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Labour warned nursing shortage and pharmacy closures will affect NHS turnaround
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is to launch a major consultation to help shape the Government’s 10-year-plan for the health service next week.
Health and social care reforms can’t be dodged any longer - The Irish News view
The careful and structured transformation set out in the Bengoa blueprint has not happened
GPs should assess patients before they see physician associates, doctors suggest
New guidelines on the physician associate role have been published by the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Health Secretary urges British Medical Association to ‘stop the sabre-rattling’
Wes Streeting’s comments come as Professor Sir John Bell said doctors in the BMA have ‘been a major drag on reform of healthcare’.
GPs say ‘intolerable’ waiting lists cannot improve without properly funded primary care
Dr Ursula Mason said it was unsurprising patients currently struggled to get GP appointments and that any attempts to move healthcare closer to home must come with ‘guaranteed’ investment
Protest at Lisnaskea Health Centre creating ‘hostile atmosphere’ for staff
Posters complaining about the difficulty in getting GP appointments were plastered over the building in Co Fermanagh while there were also reports of online abuse.
GP industrial action ‘unnecessary’ – Streeting
Family doctors have said their collective action could last for ‘months’.
GP surgeries told to hire more doctors as Government cuts funding red tape
The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme has drawn significant controversy.
Woman needed HIV test after intimate exam with used swab
The 40-year-old had to wait three months to be tested for HIV and receive a negative result.
NHS warns of continued disruption to GP services next week from global IT outage
A flawed update rolled out by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike knocked many offline around the world on Friday.