GPs should write “recommendation prescriptions” for patients who can self-care for minor ailments, according to a group of medicine manufacturers. Such prescriptions would let GPs recommend over-the-counter medicines or give
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Patients visiting an NHS hospital can opt to pay for a private GP service operating within its pharmacy. The pharmacy in Sheppey Community Hospital in Kent is offering the MedicSpot
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New “one-stop shops” to speed up cancer diagnosis are being trialled across the country for the first time. GPs can refer patients suffering from “vague” symptoms including unexplained weight loss,
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A new GP contract aimed at cutting the workload of family doctors comes into force today. The British Medical Association (BMA), which drew up the contract with the Scottish Government,
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Prescriptions for some “over the counter” remedies such as paracetamol and cold treatments have been cut after NHS officials voted in favour of money-saving plans. Cough mixture, eye drops, laxatives
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Some young people are facing “unacceptable barriers” in getting mental health support, a charity has warned. A survey of 2,700 young people who had struggled with mental health issues found
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More than 40% of online healthcare services, such as those that provide GP consultations and prescriptions through independent websites and apps, are not providing “safe” care, the health watchdog has
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Many health service staff display a “woeful ignorance” about the damage caused to patients by overdependence on prescription drugs, ministers have been told. Labour health spokesman Lord Hunt of Kings
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All patients in England will soon be able to be referred to hospitals with the shortest waiting lists under plans unveiled alongside a new contract for GPs. The e-Referral Service
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The number of prescriptions for powerful painkillers in England has nearly doubled in 10 years, it has been reported. The surge in people taking opioids such as morphine has prompted
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