by Chris Rogers | 26 Jan 2017 | Health
When Aneurin Bevan set up the NHS all the way back in 1948, he probably didn’t expect the phrase “free at the point of use” to be quite the British health mantra it is today. But then again, he probably also wouldn’t have expected the population to be somewhere around...
by Chris Rogers | 24 Mar 2016 | Health, Politics, Public Sector
It’s not so much a case of ‘war declared’ as the battle of wills between Jeremy Hunt and the BMA being escalated to total war. The announcement by the BMA that the next walkout of junior doctors will be an “all-out strike,” in which emergency care won’t be covered,...
by Sam | 10 Sep 2014 | Uncategorized
The Telegraph reports that an increasing number of GP are requesting permission to stop receiving new patients and have existing patients move elsewhere, as they are concerned over their ability to deliver their services. Figures show that last year 104...
by Sam | 28 Jul 2014 | Uncategorized
New research by the Royal College of General Practitioners predicts that, in 2015, on more than 51.3million occasions, patients in England will be unable to get an appointment to see a GP or nurse when they contact their local practice. This will be up from...
by Sam | 8 May 2014 | Uncategorized
Doctors are to consider proposals to charge patients for missing GP appointments. The British Medical Association will decide whether to back plans that would introduce charges. Under the plan, patients could be charged a flat fee of up to £25. The proposed fee is...
