General practice is under intense pressure and yet many locum GPs are unable to find enough work. They tell Ben Ireland that the funding crisis and perverse incentives to hire anyone but GPs must be urgently resolved
Refugees and asylum seekers are often wrongly turned away from primary care because they lack proof of ID and address. Seren Boyd reports on a scheme which makes it easier for them to register
The use of art therapy to aid recovery or treat trauma has helped patients and doctors alike to the extent that many professionals now advocate offering it more widely on the NHS
A review following the Nottingham attacks in which Valdo Calocane killed three people in June last year has found a series of errors, omissions and misjudgements in his care. An investigation by The Doctor finds a trust locked in a state of ‘anxiety’ and ‘panic’
Offering to help a flying eye hospital allows a doctor to improve facilities in developing countries while also sharing life-saving knowledge
How the BMA arrives at its big policy decisions
An IPPR report finds the UK’s health is in poor condition but can the Labour Government’s plan make it well again?
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