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Scrap waiting rooms for calm spaces
Whilst unintentional, waiting is torture for most people, especially when the length of time is unknown, unpredictable or, ...
Pulse15h
Desperate times call for annual patient appraisals
On the theme of ‘My big idea’, Dr Anya Heywood contemplates turning the tables by introducing annual appraisals for patients ...
Pulse16h
NHSE instructs GPs to avoid hospital admissions this winter
GP practices should be working with complex patients to ‘actively avoid hospital admissions’ this winter, according to NHS ...
Pulse15h
Pulse Writing Competition: The big ideas
When we launched our writing competition, we were filled with the usual worries. Would people be bothered to enter during the ...
Pulse21h
Fall in FTE GPs driven by male doctors reducing working hours, finds study
The 'supply' of GPs in England has shrunk by almost 3% since 2015, partly driven by male GPs reducing the number of hours ...
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Doctors training exclusion due to ‘lack of funding for GP retention’
An ICB has excluded GPs from a training course due to lack of funding, in a move that the BMA’s GP committee described as ...