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GP Care (27th Sep 12 at 9:14am UTC)
Doctors accused of lacking compassion in survey of patients
Patients Association findings reveal growing concerns about attitudes and actions of GPs

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/sep/27/doctors-lacking-compassion-survey-of-patients
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Re: GP Care (27th Sep 12 at 9:41pm UTC)
Patients treated badly by their GPs are not complaining over fear of being banned from their local surgery, according to a report published today which describes the situation as “one of the great unspoken scandals of the NHS”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9568976/Patients-darent-complain-about-bad-GPs.html
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Re: GP Care (4th Jan 13 at 10:41am UTC)
GPs should be subject to patient satisfaction tests, says David Cameron
Prime minister says 'friends and family' test being introduced in hospitals should be extended to doctors' surgeries

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jan/04/david-cameron-gps-patient-satisfaction
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Re: GP Care (4th Jan 13 at 10:34pm UTC)
Cameron backs friends and families test to act as 'flashing light' to warn when hospitals and GPs are failing

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256941/David-Cameron-backs-friends-families-test-act-flashing-light-warn-hospitals-GPs-failing.html#ixzz2H35mObvq

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Re: GP Care (17th Jan 13 at 10:31pm UTC)
GPs 'refuse to treat immigrants as NHS too generous on foreign nationals'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9808395/GPs-refuse-to-treat-immigrants-as-NHS-too-generous-on-foreign-nationals.html
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Re: GP Care (20th Jan 13 at 10:06pm UTC)
GP opening hours to be included in NHS review of urgent and emergency care

http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/commissioning/commissioning-topics/urgent-care/gp-opening-hours-to-be-included-in-nhs-review-of-urgent-and-emergency-care/20001547.article#.UPxivvI093A
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Re: GP Care (17th Feb 13 at 10:40pm UTC)
Ten thousand more GPs are needed for the NHS to cope with its increasing workload and ensure patients are properly cared for out of hours, the head of the Royal College of GPs has said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9873540/10000-more-GPs-needed-for-NHS-to-cope-with-increasing-workload.html
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Re: GP Care (19th Feb 13 at 10:23pm UTC)
Difficulty making an appointment the number one reason people might delay seeing GP

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/difficulty-making-an-appointment-the-number-one-reason-people-might-delay-seeing-gp-8500100.html
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Re: GP Care (21st Feb 13 at 11:36pm UTC)
Family doctors will have to see fewer patients, cut services and sack staff because of unreasonable targets set by ministers in changes to the GP contract, the British Medical Association has warned.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9885592/GPs-will-have-to-cut-services-due-to-contract-changes-BMA.html
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Re: GP Care (22nd Feb 13 at 11:42pm UTC)
Don't hate GP receptionists for being grumpy - they're under pressure and under qualified, says new report

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2282900/Dont-hate-GP-receptionists-grumpy--theyre-pressure-qualified-says-new-report.html#ixzz2LfsW3JxT

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Re: GP Care (27th Feb 13 at 9:59am UTC)
Did GPs get off lightly from Francis?
The Patient from Hell explores the implications of the Francis report for GPs. Will they revert to their pre-Mid Staffs attitudes?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/healthcare-network/2013/feb/27/gps-get-off-lightly-francis-mid-staffs
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Re: GP Care (6th Mar 13 at 11:27pm UTC)
Technology will allow a GP to harness expertise of many clinicians

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9913923/Technology-will-allow-a-GP-to-harness-expertise-of-many-clinicians.html


GPs must learn e-efficiency from Easyjet, says Jeremy Hunt

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9913576/GPs-must-learn-e-efficiency-from-Easyjet-says-Jeremy-Hunt.html
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Re: GP Care (7th Mar 13 at 10:32pm UTC)
Patients are “gambling with their lives” when they register with some GPs, the architect of David Cameron’s ‘Friends and Family Test’ of the NHS has claimed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9916443/Patients-gambling-with-their-lives-with-some-GPs.html
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Re: GP Care (12th Mar 13 at 11:50pm UTC)
A cystic fibrosis sufferer was struck off as a patient from his local GP surgery after posting an “offensive” message about its staff on Twitter, it emerged tonight.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9925713/GP-surgery-bans-patient-over-offensive-Twitter-post.html
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Re: GP Care (15th Mar 13 at 11:51pm UTC)
GP receptionist suspended after telling eight-year-old girl who couldn't breathe to wait in line FOUR times because she 'wasn't an urgent priority'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2293767/GP-receptionist-suspended-telling-year-old-girl-breathe-wait-line-FOUR-times-wasnt-urgent-priority.html#ixzz2NehsXuZP

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Re: GP Care (21st Mar 13 at 12:18pm UTC)
Department of Health publishes full details of 2013/14 GP contract

http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/home/gp-contract-2013/14/department-of-health-publishes-full-details-of-2013/14-gp-contract/20002309.article#.UUr59jdNF3A
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Re: GP Care (22nd Mar 13 at 11:21am UTC)
Warning over 'struggling GP system' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21885428
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Re: GP Care (23rd Mar 13 at 11:02pm UTC)
Sixty per cent of patients must wait 48 hours to see a GP while a tenth wait two WEEKS

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2297294/Two-thirds-patients-wait-48-hours-GP-tenth-wait-WEEKS.html#ixzz2OPHWHMpc

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Re: GP Care (9th Apr 13 at 10:23pm UTC)
Grandmother handcuffed and escorted from GP surgery by police after demanding to see medical notes

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2305620/Grandmother-Mary-Kerswell-handcuffed-escorted-Biggleswade-GP-surgery-asking-medical-notes.html#ixzz2Q0Wo0DR5

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Re: GP Care (11th Jan 14 at 1:48pm UTC)
What I'm really thinking: the doctor's receptionist
'There are 5,000 patients on our books, and it feels like they all have our number on speed dial'

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jan/11/what-really-thinking-doctors-receptionist
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