Tag: doctors

GP workforce data for May 2023 shows there are 27,200 fully qualified GPs in England. This is down from 27,627 the previous year. The number of GPs peaked at 29,537 in March 2016

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any harder to see a GP! Doctors want ‘safe limit’ of 25 appointments a day – but campaigners warn patients will flood A&E and accuse practices of ‘doing what they like’

By Merry
Sick note: BT said a frail 87-year-old pensioner would need a note from her doctor before agreeing to help her switch from her landline to its new digital network.

BT tells frail 87-year-old to get doctor’s note if she wants help with her landline

By Merry
Jimmy Barnes was hospitalized with a serious infection and forced to cancel an upcoming concert. Photographed in hospital earlier this year

Jimmy Barnes rushed to hospital with major health scare and forced to cancel gig: ‘The doctors have confined me to bed’

By Jacky
Health concerns: Ozzy Osbourne, 74, admits he has '10 years left at best' and has been left 'virtually crippled' by multiple back surgeries (pictured last week)

Ozzy Osbourne, 74, admits he’s got ‘at best 10 years left’ and has been left ‘virtually crippled’ from multiple back surgeries where doctors found a tumour in his spine

By Jacky
A colonoscopy discovered that a woman who had a cockroach infestation in her home had one of the insects in her large intestine.

Colonoscop-BEE! Doctors reveal all the bizarre insects found in patients’ COLONS during routine procedures – including cockroaches, ladybugs, ants and moths…

By Merry
This commonly prescribed cancer drug was supposed to help save this doctor's life. Instead, it killed him | CBC News

This commonly prescribed cancer drug was supposed to help save this doctor’s life. Instead, it killed him | Breaking:

By Jacky
The latest numbers from the CDC show that RSV infections and flu activity are increasing, while COVID hospitalizations appear to be increasing.

America’s winter flu nightmare: Triple-threat of seasonal sickness, COVID and re-charged RSV to infect more people than ever as doctors warn ‘it’s going to be a new normal’

By Merry
Looking ahead: Labour's Sir Keir Starmer

CITY WHISPERS: Top firms rush to cosy up to Labour’s spin doctors

By Merry
The current drink-drive in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is 80milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. Malta is the only other European country to have a limit this high, with Scotland and much of Europe setting a level of 50milligrams. Some nations set the bar even lower

Why booze has got so much stronger since the 1970s that doctors now say you shouldn’t drive even after having one drink – as chart reveals how many units are REALLY in your wine, beer and spirits

By Merry
Nurse practitioner announcement leaves Alberta family physicians feeling devalued, disrespected | CBC News

Nurse practitioner announcement leaves Alberta family physicians feeling devalued, disrespected | Breaking:

By Jacky
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