Big changes are coming A major change to booking GP appointments is set to come into force from today. For some time now, most GP surgeries have offered online bookings, but often in limited number and only for a certain period of time during the day. Now, under new rules, Doctor’s surgeries will have to […]

6 months ago

This news will come as music to a lot of people’s ears. Patients in the UK will be able to book more appointments online and request to see their usual doctor under a new contract agreed with GPs in England, the government has said. The deal, agreed yesterday between the government and the British Medical […]

1 year ago

Evie Toombes was born with spina bifida and can sometimes spend 24 hours-a-day connected to tubes. A woman who sued her mother’s GP for allowing her to be born has won the right to millions of pounds in damages. Evie Toombes, from Skegness, Lincolnshire, was born with spina bifida, and last month she sued Dr […]

1 year ago

She also advocated for a number of other spending cuts Thanks to some unearthed documents from 2009, it has been revealed that Prime Ministerial hopeful Liz Truss previously wanted patients to be charged for GP visits. As well as advocating for a number of cuts on government spending, including slashing doctors’ pay by 10 per […]

3 years ago

His body was found by his brother on Boxing Day A man was found lying dead on his bedroom floor just three days after he was turned away by his GP who claimed there was “no need” for him to be there. Raymond Scougall, 40, visited his local practice in Glasgow on December 23 to […]

4 years ago

Nick Ferrari suggested people be charged ‘about 50 to 60 pounds’ per appointment after they reached their limit A radio host has called for people to be limited to 12 NHS appointments a year in order to tackle the issue of “frequent attenders”. Nick Ferrari suggested that people have the equivalent of one free appointment […]

4 years ago