The NHS has shortened the grace period for inactive patients to respond to outreach to three months before automatic removal from GP lists. This policy has deregistered 830,000 patients and cost surgery budgets £107.5 million. Following criticism that its accelerated list-cleansing policy has erroneously removed patients and disproportionately impacted deprived areas, NHS England defended theContinue reading “The NHS Three-Month Rule: Healthy Today, Dropped Tomorrow”
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Offline, Left Behind
Elderly residents without internet access face severe isolation and systemic exclusion as essential services like healthcare, banking, and government utilities shift almost entirely online. Age UK warns that 2.4 million digitally excluded older people risk severe isolation and systemic exclusion as essential services shift entirely online. A new Age UK analysis reveals that 2.4 millionContinue reading “Offline, Left Behind”
