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October 4, 2018

Top GP says technology firms are creating a 'digital divide' in patient care

The Chair of the Royal College of GPs will accuse wealthy tech companies of creating 'digital divide' as younger and fitter patients are 'siphoned off' at the expense of those in greatest need, and then using 'bully boy tactics' if anyone challenges their methods.
October 2, 2018

Extending access to GP services must be based on patient need, says RCGP

Many evening and weekend appointments have been unfilled due to lack of demand, say GPs.
September 29, 2018

Report shows people with severe mental illness have significantly worse physical health

People with severe mental illness have worse physical health than the general population, with the greatest inequalities seen among younger people.
September 23, 2018

BMA responds to claims younger doctors refuse evening and weekend work

The BMA says the anonymous claim is emblematic of the unsupportive culture that drives many doctors away.
September 22, 2018

Pause in creating ’tax avoiding’ NHS subsidiary companies welcomed by union

Unite has hailed "a significant victory" in its campaign to stop NHS trusts in England setting up wholly owned subsidiaries designed to avoid paying tax.
September 20, 2018

Model US trade deal ‘recipe for bad food, NHS privatisation, and financial deregulation’

Global Justice Now says the ‘model free trade deal’ would destroy huge swathes of the UK economy and lay waste to public services.
September 11, 2018

Rush for post-Brexit trade deals risks putting money ahead of health, warns BMA

Ministers risk prioritising economic benefits over the health of the UK as the government races to secure international trade deals post-Brexit, Britain’s doctors warn.
August 29, 2018

Entrepreneurs’ Relief named 'the UK’s worst tax break'

Entrepreneurs’ Relief is expensive, ineffective, and regressive and should be scrapped, according to new analysis published today by the Resolution Foundation.
August 29, 2018

Scottish hospital patient satisfaction at record high

People across Scotland continue to rate their experience of hospital care as highly positive.
August 20, 2018

Scottish health service staff get UK’s most generous pay deal.

NHS employees and unions in Scotland have formally accepted a pay rise of at least nine per cent over the next three years.