Ten-minute appointments: It’s not surprising patients have unfinished business with their GP
4 months ago

Ten-minute appointments: It’s not surprising patients have unfinished business with their GP

The Independent  

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GPs to refer patients for hospital tests avoiding consultants in shake-up aimed at cutting NHS waiting lists
2 days, 21 hours ago

GPs to refer patients for hospital tests avoiding consultants in shake-up aimed at cutting NHS waiting lists

The Independent  

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GP says patients 'influenced by social media' are wasting appointments with ridiculous ailments as she revealed one was worried 'her son couldn't stop walking backwards'
1 month, 4 weeks ago

GP says patients 'influenced by social media' are wasting appointments with ridiculous ailments as she revealed one was worried 'her son couldn't stop walking backwards'

Daily Mail  

A GP has claimed patients are wasting doctors appointments with ridiculous ailments after being influenced by people on social media. She therefore wants to ban patients from visiting clinics if they continue to hassle doctors with trivial illnesses and pointed to one example in which a mother was concerned 'her son couldn't stop walking backwards'. Dr Alka Patel, who has …

Less than half of patients can see their GP face to face - and a fifth can't even get hold of them, new data shows
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Less than half of patients can see their GP face to face - and a fifth can't even get hold of them, new data shows

Daily Mail  

Less than half of patients are given face-to-face GP appointments, new data suggests. And while the new data indicates that only 33.3 per cent of patients are able to see doctors on the same day they call, GP surgeries report this figure to be almost half. The survey of more than 100,000 people found that out of the 95,468 who …

More than two-fifths of England's GP practices are limiting appointments, survey indicates
1 month, 4 weeks ago

More than two-fifths of England's GP practices are limiting appointments, survey indicates

Daily Mail  

More than two-fifths of England’s GP practices are limiting appointments, a survey suggests. A poll by The Pulse magazine found 41 per cent of 660 practices are limiting patient contacts to 25 per GP a day, which comes after family doctors voted overwhelmingly for collective action in the summer. The Pulse survey suggests about 70 per cent of practices are …

Patients could find it even harder to see a GP after Labour's hike in National Insurance, health leaders warn
2 months ago

Patients could find it even harder to see a GP after Labour's hike in National Insurance, health leaders warn

Daily Mail  

Patients could find it harder to see their GP because of the rise in national insurance - with 5million a month already unable to do so, health leaders warn. Dentists, pharmacists, social care providers and charities have also told of their fears that Rachel Reeves' rise from 13.8 per cent to 15 per cent could force them to close The …

You really don’t want to know what I think of how the NHS treated me, Mr Streeting…
2 months, 2 weeks ago

You really don’t want to know what I think of how the NHS treated me, Mr Streeting…

The Independent  

This is my submission to the government’s public consultation on the NHS, which looks suspiciously like an exercise in buying time while it draws up a 10-year plan by next spring. I’ve just experienced the best and the worst of the NHS, two issues that Wes Streeting, the health secretary, is talking about as he tentatively sets out Labour’s much-vaunted …

Why Labour should forget about fining patients for missed appointments
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Labour should forget about fining patients for missed appointments

The Telegraph  

How do you solve a problem like missed NHS appointments? Asked whether he would consider this measure, Wes Streeting told Times Radio: “At this stage, it’s not something I’m looking at doing, but once we’ve got the system working effectively, if we still have this problem of missed appointments then I might be more open-minded.” The Telegraph understands the policy …

Virtual GP appointments up five-fold in a year, reaching record highs, new data reveals
3 months ago

Virtual GP appointments up five-fold in a year, reaching record highs, new data reveals

Daily Mail  

The proportion of GP appointments conducted online or via video has hit a record high despite concerns over patient safety, official figures reveal. The rate of virtual GP appointments increased five-fold in a little over a year, from one in 100 consultations in May 2023 to one in 20 this August, according to NHS England The proportion of GP appointments …

Warning over GP appointments as number of doctors falls by more than one in seven in last decade
4 months ago

Warning over GP appointments as number of doctors falls by more than one in seven in last decade

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The data showed GP lists are rising, with the …

Rise in part-time GPs leaves fewer doctors to see patients
4 months ago

Rise in part-time GPs leaves fewer doctors to see patients

The Telegraph  

Writing in the BMJ Open journal, the team from University College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine analysed NHS data together with figures from other sources, including the Care Quality Commission, the health service regulator. The study found the average number of GPs fell from 0.53 to 0.45 for every 1,000 patients, representing a 15 per …

Tipping point coming when GPs will no longer deliver most appointments – study
4 months ago

Tipping point coming when GPs will no longer deliver most appointments – study

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Patients are struggling to get …

GPs are squandering whatever public support they have left by betraying us all: DR MARTIN SCURR
5 months ago

GPs are squandering whatever public support they have left by betraying us all: DR MARTIN SCURR

Daily Mail  

The worst of all worlds – that’s the only way to sum up the disgraceful decision by more than 8,500 GPs to vote for industrial action ahead of negotiations with the Government over new contracts. Several of them are downright dangerous to patients, despite claims by the doctors’ union that by implementing them, GPs can ‘support a safe service for …

