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End of the family doctor? Patients are hit as 474 GPs’ surgeries close their doors in a decade Almost 1.5million have been forced to travel further afield to seek treatment Research also shows traditional family doctor-patient relationship is being lost Doctors’ magazine Pulse found 474 surgeries have closed in the UK since 2013 By Victoria … Read more
Scotland will attempt to lure GPs across the border from England, it was revealed today. Family doctors will be incentivised to swap their surgery for one north of the border as part of a massive recruitment drive. Scotland wants to boost its family doctor numbers by 15 per cent over the next five years by … Read more
Kindness or mindless? Generously giving away money is an early sign that an elderly person could be suffering from dementia, study finds Elderly people who are more generous giving out their money score worse on cognitive tests and are at a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s Researchers found that some older people whose brain’s were … Read more
An injury so ‘unbelievable’ doctors assumed it was child abuse: Girl, three, impales herself on a toy ironing board rod after falling off sofa while playing Girl from Germany landed on the leg of an upturned miniature ironing board Toy went 7.8in (20cm) up her backside and her shocked parents pulled it out Doctors suspected she was … Read more
A mother who ‘gave up’ trying for more children after being told she only had a five per cent chance of conceiving has revealed she fell pregnant twice in the space of a week. Alina Luca, from Beckton, East London, had always dreamed of having a big family but her chances were hindered by an … Read more
GP surgeries are still offering too many remote consultations and need to strike a better balance for patients, NHS boss says ‘We’re trying to find our way back to the right balance,’ said NHS Digital chief Around 80 per cent of GP appointments were face to face before the pandemic This fell to just 47 … Read more
SPA DOCTOR: Feeling blue? Have a session with the Italian laughter master at Borgo Egnazia By Eve Simmons For The Mail On Sunday Published: 23:44 BST, 11 June 2022 | Updated: 23:46 BST, 11 June 2022 I first suffered severe anxiety long before it became trendy. Before celebrities revealed hidden struggles and reports told of … Read more
Although it might seem impertinent for a mere GP to proffer unsolicited advice to our Monarch, I feel duty-bound, respectfully and humbly, to urge this: ‘Ma’am, it is time for you to set yet another new landmark example for the nation — by getting a wheelchair.’ Amid the national outpouring of love and gratitude in the … Read more
Beauty sleep is real! Not getting enough sleep every night can make a person find other people around them uglier, study finds Participants of a Swedish study found people to be less attractive when they had not slept the night before They also did not find them to be as trustworthy and believed they were … Read more
HEALTH NOTES: Eight out of ten woman admit going back to the office while feeling unwell as they do not want to use their sick days By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:00 BST, 28 May 2022 | Updated: 23:13 BST, 28 May 2022 Three-quarters of Britons go in to the office when they feel … Read more