Missed GP appointments – are they really a problem for the NHS?
The BBC carried a story on 2nd Jan 2019, that 15 million GP appointments were missed last year and that
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An International Love-Hate Affair
It is a question every international student is sure to face in at least one of their medical interviews: “Compare
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Disillusionment with our health service
Why did you want to become a doctor? I haven’t been asked that question in over six years, well before
Read moreWhat do medical students think?
Most medical students are very satisfied with their courses and almost 60% think they get good value for money. That
Read moreIs the health service in danger of intergenerational unfairness?
With an ageing population there is now a danger that scarce resources are being sucked up the older generations and
Read moreIs more money going to be spent on GP services?
There have been various announcements over the last couple of years about spending more on General Practice medicine in England
Read moreThe Climate Health Commission and tackling global public health
On 23 June, the Lancet Journal released a paper produced by the 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change,
Read moreHow might big data transform medicine?
Big data is starting to affect every area of our lives and of commerce, but it is also expected to
Read moreWhat is the future of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS)?
The NHS is huge with almost 150,000 doctors and 370,000 nurses employed: each year it costs about a sixth of
Read moreNHS costs and information on cost of treatments
With the NHS now costing the UK over £100 billion each year (about a sixth of total government spending) people
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