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The rural Welsh village about to lose its last GP surgery

Nearly a fifth of GP practices in Wales have shut in the last ten years

Wales Online · Jan 20, 2023

Medical abortions still hard to access in Wagga Wagga, GPs say, due to 'culture of silence'

Women rely on "word of mouth" to access medical abortions in New South Wales' largest inland city and sometimes they're too late, according to these GPs.

ABC News · Jan 19, 2023

Two in five GPs face verbal abuse on daily basis – poll

The Royal College of GPs described the survey findings as ‘deeply disturbing’.

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

If patients could bypass GPs to see specialists, the NHS would grind to a halt

Letter: NHS psychiatrist Dr Melanie Knowles agrees that the current system is flawed, but says the answer is not to dispense with referrals from GPs, who are experts in diagnosis and triage

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2023

Keir Starmer says he's never used private healthcare - but NHS must reform or 'die'

Labour's leader defended his tough stance on NHS reforms, vowing to take on 'bureaucratic nonsense' and 'mind-boggling inefficiencies' in the health service

Daily Mirror · Jan 15, 2023

Keir Starmer: Nothing is off the table when comes to NHS reform

Sir Keir said nothing is off the table when it comes to reforming the NHS as the health service is in its ‘worst position in history’

Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2023

Keir Starmer vows to slash ‘bureaucratic nonsense’ in NHS

‘If we don’t get real about reform, the NHS will die,’ says Labour leader

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2023

Sir Keir Starmer backs plan to make GPs NHS employees and slash ‘bureaucratic nonsense’

Plans include bringing GPs back under the direct employ of the National Health Service rather than running their own practices under contract

Wales Online · Jan 15, 2023

Starmer backs plan to make GPs NHS employees and slash ‘bureaucratic nonsense’

The Labour leader said that without reform, the NHS ‘will die’.

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2023

UK plans GPS tracking of potential deportees by fingerprint scanners

Charities say 24/7 monitoring for people on bail from immigration detention risk ‘total surveillance’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2023