GPs 'losing touch' with patients
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GPs are becoming more remote from their patients, an opinion poll has revealed.
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The head of a NHS trust says patient 'frustration' with the out-of-hours GPs' service is adding to pressures on hospitals.
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A mass exodus of GPs from the NHS is being considered by the British Medical Association as it steps up its campaign against the government's plan to impose extended surgery opening hours in England, internal documents have revealed
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Family doctors should question their younger patients about cannabis use, senior GPs say.
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More than half of doctors who are physically or verbally abused by patients do not report it, figures show.
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Survey shows many doctors are not proactively discussing breast cancer awareness with patients
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More than one million GPs appointments were missed in Scotland during a year, according to a survey.
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Patients currently don't have any way to keep their personal information from being shared with third parties.
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PATIENTS&#39; safety could be endangered by new European Union rules on health care, doctors&#39; representatives said yesterday. The British Medical Association said they had serious concerns about the impact of
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Doctors and patients groups have criticised plans to set up health centres known as "polyclinics" across England.
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Breast cancer patients are not receiving the best follow-up care because guidelines are lacking, claim experts.
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NHS healthcare for cancer patients is not good enough, a think-tank of almost 1,000 doctors says.
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The watchdog in charge of GPs is more interested in looking after doctors than protecting patients, a &quot;bruising&quot; report into serial killer Dr Harold Shipman said.
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Lack of equipment leaves calls unmonitored Primary care trusts are not adequately monitoring out of hours telephone calls, according to a committee of MPs.â¦
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The NHS is failing to offer sufficient out-of-hours GP care for severely ill patients, experts say.
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GPs are providing more and better services to patients, performance figures suggest.
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A doctor who handed out leaflets to shoppers criticising hospital management, is suspended.