More people waiting longer to see GP – NHS data
10 months, 3 weeks ago

More people waiting longer to see GP – NHS data

The Independent  

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Four-week waits for GP appointment at record high, NHS figures show
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Four-week waits for GP appointment at record high, NHS figures show

The Telegraph  

About 50,000 people every day in 2023 had appointments that they had been forced to wait more than a month for, the data showed. “Few medical conditions which are not routine check-ups can sustain a four-week wait without becoming more serious and costing the NHS more in the long term, “Primary care is disintegrating before our eyes and we will …

Online and phone GP appointments can miss easy diagnoses, study warns
1 year, 1 month ago

Online and phone GP appointments can miss easy diagnoses, study warns

The Independent  

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Patients could skip their GP for cancer checks, says Barclay
1 year, 4 months ago

Patients could skip their GP for cancer checks, says Barclay

The Independent  

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GPs say practices are ‘not an unlimited resource to be abused’
1 year, 4 months ago

GPs say practices are ‘not an unlimited resource to be abused’

The Independent  

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Patients could be fined for missing GP appointments, health minister warns
1 year, 6 months ago

Patients could be fined for missing GP appointments, health minister warns

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It is not ruled out for the future but there is no immediate plans to …

Lib Dems warn of GP retirement time bomb as ‘one in five near retirement age’
1 year, 6 months ago

Lib Dems warn of GP retirement time bomb as ‘one in five near retirement age’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy …

Millions of GP appointments last less than five minutes, figures suggest
1 year, 8 months ago

Millions of GP appointments last less than five minutes, figures suggest

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Regional variations were The Liberal Democrats said the Government’s failure to recruit more GPs …

Labour will deliver the speed of care patients want, Wes Streeting says
1 year, 8 months ago

Labour will deliver the speed of care patients want, Wes Streeting says

The Independent  

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GPs being helped to take more calls at peak times as part of appointment drive
1 year, 9 months ago

GPs being helped to take more calls at peak times as part of appointment drive

The Independent  

GP surgeries are being helped to increase their capacity to take calls as peak times as part of an appointment drive. The Department of Health and Social Care said practices were being given support to “make better use of digital telephone systems” so they can “increase capacity to take calls from patients particularly at the busiest times”. In January 2023 …

Patients find it harder to get an appointment with their doctor
1 year, 9 months ago

Patients find it harder to get an appointment with their doctor

NL Times  

Patients increasingly notice that their GP or doctor’s assistant are more difficult to reach and that they have to wait longer for an appointment, the Dutch Patient Federation said after surveying over 12,000 people. However, the results of the study “clearly show that the pressure on general practitioner care is increasing,” said Dianda Veldman,d director of the Dutch Patient Federation. …

New GP contract ‘will see more GPs quit and patients wait longer for care’
1 year, 9 months ago

New GP contract ‘will see more GPs quit and patients wait longer for care’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A new general practice contract will lead to more GPs …

GPs now dealing with up to 3,000 patients each as staff shortages worsen
1 year, 10 months ago

GPs now dealing with up to 3,000 patients each as staff shortages worsen

The Telegraph  

GPs are attempting to deal with up to 3,000 patients each, amid worsening staff shortages, according to new analysis. The area now has 2,915 registered patients per fully qualified GP, more than anywhere else in the country, up from 2,332 per GP in 2016. Daisy Cooper, spokeswoman for Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care, said: “Communities across the country are …

Fifth of patients who didn’t get face-to-face GP appointments went to A&E
2 years ago

Fifth of patients who didn’t get face-to-face GP appointments went to A&E

The Telegraph  

A fifth of patients unable to get a face-to-face GP appointment went to an accident and emergency department instead, a survey has shown. In the last 12 months, more than one in four adults tried to get an in-person consultation with a GP in their local area but were unable to do so, the Savanta ComRes survey found. In November, …

Why is my GP waiting room still empty? Not because of lazy doctors, that’s for sure
2 years ago

Why is my GP waiting room still empty? Not because of lazy doctors, that’s for sure

The Independent  

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PLATELL'S PEOPLE: No wonder Rishi Sunak goes private when GPs vote to go home at 5pm
2 years, 1 month ago

PLATELL'S PEOPLE: No wonder Rishi Sunak goes private when GPs vote to go home at 5pm

Daily Mail  

We already face chaos because of strikes planned by rail workers, nurses, civil servants, teachers and postmen. Kate wears the frown jewels The new Princess of Wales wore the former Princess of Wales’s lover’s knot tiara, pearl earrings and pearl bracelet to a State Banquet. The new Princess of Wales wore the former Princess of Wales’s lover’s knot tiara, pearl …

Patients would get legal right to see GP within seven days under Lib Dem plans
2 years, 2 months ago

Patients would get legal right to see GP within seven days under Lib Dem plans

The Independent  

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GP crisis ‘putting patients at risk’, MPs warn
2 years, 2 months ago

GP crisis ‘putting patients at risk’, MPs warn

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The wider picture shows general practice as a profession in crisis, with doctors demoralised …

