Home Care v Care Home: What’s the Right Option for You?
Are you approaching a time where you need to make a decision about the kind of care you’ll need, and where you want to receive it? Many people find it very difficult to choose whether...
Tagged: GP’s
Most GPs would agree to end life – assisted dying
More than half of GPs would be willing to help a patient die if it was legal, a survey has revealed. Just a year ago a poll showed far fewer – 19 per cent –...
Pharmacists – A ‘hidden Army’ that could reduce GP waiting times
Charlie Cooper writing in the Independent Daily Briefing – Patients visiting their GP surgery with long-term health problems such as asthma and high blood pressure could be given an appointment with an in-house pharmacist instead...
GP Surgeries at Breaking Point – Hundreds Close or Merge
Hundreds of GP surgeries across Britain could close or merge as demand stretches them to breaking point, figures show. Between April and December last year, 169 practices approached NHS England for advice on the “nuclear...
Whiplash scams – wasting doctors time – “compo” bandwagon!
Whiplash fraudsters are clogging GP surgeries and wasting more than one million hours of doctors’ time every year, claims new research. Family doctors see a staggering 116,000 people every month whom they suspect are inventing...