Doctors
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Care Quality Commission admits its banding system wrongly labelled 60 practices as potentially putting patients at risk
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Government says NHS is equipped to manage extra demand, as figures show attendances at A&Es up 5% on last year
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With doctors under pressure to conduct life-changing operations, taking on high-risk donations is increasingly a judgment call
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Letters: There is a developing fracture between patient and doctor due to a mismatch in expectation and reality: general practice is at a tipping point
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Alongside positive reaction to Simon Stevens’ plan are voices of some angry doctors – which suggests better leadership is needed, writes Dick Vinegar
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Practice in Newton Abbot forced to back down after it suggested that patients should not seek consultation for range of ailments
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Labour dismiss announcement as ‘spin’ after it emerges that £750m of extra funding is recycled health department cash
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Shadow health minister also says party would look at making referrals for physical activity available through GPs
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Extra £72m a year could cut A&E visits, hospital stays and ambulance callouts, and allow doctors to focus on patient care
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Working as a GP and commissioner in an area where male life expectancy is the worst in the UK keeps Amanda Doyle busy
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Pressure has been reduced in the hospital where health regulator noted concerns about over-stretched staff in A&E
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Patients deserve better out-of-hours care
David Colin ThoméThis undervalued service needs improvement if the NHS is to deliver 24-hour healthcare in the community, writes David Colin Thomé -
Real-life doctors-and-nurses escapades, sherry evenings, cricket, and bags of lovely drugs: it really was different being a doctor in the 1960s and 70s, writes Sam Wollaston
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Several medical practitioners with question marks against their record have been employed in Australian immigration detention centres
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The UK is the only country in western Europe except Finland where liver disease has increased over the past three decades
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Ara Darzi: The heroic doctors beloved of TV shows like House are a barrier to the unglamorous, systematic work needed to save more lives
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Scheme to improve diagnosis rates that has been fiercely criticised by GPs and patient groups will not be renewed in March
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Anne Perkins: First thoughts: While understanding the nature of the threat is the biggest asset in tackling terror, knowledge alone is never enough
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Views from the NHS frontline Healthcare professionals must listen to patients’ dying wishes
Lucy IsonMost people want to die at home, so why do so many spend their final days and hours in hospital, asks Lucy Ison
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Pressures of UK’s ageing population take heavy toll on NHS morale – and endanger patient safety, say doctors’ leaders
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Letters: We get the health service we pay for. In fact, according to international studies, we get extremely good value for our taxes
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GPs and other primary health professionals given advice to avoid delays in recognising symptoms
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David Hills: The Saatchi bill is rife with problems, and attacking critics does nothing to address this
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GP ‘super practice’ pioneers digital healthcare
Robin Vickers, executive director and founder, Digital Life SciencesNew model of primary care is offering access to services via the web, phone or app to a population of 60,000, writes Robin Vickers
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Mary Dejevsky: It shouldn’t take eleborate surveys of doctor’s surgeries by the CQC watchdog to make GPs deliver a good, consistent service
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Health watchdog says inspections will take place after worries about trouble getting appointments and out of date medicine
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Letters: If the public understood that we get our NHS relatively cheaply, most would accept 2p on income tax
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Stella Duffy: I stand before you, naked; you sit, fully clothed. I feel exposed, shy, uncertain. Who has told you to treat your patients this way?
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Asked if he makes a medical judgement of people who want to end their life, Nitschke says, ‘no, I wouldn’t accept that at all’
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Zara Aziz: Offering GPs £55 per new diagnosis fails to fund the urgent support patients and their families need to manage the condition
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Training exercises for British medical professionals in dealing with Ebola cases are essential for stopping transmission of the virus, says senior A&E nurse Kirsty Farrell
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Two reports show GPs manage 158 problems for every 100 patients, compared with 145 problems 10 years ago
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Views from the NHS frontline Charging drunk patients in A&E wouldn’t sit right with my conscience
Jason Sarfo-AnninMaking certain patients pay for emergency services might make night shifts better for doctors, but it is discriminatory, says Jason Sarfo-Annin
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Suspended right-to-die advocate says medical board’s view was based on the ‘doctors know best’ premise
Seven reasons why GPs have to turn patients away