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Proposed reforms to dental contract will prioritise those with urgent and complex needs

By Liz Wells 08 July 2025

Patients will find it easier to get an urgent care appointment under planned reforms to incentivise dentists to deliver more NHS work and fix the foundations of dentistry.

PRIMARY CARE

MPs find medicines shortages now 'systemic threat' to patient care

By Liz Wells 08 July 2025

A new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pharmacy calls for urgent reforms to medicines supply, after describing shortages as a 'permanent and escalating feature' of the health...

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Patients would rather see GPs than pharmacists or nurses, study finds

By Liz Wells 07 July 2025

Most patients do not want to be directed to a clinical pharmacist or nurse when doctors are unavailable, new research reveals.

PRIMARY CARE

10-Year Health Plan to prioritise UK doctors

By Lee Peart 01 July 2025

The recruitment of UK trained doctors is to be prioritised as the Government targets a self-sufficient NHS workforce by 2035.

PRIMARY CARE

Medicines supply issues 'distressing new normal'

By Liz Wells 30 June 2025

Medicines shortages and supply disruptions remain widespread, with mounting pressure on pharmacies as more time needs to be spent on managing medicines supply, new data reveals.

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GPs enter dispute with Scottish Government

By Liz Wells 27 June 2025

Scottish GPs have moved into formal dispute with the Scottish Government, the BMA in Scotland has revealed.

PRIMARY CARE

NHS approves new IT system for GPs to help transform care

By Liz Wells 25 June 2025

GP practices across England can now access new technology with the introduction of the first new core IT system for 25 years.

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Streeting vows to rebuild NHS in working class communities

By Lee Peart 25 June 2025

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting will today pledge to rebuild the NHS in working class communities with a £2.2bn investment in the 10-Year Health Plan.

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GPs and community services shrink London waiting lists

By Lee Peart 24 June 2025

The delivery of extra appointments by GPs and community services has helped shrink waiting lists by almost 40,000 since July 2024.

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NHS launches drive to catch one of the most lethal cancers

By Liz Wells 18 June 2025

Hundreds of GP Practices will comb patient records to offer urgent tests to people most at risk of pancreatic cancer, the fifth most common cause of cancer deaths in the UK.