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The Latest Breaking News from Royal College of GPs

Family doctors facing ‘insurmountable’ pressures, warn leading GPs

A report suggests one in four GP staff fear their practice is in danger of closing.

The Independent UK

At-home health tests launch in Tesco stores nationwide

The supermarket giant has sealed a deal with test provider Newfoundland to stock self-diagnostic kits in stores and online.

The Independent UK

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.

The Independent UK

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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

Doctor explains why Brits are being plagued with never-ending coughs this winter

Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs, explains why rates of lower and upper respiratory tract infections are well above the average

Daily Mirror

Long-lasting coughs ‘may be one infection after another’

Experts urged people to heat their homes to 18C and seek help for coughs lasting longer than three weeks, or four weeks after Covid.

The Independent UK

Labour warns government to cut waiting lists not standards in row over NHS targets

Follows chaotic winter for the health service

The Independent UK

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Majority of NHS targets ‘could be abolished in 2023 after review of health service’

Outcome could give local leaders more autonomy

The Independent UK

Welsh GP says we 'don't really know' where Strep A outbreak will go as alert issued

The chair of the Royal College of GPs in Wales, Dr Rowena Christmas, urged parents not to dismiss their concerns if their child is unwell

Wales Online

Overloaded GPs forced to limit access to online consulting site

Triage system eConsult was supposed to improve patient care but surgeries are having to switch it off for periods as demand soars

The Guardian - UK

GPs are seeing more people who are 'vitamin deficient' because they can't afford to eat

Dr Rowena Christmas said she'd seen more patients presenting with vitamin B12 and folate deficiencies due to their poor diets

Wales Online

Patients turn down doctor sick notes as they need to work to keep feeding their families

Professor Kamila Hawthorne, the chair of the Royal College of GPs, said some of her patients have refused to sign off work due to illness because they have to keep providing for their families

Daily Mirror

Severely ill refusing sicknotes as they cannot afford time off, says GPs’ head

Exclusive: Doctors suffering ‘moral distress’ at their powerlessness to help most vulnerable, says head of the Royal College of GPs

The Guardian - UK

The Tories fear and loathe the NHS, but they know they have gone too far this time

As 7 million people wait for treatment and nurses prepare to strike, the government desperately tries to deflect the blame, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Who’s to blame for 12 years’ desecration of our NHS? Doctors, says Thérèse Coffey

Yet another new health secretary has arrived with all kinds of whizzo ideas, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Independent UK

Health Secretary pledges to be patient ‘champion’ over GP access

Therese Coffey wants to free up GP time by bringing in other staff and sharing best practice across surgeries.

Daily Mirror

Patients to get GP appointments within two weeks under plans to boost service

New plans to be outlined by Health and Social Care Secretary Therese Coffey will mean patients needing non-urgent GP appointments will receive one within two weeks

The Independent UK

New GP access plans will have ‘minimal impact’ on patients, doctors warn

The Royal College of GPs has accused the Health Secretary of not consulting on her new plans.

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The Independent UK

Patients to see a GP within two weeks, Coffey to say

The new health secretary has set out plans to tackle pressures in the NHS.

The Independent UK

GPs in ‘really tough’ situation as patient numbers rise, says RCGP chairman

Professor Martin Marshall said doctors were finding it hard to provide safe and effective care.

Daily Mirror

NHS leaders trash Rishi Sunak's plan to fine people £10 for missing appointments

The NHS Confederation, Royal College of GPs and British Medical Association warned charging patients who miss an appointment will penalise the poor - and cost more than it saves

The Independent UK

Full-time GPs in England at lowest level for five years

The NHS Digital data comes amid mounting concerns about the number of GPs needed to meet the rising demand for appointments.

The Independent UK

Quarter of GP posts ‘could be vacant within decade’ as alarm raised over shortages

New estimates suggest England will need thousands more family doctors by 2030.

The Independent UK

Alarm sounded over ‘growing shortage’ of GPs

New estimates suggest England will need thousands more family doctors by 2030.

The Independent UK

Help needed to back quality care for patients amid GP workloads, leaders say

Professor Martin Marshall, chair of the Royal College of GPs, believes the bond between GP and patient is based on trust but is under threat.

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