Shane McEvoy was quite impressed when he managed to get a GP appointment within 48 hours of slipping a disc. Then the nightmare of navigating the NHS’s hi-tech labyrinth began.
New figures reveal that GPs saw their earnings rise to £142,000 during the pandemic in a Covid pay book. Meanwhile, most GPs now work three days or fewer per week and public satisfaction with GPs is the lowest on record.
An elderly widow was forced to certify her husband’s death via Zoom after a GP said they “don’t come out any more” – despite this being contrary to official requirements.
GPs in Scotland are to be told to offer powerful gender-change hormones to people referred to but not yet seen by specialist gender clinics, despite doctors warning of a lack of evidence to support use of the drugs.
The NHS's chief 'sustainability manager' has praised the lack of face-to-face appointments because it reduces the NHS's carbon footprint. Yet more evidence 'our NHS' is putting its woke agenda ahead of patients' interests.
During the pandemic, GPs adopted a new system designed to cut the number of patients they would see. It's been devastating for the health of patients. Yet there is no sign that this 'emergency' measure is going anywhere.
Masks have gone in most parts of UK society now, but healthcare settings like GP surgeries remain a notable exception. Why are medics the last holdout of the masking obsession, and what can be done about it?
Public satisfaction with family doctors in Scotland has plummeted to a record low since the first lockdown when they began to refuse to see patients in person, a study has found.
The NHS vaccine mandate is likely to be "kicked down the road", a Whitehall source has told the Telegraph, amid demands by Conservative MPs for it to be scrapped entirely.
The NHS vaccine mandate should be cancelled to prevent staff shortages, the Royal College of GPs has said, as thousands took to the streets across England to protest against the policy.
