London GPs have written to health secretary Andrew Lansley in protest at PCT plans to hire a private company to deliver out-of-hours services in the capital.
Students urged to register with a doctor
STUDENTS starting and returning to university in North Yorkshire are being urged by health chiefs to register with GPs.
STUDENTS starting and returning to university in North Yorkshire are being urged by health chiefs to register with GPs.
Goodwill changes in GP reforms
A law firm predicts that proposed changes in the law governing GPs could be set to transform the commercial operation of many medical practices.
A law firm predicts that proposed changes in the law governing GPs could be set to transform the commercial operation of many medical practices.
GP posts are harder to fill than other NHS positions
GP vacancies are more difficult to fill than most major NHS staff groups in England, official figures show.
GP vacancies are more difficult to fill than most major NHS staff groups in England, official figures show.
GPs 'could spot patients at risk of benefit dependency'
GPs could spot patients who might go on incapacity benefit for mental health issues three years before they stop working, research has suggested.
BMA tells GPs in Wales to 'sort' appointments system
GPs in Wales have been urged to fix appointment systems, which are causing "widescale problems to doctors and patients".
GP who failed to spot cancer signs eight times allowed to keep job
A father said he felt he had “failed” his daughter after a GP who missed the signs of her terminal cancer eight times escaped being struck off the medical register.
GPs could spot patients who might go on incapacity benefit for mental health issues three years before they stop working, research has suggested.
BMA tells GPs in Wales to 'sort' appointments system
GPs in Wales have been urged to fix appointment systems, which are causing "widescale problems to doctors and patients".
GP who failed to spot cancer signs eight times allowed to keep job
A father said he felt he had “failed” his daughter after a GP who missed the signs of her terminal cancer eight times escaped being struck off the medical register.
