As Keir Starmer fights to address the NHS crisis, sweeping reforms will see patients treated by general practitioners (GPs) rather than receiving specialised treatment in hospitals. Routine appointments will be dealt with in community services close to patients’ homes in a move they believe could ‘fix the waiting list’. The health service will also rampContinue reading “GPs To Treat Millions Instead Of Hospitals”
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GPs Get £20 For Avoiding Hospital Referrals
GPs will receive a £20 ‘bonus’ each time they dodge referring a patient directly to a hospital under a scheme aimed at cutting NHS waiting lists. Ministers say the cash incentives – totalling up to £80 million – will ‘stop masses of people’ being sent to hospital for ‘unnecessary appointments’. But patient groups warn endeavours to ‘massageContinue reading “GPs Get £20 For Avoiding Hospital Referrals”
In The Budget, Jeremy Hunt Targets Smokers And Vapers
The price of a packet of cigarettes could hit £16 as Jeremy Hunt targets smokers and vapers in the budget. To discourage kids from being drawn to vaping devices, the Chancellor plans to introduce a new tax that will generate income for the Treasury. Tobacco levies will be increased in the budget package the followingContinue reading “In The Budget, Jeremy Hunt Targets Smokers And Vapers”
Bed Shortage: NHS Bosses Plan To Turn Patients’ Bedrooms Into Hospital Wards
The NHS will ask patients to turn their bedrooms into hospital wards in an effort to free up hospital beds and tackle waiting lists. They will be given mobile phones and wearable gizmos that allow doctors to observe their vital signs remotely on ‘virtual wards.’ Up to 25,000 people at a time could be treatedContinue reading “Bed Shortage: NHS Bosses Plan To Turn Patients’ Bedrooms Into Hospital Wards”
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