Stephen Nickell, who is on the board of the Office for Budget Responsibility, suggested 35% of ‘health professionals’ came from outside the UK. Recent estimates suggest that over a quarter of all UK consultants are not British nationals but the figure for the total health staff is lower. UKIP said the NHS jobs could be … [Read more…]
Nick Clegg has told MPs in angry exchanges in the House of Commons that the only privatisation of an NHS hospital has come under Labour. He was speaking about Hinchingbrooke in Cambridgeshire while pointing at the shadow health secretary Andy Burnham. He had been sparring with Harriet Harman at PMQs who claimed the deputy prime minister … [Read more…]
Upon finding that the UK Statistics Authority was able to demonstrate how the government could claim GP numbers had risen since it took office, while Labour could insist they had fallen. The National Association of Sessional GPs believes all of these figures are futile because they exclude locums. This is a point that remains unaddressed … [Read more…]
Certain practices will be expected to merge or federate in order to offer routine opening times on Saturdays. They will provide flexible appointment lengths as part of London local area team’s £810m a year bid to improve and reshape general practice in the capital. The NHS England (London) ‘transformation framework’ – led by former RCGP … [Read more…]
According to a report by the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Britain has fewer doctors per head than almost every other European country with only Poland, Romania, Ireland and Slovenia being worse. Senior doctors have described the shortages in Britain as life threatening and as leaving the NHS under ‘incredible pressure’. The report … [Read more…]
A GP practice has been ordered by NHS England to prohibit the sending of emails to patients advising them to visit alternative NHS providers in a bid to alleviate the ‘great pressure’ faced by general practice. The Devon-based practice had sent emails to patients detailing NHS-funded services that can be accessed without the need for … [Read more…]
NHS Highland has denied that its attempts to recruit GPs were ‘poaching’ them from the south of the border, claiming it just wanted to stop them from leaving the UK. The health board is undertaking a new recruitment campaign which involves advertising in Leeds and Liverpool across public transport and billboards in hopes of attracting … [Read more…]
NHS England claims an increase in GMS funding could worsen problems with GP recruitment for practices, as it would lead to ‘inequality’ in pay between salaried GPs and partners. NHS England stated that any increase in overall funding for GMS contract relies on the practice to pass funding on to salaried GPs. However the GPC … [Read more…]
Following analysis by management consultants Deloitte, it has been revealed that if the NHS invest an extra £72 million annually into family doctors and practice nurses, the NHS could save £5 for every additional pound put in. The findings state that the investment would reduce A&E visits, patients’ time spent hospitalised, and ambulance callouts. It … [Read more…]
During the busy winter months, patients will be able to visit their GP on Saturdays. A number of GP practices across North Staffordshire and Stone-on-Trent have signed on to provide Saturday opening hours for patients who need an urgent appointment over the winter. The scheme plans to run throughout the winter months, from November until … [Read more…]