This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49196357 By Nick TriggleHealth correspondent The government has come up with new proposals for England and Wales to end the row with doctors over pensions. Doctors had started refusing to do overtime shifts because they were being landed with bills after changes to the amount that can be accrued tax-free….
This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/operation-wait-times-soar-as-nhs-doctors-turn-down-extra-shifts-over-pension-tax-changes-11758629 By Paul Kelso, health correspondent One NHS trust says its waiting list for operations has doubled over three months because consultants are not accepting extra work. Waiting lists for operations are soaring as growing numbers of senior doctors turn down extra shifts over changes to pensions. Hospital trust chief…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jul/01/nhs-primary-care-networks-gp-focus-vulnerable-patients By Nadeem Badshah Patients will have the opportunity of longer appointments with their GP from Monday under a new initiative of practices working together. About 7,000 surgeries across England have come together to form more than 1,200 primary care networks to deliver a wider range of specialist care services. Local surgeries…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/11/drug-shortages-endangering-patients-lives-wasting-nhs-time By Zara Aziz I shouldn’t have to spend large chunks of my day tracking down certain medicines or researching alternatives As a GP, managing patients’ medicine requests has until now been a seamless process of writing prescriptions to send to nominated pharmacies to dispense. But drug shortages mean that…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48600923By The NHS fraud squad is investigating GPs in England amid suspicions they are claiming for non-existent patients. Doctors get £150 a year for each patient on their list, but records show there were 3.6 million more patients in the system last year than there were people in England. The…