Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, care workers and others across primary and secondary care have worked to their limits over the last 18 months (Getty Images) As the representative bodies for general ...

Improving family doctor access during standard working hours might be better for reducing out of hours service use than extending the opening times of GP surgeries, suggests research. Difficulties ...

Improving access to GP services has emerged as the top priority for the National Health Service (NHS) among UK adults, according to a recent survey by the Health Foundation. The findings highlight a ...

The Government has been urged to adopt a wider definition of access to GPs, including whether practices provide email consultations or are accessible by public transport, in a new report from the King ...

The data analysis comes as a stark new report warns that difficulties in accessing care because of the digitalisation of family doctor services during the pandemic has left many people “struggling”. A ...

Dr Lalsingh says he and others are regularly seeing more than the 25 recommended patients a day Seeing a GP could become as difficult as accessing an NHS dentist, a County Antrim doctor has said.

UK-based charity conducted a review of GP access between April 2019 and December 2020 A new report from Healthwatch has highlighted the need for a review of GP access arrangements, after finding many ...

NHS England has said that regional plans to improve access to GP practices will be agreed ‘by the end of this week’. The plans will include the list of the 20% of worst-performing local practices ...

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Doctors threatened industrial action last night in a dramatic escalation in the row over face-to-face appointments. The British Medical Association voted unanimously to reject plans aimed at improving ...

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