All GPs articles – Page 117
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News
PCT must provide more funds for GPs
As a GP with a special interest in diabetes and who is studying for an MSc in the disease, I read your article 'Eat all that and you'll be sick' with interest.
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Killer health conditions go unseen by GPs
Only half of all patients with some killer conditions have been diagnosed and treated by their doctor.
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NHS Direct relieves pressure on A&E and GPs
I refer to your feature on NHS Direct and referrals to accident and emergency. Independent research published in June shows that NHS Direct is helping take the pressure off A&E and GP surgeries as it increasingly continues to advise callers to treat themselves at home. In fact, our most recent ...
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Increase in GPs offering extended hours
The percentage of GP practices offering extended opening hours has increased from 37.8 per cent in July to 44.9 per cent in September, according to figures from the Department of Health.
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GPs unprepared for flu pandemic, survey finds
Many GP surgeries are unprepared for a flu pandemic, a risk survey has found.
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Entrepreneurial GPs are due respect
Sophia Christie's allegations that GPs are 'venal' and 'breathtakingly callous' are unfair. I am a GP of 26 years' standing. I am vice chair of our (large) local medical committee and a board member of our practice based commissioning consortium. I have spent considerable time recently, with a great deal ...
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Entrepreneurial GPs deserve respect
Sophia Christie's allegations that GPs are 'venal' and 'breathtakingly callous' are unfair.
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HSJ Knowledge
Do GPs with special interests have a future in the NHS?
GPs with special interests fear being elbowed out as more care moves into primary settings, writes Daloni Carlisle
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HSJ Knowledge
GPs in the dock: case for the defence
Around 90 per cent of NHS work is done by family doctors, so why is there so much heat around their pay and workload? The Royal College of GPs' president answers the critics
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HSJ Knowledge
GPs must see sense on hours
New proposals for extended working hours for GPs have provoked a storm of protest - but doctors should take a careful look at the benefits, argues Alastair Henderson
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HSJ Knowledge
Thousands now book to see GPs on web
More than 56,000 people booked appointments on-line at their GP practice last month with one in seven practices now able to offer the service.
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HSJ Knowledge
GP2GP
It’s a scenario familiar to all GPs: a patient with complex problems registers with the practice and has a crumpled list of their drugs. Their notes come through six weeks later, with a faded printout accompanied by handwritten sheets and numerous hospital letters.Clinicians in the new practice have to do ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Is Darzi wrong about GP access?
Everyone has a personal anecdote about their experience of the NHS, from the wonderful nurse to the obstructive receptionist or insensitive consultant delivering bad news. The problem is such stories are just one-off experiences - so how satisfied are patients overall across the millions of patient contacts in the NHS ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Copying outpatient clinic correspondence: letter to patient or GP?
The NHS plan flagged up improving communication between doctors and patients by having outpatient clinic letters to GPs copied to patients. We ran a study comparing this with writing a letter to the patient copied to the GP.