Caution urged on plan for at-home patient health checks
PATIENTS are to carry out health checks at home as part of a landmark trial that aims to ease GP workloads.
GMC chief calls for action to halt doctors quitting NHS
NEARLY 10,000 doctors gave up their licence to practise last year and action is needed now to stop this “senseless waste” of talent said General Medical Council (GMC) Chief Executive Charlie Massey.
Practice level waiting times will allow “informed choice” says Government
NEW publication of GP appointment waiting times in England will allow patients to make “more informed choices” on the practice they choose to visit, according to the Department of Health and Social Care.
GMC launches ethical hub on tackling racism
A NEW “ethical hub” on tackling racism in the workplace has been launched by the General Medical Council (GMC) on its website.
GPs given expanded access to tests to speed up cancer diagnosis
GP practices in England are being given expanded direct access to diagnostic scans for patients with concerning symptoms but who fall outside the NICE guideline threshold for an urgent suspected cancer referral.
Less than half of LGBTQ+ doctors feel able to be open about sexual orientation
A SURVEY of UK doctors has found that only 46 per cent of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer respondents feel able to be open about their sexual orientation where they work or study.
Pandemic impact on wait for breast reconstructive surgery
NEW research has found that 51 per cent of breast cancer patients surveyed in the UK said that the Covid-19 pandemic had a ‘significant impact’ on their wait for and experience of breast reconstruction surgery.
RCGP signals warning on timescale for online record access
NHS England must carefully consider the 1 November timescale for granting patients automatic access to their prospective records, says the Royal College of GPs.
Health and care system “gridlocked”
ONLY two in five people are able to leave hospital when ready to do so, which is contributing to record-breaking waits in emergency departments and dangerous ambulance handover delays, according to the Care Quality Commission.
Remove employment barriers to tackle NHS crisis, says GMC
THE General Medical Council is calling for a relaxation in rules preventing specialty and associate specialist (SAS) and locally employed (LE) doctors from undertaking a wider range of work, such as in primary care.