise money in her memory....
MHRA approves immunotherapy which delays development of type 1 diabetes
An immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes has been approved for use in the UK, in a move which could mark a ‘turning point’ in treatment of the condition i...
PA union’s High Court bid to pause Leng review changes fails
The physician associate (PA) union’s legal bid to stop NHS England from implementing Leng review recommendations was unsuccessful on Friday. United Me...
‘Getting patients back to work is not the responsibility of GPs alone’
GP and chief medical officer of the Department for Work and Pensions Dr Gail Allsopp on how primary care can support patients in getting back to work,...
Coroner highlights systemic GP record sharing error after patient death
A prevention of future deaths report has highlighted confusion among health organisations over the sharing of patient data between GP practice IT syst...
One in five PCNs reduced their use of physician associates in the past year
Exclusive More than a fifth of PCNs have cut the number of physician associates they employ in the past year, a Pulse and Management in Practice surve...
Pregnant women asked to self-refer to maternity services without seeing GP first
NHS England has urged pregnant women to use a new service to self-refer directly to local maternity services, without seeing a GP first. By completing...
Government to pilot new obesity services to ‘ease pressure on GPs’
The Government has announced a pilot to test new ways to support patients living with obesity, in a bid to ‘ease pressures’ on general practice. ICBs...
GP ‘taxi service’ could be cancelled because patients do not use it
A GP practice has set up a ‘taxi service’ for patients to reach the surgery – but this may be cancelled after no one used it in its first month. Hadle...
‘GPs aren’t getting the medical examiner system wrong – coroners are’
A source inside the coronial service responds to criticism of GPs using the medical examiner process, and argues that coroners must take more responsi...
Husband of ‘well-loved’ GP to cycle length of Britain for charity in her memory
MHRA approves immunotherapy which delays development of type 1 diabetes
PA union’s High Court bid to pause Leng review changes fails
‘Getting patients back to work is not the responsibility of GPs alone’
Coroner highlights systemic GP record sharing error after patient death
One in five PCNs reduced their use of physician associates in the past year
Pregnant women asked to self-refer to maternity services without seeing GP first
Government to pilot new obesity services to ‘ease pressure on GPs’
GP ‘taxi service’ could be cancelled because patients do not use it
‘GPs aren’t getting the medical examiner system wrong – coroners are’
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