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Patients who miss multiple GP appointments stay missing from healthcare

Research into the healthcare journey shows that patients who miss appointments with their GP are also less likely to attend hospital outpatient appointments.    Patients who missed more than two GP appointments (on average) per year, were at least three times more likely to miss outpatient appointments compared to those who missed no GP appointments.   “Missingness” from outpatient mental health services was especially high and it was also associated with “irregular discharge” from in-patient care.    However, the researchers were […]

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Hairdresser claims GP dismissed her stroke as tonsillitis

Hairdresser claims GP dismissed her stroke as tonsillitis in blunder that left her needing emergency brain surgery and lying in hospital for eight weeks Christine Morgan felt a ‘whooshing sensation’ as she coloured a client’s hair  The 64-year-old’s husband and now full-time carer called an out-of-hours GP  She was told she had tonsillitis after they […]

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One in SIX GP surgeries has closed since 2004

One in SIX GP surgeries has closed since 2004 and there are now more than 45% MORE patients per practice The average practice in England now has over 8,500 patients  Analysis of NHS figures show 670 surgeries have more than 15,000 patients Some bodies believe merging and closures will continue, adding pressure But others have […]