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Why hay fever season started early this year, and what you can do about it

GPs are no longer routinely prescribing treatments such as tablets, nasal sprays, or eye drops for hay fever

Wales Online

77-Year-Old Tourist In Alpina B3 Touring Stuck After Blindingly Trusting GPS

You can't park there mate.

Motor1

Veterans paying for service-related healthcare as GPs stop accepting rebate

Lack of timely and affordable medical care across Australia is exacerbating chronic health issues and causing mental distress among veterans, advocate says

The Guardian - AU

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For 30 minutes, Volkswagen tracking service wouldn’t help deputies find stolen car with toddler inside

Detectives scrambled for a credit card number to pay the tracking service $150 to obtain the car’s GPS location but by then, the boy had been found unharmed.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘16 minutes of hell’; Volkswagen says ‘serious breach’ led to delay in giving authorities GPS location of stolen car carrying toddler

CHICAGO — Volkswagen acknowledged Friday that a representative of its roadside assistance program made a “serious breach” after declining to provide police with the GPS location of a car carrying an abducted toddler.

Tribune News Service

Queensland to trial GPS trackers for child offenders as young as 15 in Toowoomba

Expansion to include 15-year-olds is part of a suite of measures to crack down on youth crime, including making breach of bail an offence for children

The Guardian - AU

Health leaders urged to focus on retaining GPs after numbers drop year on year

The figures also show the proportion of GPs in England working full time at local surgeries is at its lowest level since current records began.

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Florida researchers capture invasive pythons by attaching GPS collars to prey

Burmese pythons, which can grow up to 20ft, have surged in south Florida due to snake owners releasing them when they get too big

The Guardian - US

Bulk-billing rates in Tasmania worst in Australia, as medical students shun GP careers

For those trying to find a bulk-billing doctor in Tasmania, the task is a challenging one — and with rural clinics under pressure and fewer GPs coming through the system, the problem is only going to get worse.

ABC News

‘Quantumania’ is taking over. Here’s where we stand in the real ‘quantum realm’

A Quantumania-inspired tour of the technologies and possibilities of quantum science.

Fortune

Mum whose daughter was struck down with Strep A slams GPs using 'text message diagnosis'

Laura Rooney, whose daughter was diagnosed with Strep A in December, has called for an end to the practice of diagnosing children via text messages and pictures

Daily Mirror

Full list of Newcastle GP surgeries and how many appointments were offered in a month

We take a look at every GP surgery in the city to see how easy it is to get a GP appointment - and how long it takes before you see a doctor

Chronicle Live

Banbridge mum on Strep A diagnosis for daughter - 'text message diagnosis from GPs needs to end'

"Unfortunately, Farrah was wrongly diagnosed in a text message."

Belfast Live

Grant scheme to keep GPs in flood-ravaged Lismore

Healthcare providers in Lismore will receive $5 million in government aid to rebuild flood-damaged infrastructure, replace equipment or move to new premises.

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The Guardian - AU

Revealed: the areas where Australians are struggling to access free GP care

Exclusive: Data shows low bulk-billing rates in affluent Sydney suburbs as well as several regional electorates and Tasmania

Daily Mirror

'We're literally on a cliff edge': Inside GP surgery where NHS staff are struggling

Amid the NHS crisis and GP shortages, the Mirror went inside Horfield Health Centre in Bristol where 'demands are off the scale' and executive partner Peter Maynard has even been to the local job centre to find staff

ABC News

Defence veterans' entitlement schemes to be overhauled in bid to 'save lives'

Defence Force personnel are being promised easier access to veterans' entitlements under an overhaul of legislation, as the minister confirms the backlog of claims is still above 42,000.

Daily Mirror

Jeremy Hunt 'planning to tell GPs not to sign people off long-sick in Budget'

The Chancellor is said to be looking into ways of driving down the number of people signed off sick - but it has sparked concerns that people could be forced into work when they're not well enough

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s plans for self-referral: approach with caution

Editorial: Letting more patients bypass GPs and refer themselves to specialists risks heaping pressure on a system already in crisis

The Independent UK

GPs dealing with more patients despite falling numbers, research suggests

The Liberal Democrats warned of a ‘stark postcode lottery’ across the country.

Tribune News Service

As pythons in Florida try to hide, they face a new enemy: possums with GPS collars

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Wildlife researchers studying mammals in Key Largo have discovered a potentially groundbreaking — if not heartbreaking — way to locate and kill invasive Burmese pythons, especially the big ones.

WEKU

This race is a nonstop sail around the world. Cassette tapes are allowed, but no GPS

To win the Golden Globe Race, sailors compete solo using celestial navigation to find their way, and they are forced to battle high winds and rough seas without the use of any electronic equipment.

ABC News

Medicare levy, 'geographical discrimination' impacts Eyre Peninsula residents

The SA government is accused of choosing to look after certain communities while neglecting others.

The Conversation

Need a bulk-billing GP? Why throwing more money at Medicare isn't the answer

Last financial year, the Australian government spent almost A$29 billion on Medicare. Most was spent on primary care – a patient’s usual first contact with the health system when sick or injured, such as GP, allied health and diagnostic services. Every year, this spending increases.

The Conversation

6 reasons why it's so hard to see a GP

The recently released Strengthening Medicare Taskforce report found more people are delaying care or attending emergency departments because they can’t get in to see a GP.

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