4 d. ago GPs in poor parts of England are paid £5,500 less a year than in wealthy areas, study finds

Report analysed data from 8,500 doctors over 2015-21 and also found pressures on GPs were higher in deprived areasPatient satisfaction with GP services in England has collapsed, research findsGPs working in the most deprived areas in England are paid an average salary £5,525 less a year than their counterparts working in wealthier areas, according to a study.The report, by researchers at the University of Manchester and published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, analysed data from more than 8,500 GPs between 2015 and 2021 in the GP work life survey. Continue reading...

Economics

4 d. 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...

Science

7 d. ago Donald Trump press conference emergency as journalists told 'get out'

Donald Trump was talking at a White House press conference following Dr Mehmet Oz’s swearing-in as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service when he was forced to cut it short after somebody collapsed

Politics

2 w. ago Financial services firm that collapsed owing creditors £37m was led by Cardiff Rugby co

Neal Griffith was chief executive of Optima Worldwide Group at the time of its compulsory liquidation in 2021

Economics

2 w. ago Doge’s attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’, staff says

Understaffed agency sent into ‘death spiral’ as employees warn Musk-led cuts will lead to structural collapseOffice closures, staffing and service cuts, and policy changes at the Social Security Administration (SSA) have caused “complete, utter chaos” and are threatening to send the agency into a “death spiral”, according to workers at the agency.The SSA operates the largest government program in the US, administering social insurance programs, including retirement, disability and survivor benefits. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago SNP facing social care 'meltdown' as £560m black hole risking service collapse

A £560m social care financial black hole could pay for more than 18,000 care home beds or more than 11,000 nurses.

Economics

3 w. ago Six in 10 people unhappy with NHS, poll reveals amid ‘startling collapse’ in public satisfaction with health service

Nearly one in 10 people feel they have been harmed by the health service in recent years, a new poll suggests

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