When does safeguarding NHS resources become an excuse for denying patients the care they need? Read More »
You wouldn’t buy a car without first checking it starts.
So why should we take politicians at their word over telehealth when potentially billions of pounds of NHS money are at stake? Read More »
Veterans of BMA annual representative meetings – and in fact the equivalents for other professions such as the Royal College of Nursing congress – are well aware that every year there is an ongoing dispute with the government about something. Read More »
The limited global supply of the shingles vaccine Zostavax has raised an interesting new question on access and equity: how should the NHS share when there is not enough to go around? Read More »
The government should think twice before blaming GPs for too few pregnant women having the flu vaccine, especially as it has done so little to address women’s concerns over vaccination in pregnancy. Read More »
Relations between health secretary Andrew Lansley and the BMA hit an all-time low this week, descending finally into a good old-fashioned slanging match. Read More »
Reforms to the NHS pension scheme are an undeniably tricky issue. GPs, who are already facing a pay freeze and increasing workload, now feel like they are being told to work longer to get less. Read More »
In November, Dr Samantha Powell, a GP from Romsey, Hampshire, went to work on a community medical project in rural Kenya organised by Camps International. Dr Powell now looks back on her trip and blogs exclusively for GPonline.com about her experience on the ground.
Two weeks on and the tan is fading, but the memories are not. Read More »
Do Daily Mail readers agree with the government about what a good GP should do?
Health secretary Andrew Lansley certainly seems to think so. He says that publishing more data on GP practices online will ‘offer patients insights into the quality of care on offer’ and ‘empower patients to take decisions about their own care and so drive up quality’. But there may be a problem with this cunning plan, or so GPC deputy chairman Dr Richard Vautrey has suggested. Read More »
Last month, Dr Samantha Powell, a GP from Romsey, Hampshire, left the comfort of her practice to work on a community medical project in rural Kenya organised by Camps International. Dr Powell blogs exclusively for GPonline.com about her experience on the ground.
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