27 h. ago John Swinney to tackle '8am lottery' patients face trying to get GP appointments

EXCLUSIVE: Making it easier to see a doctor will be central to Swinney’s new Programme for Government on Tuesday.

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7 d. ago Paramedic is stabbed to death by patient during routine call and now the suspect faces a murder charge

Shanetta Bossell had just been released on bond after she was arrested and charged with biting a police officer

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2 w. ago Patient satisfaction with GP services in England has collapsed, research finds

Exclusive: Family doctors have switched to providing far fewer in-person appointmentsGPs in poor parts of England are paid £5,500 less a year than in wealthy areas, study findsPatients’ satisfaction with GP services has collapsed in recent years as family doctors have switched to providing far fewer face-to-face appointments, new research has revealed.The proportion of patients seeing a GP in person has plummeted from more than four-fifths (80.7%) in 2019 to just under two-thirds (66.2%) last year. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Doctor, praised by RFK Jr as ‘extraordinary’ healer, treated children while infected with measles

A video shows the Texas doctor, who has been treating children in a measles outbreak, with a measles rash on his face while caring for patients

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2 w. ago Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healer

A video shows a Texas doctor, who has been treating children in a measles outbreak, with a measles rash on his face in a clinic while caring for patients a week before he met with Health Secretary Robert F

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3 w. ago NHS meets key cancer target amid warning that patients still face delays to care

The overall waiting list for treatment also fell for the sixth consecutive month.

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