GPs should assess patients before they see physician associates, doctors suggest
In new guidance, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP ... new guidance is intended as a “practical resource” for ...
Primary care involves more than GPs. A new review shows how patients can better access care
The roles of health professionals such as nurses, physiotherapists and psychologists have been frozen for decades. A new ...
Frustrated GPs call for better resources to ease pressure on hospital system
Better resources for general practitioners would ease the pressure on stressed doctors as well as the overstretched hospital system, GPs say ... for General Practice Education Programme trainees ...
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GPs fear impact poverty having on patients' health
The report by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP ... criticism for disadvantaging rural practices and Deep End GPs - those working in the 100 most deprived areas of Scotland ...
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Agreement Between Self-Reported and General Practitioner-Reported Chronic Conditions Among Multimorbid Patients in Primary Care
The objectives of this paper are to analyze the agreement of self-reported and general practitioner-reported ... personal interviews with patients and GPs. The prevalence proportions for 32 ...
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Election 2024: Disability — 'It’s all empty promises. Why must we rely on charities?'
A family spending thousands of euro on private therapists for their two-year daughter and a doctor who is one of 68 GPs for a ...
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Doctors from Ireland can be "fast-tracked" to practice in Australia under new scheme
Specialist GPs with one of the following accepted qualifications will be eligible to apply through the new pathway from October 21: Membership of the Irish College of General Practitioners (MICGP ...
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State moves to tackle shortage of rural GPs
The University of Galway is to introduce a Rural and Remote Graduate Entry Medicine Stream – aimed at addressing the shortage ...
November Mouth Cancer Action Month: A Call To General Practitioners And Dentists To Help Save Lives
November marks Mouth Cancer Action Month, an international campaign designed to increase awareness of mouth cancer, promote early detection, and encourage preventive care. The Head and Neck Cancer ...
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Incidence of midportion Achilles tendinopathy in the general population
Methods In a cohort of 57.725 persons registered in primary care, the number of patients visiting the general practitioner (GP) with diagnosis of mid-portion Achilles tendon problems was counted using ...
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Doctors from three countries fast-tracked to treat Australian patients
It means that from October 21, general practitioners who are qualified in ... said one in five GPs with those qualifications were assessed as not being suitable to practise in Australia either ...
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Foreign doctors from select countries to be fast tracked to practise in Australia under new rules
The changes come into effect from October 21 and mean GPs who hold specialist registrations with the Irish College of General Practitioners ... cultural safety education. However, the RACGP ...