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North’s GP funding crisis must be resolved or patients will lose out, conference told
The NI Local Medical Conference was held in Belfast on Saturday
GP who tried to poison mother’s partner with fake Covid jab jailed for 31 years
Obsessed Dr Thomas Kwan previously pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Patrick O’Hara.
GP who tried to poison mother’s partner with fake Covid jab to be sentenced
Dr Thomas Kwan has been warned he faces a 35-year jail term for trying to kill 72-year-old Patrick O’Hara while posing as a nurse.
Pleas for diazepam before paramilitary-style beatings, shorter life expectancy, intergenerational trauma, medication dependency and an expectation of poor health - GPs share challenges of working in Northern Ireland’s deprived communities - The Irish News view
Health inequalities cast a long and deadly shadow
Belfast Trust seeks views on moving GP out of hours services to one site
The GP out of hours service for Belfast Trust is currently based at two sites in Knockbreda and on the Crumlin Road, but has struggled with staffing pressures.
Labour warned nursing shortage and pharmacy closures will affect NHS turnaround
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is to launch a major consultation to help shape the Government’s 10-year-plan for the health service next week.
Health and social care reforms can’t be dodged any longer - The Irish News view
The careful and structured transformation set out in the Bengoa blueprint has not happened
GPs should assess patients before they see physician associates, doctors suggest
New guidelines on the physician associate role have been published by the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Health Secretary urges British Medical Association to ‘stop the sabre-rattling’
Wes Streeting’s comments come as Professor Sir John Bell said doctors in the BMA have ‘been a major drag on reform of healthcare’.
GPs say ‘intolerable’ waiting lists cannot improve without properly funded primary care
Dr Ursula Mason said it was unsurprising patients currently struggled to get GP appointments and that any attempts to move healthcare closer to home must come with ‘guaranteed’ investment