NHS England says that GP practices will lose the funding they currently receive for so-called ‘ghost patients’, who have either died or moved away from the area. Continue reading
NHS England says that GP practices will lose the funding they currently receive for so-called ‘ghost patients’, who have either died or moved away from the area. Continue reading
Half the surgeries in London are suffering staff shortages and a third have at least one GP vacancy, meaning that many patients are turning to their nearest A&E instead, causing huge difficulties in local hospitals. Continue reading
According to a recent survey, medical indemnity fees rose for 93 per cent of GPs in the last year and more than a quarter of those polled had to fork out more than 20 per cent more than they did the year before. Continue reading
New rules brought in to keep guns out of the hands of people who are medically unfit to hold a firearms licence will place undue burdens on practices, according to the British Medical Association (BMA). Continue reading