GP appointments for every patient within two weeks under Therese Coffey's plans
2 years, 3 months ago

GP appointments for every patient within two weeks under Therese Coffey's plans

The Telegraph  

Earlier this year the GP survey found that 47 per cent of people struggled to get through to someone at their surgery - the highest by far since records began in 2012, when the figure was 19 per cent. 'Lumbering a struggling service with more expectations' The Health Secretary is expected to say: “I will put a laser-like focus on …

Rishi Sunak would introduce £10 fine for missed GP and hospital appointments
2 years, 5 months ago

Rishi Sunak would introduce £10 fine for missed GP and hospital appointments

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rishi Sunak has pledged to introduce fines for patients who …

Fifty-eight percent of GP appointments were face-to-face last month
3 years, 3 months ago

Fifty-eight percent of GP appointments were face-to-face last month

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Fewer than 60 percent of GP appointments in England were …

Face-to-face GP appointments down by almost one million in a month
3 years, 3 months ago

Face-to-face GP appointments down by almost one million in a month

The Telegraph  

Overall, 57.7 percent of GP consultations in August were face-to-face, with almost no change from July, when the figure was 56.9 per cent, and little improvement from January, when it was 52.9 percent. The findings come amid increasing tensions over access to GPs, with Boris Johnson last week saying every patient was "entitled" to see a doctor in person. Mr …

Doctors suffering ‘wave of abuse’ over lack of face-to-face appointments
3 years, 3 months ago

Doctors suffering ‘wave of abuse’ over lack of face-to-face appointments

The Telegraph  

But Prof Martin Marshall, chairman of the Royal College of GPs, told MPs on Tuesday there was no point making such promises when GPs were unable to deliver them. With the average GP now working three-and-a-half days, he said the model of a full-time GP was "probably something we won't see again". Prof Marshall said patients could not expect their …

Pandemic caused a plunge in numbers who saw a GP and this year is set to be worse than last
3 years, 3 months ago

Pandemic caused a plunge in numbers who saw a GP and this year is set to be worse than last

Daily Mail  

Family doctors are seeing fewer patients in person than they did last year, despite the hugely successful vaccine rollout, better Covid treatments and a more stable supply of PPE. Stats show GPs are seeing even fewer patients face-to-face this year than they did in 2020 But rates have crept up only marginally since, from 55.6 per cent that month to …

Exclusive: GPs’ pay to be increased for online consultations
3 years, 4 months ago

Exclusive: GPs’ pay to be increased for online consultations

The Telegraph  

GPs will receive pay boosts for carrying out online consultations under an NHS deal, as new data show the number of face-to-face consultations is falling. In May, health officials promised to abandon a system of “total triage”, introduced during the Covid pandemic, which meant patients seeking appointments had to first undergo an online or phone assessment. Overall, the total number …

Every patient to have right to see a GP as NHS abandons ‘total triage’
3 years, 7 months ago

Every patient to have right to see a GP as NHS abandons ‘total triage’

The Telegraph  

The NHS on Thursday night performed a climbdown over plans to use online and telephone "screening" for GP appointments and announced that every patient would now have the right to see their doctor face-to-face. The Telegraph revealed on Wednesday that family doctors had been told to introduce a system of "total triage", meaning those seeking to see their GP were …

More than 700,000 patients could be left without access to face-to-face GP appointments
4 years, 5 months ago

More than 700,000 patients could be left without access to face-to-face GP appointments

Daily Mail  

Hundreds of thousands of patients living in the poorest areas of the UK could miss out on face-to-face GP appointments due to Covid precautions, a report has warned. Dr Rebecca Fisher, senior policy fellow at the Health Foundation and practicing GP, said: ‘The ongoing risk of Covid-19 to the safety of both patients and GPs means that hundreds of thousands …

Fifth of NL residents still avoiding the GP when sick over coronavirus concerns
4 years, 7 months ago

Fifth of NL residents still avoiding the GP when sick over coronavirus concerns

NL Times  

A fifth of Netherlands residents are still avoiding going to the doctor when they are sick because they are worried about catching the coronavirus, or because they don't want to overburden a doctor too busy with coronavirus patients, according to a study by the Patient Federation among 7,400 respondents from a permanent patient panel, NOS reports. "It does not feel …

GPs ‘no longer have capacity’ to offer home visits, doctors say
5 years, 1 month ago

GPs ‘no longer have capacity’ to offer home visits, doctors say

The Independent  

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THIRD of cancer patients still have to go to their GP at least TWICE before hospital tests
5 years, 4 months ago

THIRD of cancer patients still have to go to their GP at least TWICE before hospital tests

Daily Mail  

More than a third of cancer patients are still having to go to their GP at least twice before being sent to hospital for tests, a damning report has revealed. The survey, compiled by NHS England and completed by 70,000 patients, found 32 per cent of patients saw their GP at least twice before being referred. At least 93 per …

Over half a million patients forced to swap GP surgeries after closures last year, investigation finds
5 years, 7 months ago

Over half a million patients forced to swap GP surgeries after closures last year, investigation finds

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. GP leaders said that closures were typically a last resort, where the loss of other …

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