Medical practices urged to link up
MEDICAL practices need to evolve into "super GP practices" or networks that can pool resources and draw in specialist expertise from other professionals like pharmacists, geriatricians and psychiatrists.
Decrease in emergency admissions via GPs
EMERGENCY admissions to hospital via A&E departments increased markedly in England over a ten year period to 2011 while those via GPs decreased, according to analysis published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Language checks for dentists
LANGUAGE checks are set to be introduced for European dentists coming to the UK under new government proposals.