12 new conditions pharmacist can treat instead of your GP
Your local pharmacist may be the new go-to for these conditions The NHS has confirmed 12 conditions that pharmacists across the UK can now advise, treat and prescribe medication for before seeing your GP first. The Pharmacy First scheme comes as an alternative to the traditional process of treatment for certain conditions, aiming to ease […]
1 month ago
Major change for booking GP appointments comes into force
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 […]
1 year ago
GPs in England agree to end the 8am scramble for appointments
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
Woman wins millions after suing mum’s GP for allowing her to be born
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 […]
2 years ago
Liz Truss exposed for wanting to charge patients for GP visits, 2009 papers reveal
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 […]
4 years ago
Man dies three days ‘after GP sent him home and threatened to strike him from surgery list’
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 […]
5 years ago