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Australia extends fully bulk-billed mobile GP clinic in Hobart
The service operates five days a week and offers walk-in services on a rotating basis. The Australian government has ...
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The very definition of a GP
So, I suppose I need to offer up another definition as to what a GP is. Nowadays, in the current primary care climate I think ...
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Four in five general practices are already taking collective action, says BMA
Over 80% of general practices in England are already taking some form of collective action over their contractual terms and ...
NSW emergency departments under pressure as GP shortage continues
New South Wales residents are struggling to access health care due to a shortage of general practitioners. This is putting ...
GP issues head lice warning as cases in kids expected to soar with the new term
Health experts have warned that parents should be on the lookout for an increase in head lice infestations as children return ...
I’m an Irish GP and there’s major cancer signs men should check for & what to do next
AN Irish GP has a warning about what cancer signs men should be looking out for. Dr. Gareth Patterson, known as @theirishgp ...
Closing GP After Hours Clinics Only Widen Health Inequities Faced By Rural New Zealanders - College Of GPs
Yesterday’s story revealing plans to close all after-hours GP services on the West Coast is extremely concerning for both patients and the health professionals who will take on the additional patient ...
Warning over GP appointments as number of doctors falls by more than one in seven in last decade
England faces a “tipping point in the near future”, where the majority of appointments in doctor surgeries are no longer ...
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Doctors training exclusion due to ‘lack of funding for GP retention’
An ICB has excluded GPs from a training course due to lack of funding, in a move that the BMA’s GP committee described as ...
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GP Shortages Coincides With Increasing Pressure On EDs
The BHI results show category 1, 2 and 3 presentations to EDs (representing the sickest patient cohort) have increased to record levels, outpacing population growth. We know many patients are ...
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Number of general practices shrinking but patient lists ballooning in England
Over the past decade the number of NHS general practices in England has shrunk by 20%, but patient list sizes have expanded by 40% to just under 10,000, on average, finds an analysis of three national ...