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More pharmacies in England will start to offer people free heart check ups on the stop starting next month. People will have their blood pressure and cholesterol tested. The program is aimed to prevent up to 150,000 heart attacks and strokes within a decade. It is part of the government’s plan to do more for…
The NHS has ordered GP surgeries to stop half-day closings in England, this will make more than a quarter of a million more appointments available. As part of the NHS Long Term plan, GP surgeries will have to seek permission from local health authorities to close during working hours or they will lose funding which…
GP closures across the UK have reached an all-time high and have affected an estimated half a million patients last year. An investigation by medical website Pulse found 138 doctors’ surgeries shut their doors in 2018 compared with 18 in 2013. GPs have said the under-resourcing and recruitment difficulties were the reason for surgeries being…
Family doctors are calling for GP consultations to be extended from 10 to 15 minutes so they have more time to discuss their health. The average length of GP consultations in the UK is 9.2 minutes, this is one of the lowest across economically advanced nations. According to a report, the 10 minute appointment that…
Less than half of people who are eligible for an NHS health check in England have taken up the offer despite being free to anyone who is over 40. The routine check can help to detect heart problems early and help prevent dementia plus highlight the need to stop smoking. The check takes 20 minutes…
Five people made 8,655 calls to the Metropolitan Police in 2017 for mental health related incidents. This has cost £70,000 to answer. A watchdog for police in England and Wales released the figure to show how police have become a default service to deal with people that have mental health. The mental health system is…
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