Nov 8, 2020
GPs have insisted they are “pulling their weight” during the Covid pandemic after being warned to stop refusing to see patients face-to-face. A coalition of nearly 1,000 family doctors hit out at the “widespread public impression that GPs are choosing to avoid seeing patients” in a letter to The Telegraph. “Many patients seem to be […]
Nov 7, 2020
Just before Christmas I was in the shower, and I felt a lump. The doctor thought it was a cyst, but referred me for a mammogram. I thought, “It’s not worth worrying now.” I got the news it was breast cancer on New Year’s Eve. My sister, my partner’s sister, and my two...
Oct 21, 2020
Mental health was responsible for one in 10 ambulance call-outs during the coronavirus pandemic, figures for London have revealed. Of 826,396 incidents attended between January and September, 81,644 – 10 per cent – had a mental health element. Mental health incidents...
Oct 19, 2020
Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter, chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, Cambridge University, said: “Usually around 300 people die each day in their homes in England and Wales – the latest ONS analysis confirms that even after the peak of the...
Oct 18, 2020
Dr Nikki Kanani, the Medical Director of Primary Care for NHS England and NHS Improvement, said staff had gone to “great lengths” to make sure the NHS could “safely care” for its patients. However, a number of experts are concerned the Government has not...
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