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13 小时之前 · NHS England said they would back local leaders to take tough decisions, ‘where they are clearly rooted in the needs of their populations’. A key focus for 2025/26 will be digital transformation with all providers proactively offering NHS App-first communications to patients (with due regard to digital inclusion), as a matter of default.

3 天之前 · Child deaths in England have risen once more after a temporary drop during the Covid-19 pandemic, UK researchers have said. An analysis of the National Child Mortality Database found in 2022/23, there were 258 more child deaths than expected when compared with figures from the pre-pandemic period.

2 天之前 · It comes as the RCGP has launched a survey to establish a position on assisted dying following the bill’s progress in Parliament.. The RCGP is in the process of reviewing its position on whether or not assisted dying should be legal across the UK and its survey is open to all members who are eligible to work or have previously worked as a GP in the UK, one of the Crown Dependencies or the ...

2 天之前 · The study, published in the British Journal of General Practice, also found that patients seeing their regular GP were ‘less likely’ (22% for non-regular GPs and 30% for locums) to attend emergency departments in the same week, and were also ‘significantly more likely’ to be referred to a specialist.. Antibiotic prescription was used as …

3 天之前 · The fall in the number of FTE GPs alongside an increase in GP headcount is partly explained by GPs working fewer hours. According to NHS Digital figures, GPs are increasingly working less than 37.5 hours per week.This is more or less in line with Pulse’s September 2024 survey, which showed GPs are working an average 35 …

2024年12月20日 · GPC England said the proposals ‘could signal’ that the profession has reached ‘the end of the beginning’ and that it is clear from the health secretary’s ‘tone’ that the BMA’s messaging and efforts ‘are starting to yield results’.

2025年1月3日 · GPs report ‘as expected’ levels of respiratory virus in the community despite hospital flu cases quadrupling in just one month. NHS England warned this morning that flu cases have ‘continued to skyrocket’ with over 5,000 patients hospitalised with the virus at the end of last week.. This comes as the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has …

2024年12月12日 · GP and respiratory expert Dr Andrew Whittamore outlines the key updates in new joint NICE/BTS/SIGN asthma guidelines and advises on how best to implement the changes. NICE has worked with BTS and SIGN to produce a unified guideline on asthma. 1 The guidance aims to modernise asthma management, in particular to support more accurate diagnosis and introduce more effective treatment regimens, to ...

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