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Glad things are ok with you and your mum. laurie has been in touch, she works in a gp practice and said "what doesnt always get mentioned in the media is patients who dont take responsibility for their own health. ive experienced incidents where patients have threatened to go to a&e because they cant see a gp the same day. jayne said "my mother had a stroke at 12.30 am on tuesday. the doctor called at 1.30 pm. thats 13 hour later. at 4am today, she was still waiting in an ambulance. jane says sh...

And gps say theyre also struggling to cope with demand. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes spent the day at a gp practice in south yorkshire, on its first full day back after the christmas holidays. its 7:00am, and the bentley surgery in doncaster is opening up. within an hour, the phone lines are busy, with patients seeking help and advice. phone rings. good morning. by midday, more than 140 calls have been answered. ive booked a face i to face this morning. is that all right? yeah, thats ...

Due to "overwhelming demand." it comes after gps warned earlier this month they were "in danger of being overwhelmed" by rising cases of strep a, and theres concerns today over flu cases. olivia hutchinson has this report. over the past week or so, you may well have received a message like this. an increasing number of gp practices across england have been sending out texts explaining that routine visits wont now be available until next year due to overwhelming demand. in many cases, appointment...

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Into the new year. if the strikes go ahead, its inevitable some patients will lose out. exactly how, we should find out in the coming weeks. jim reed, bbc news. prime minister, rishi sunak praised nhs nurses on a visit to a gp practice in darlington but added that the demands for a pay rise for nurses was "unaffordable". i have enormous respect and gratitude to our nurses, as everyone does for the incredible job they do, and i know things are difficult right now for everyone because of whats hap...

Extent, but it is also about trying to improve the experience of people as they engage in or have to ask for help from the nhs? trying to speed up help from the nhs? trying to speed up appointments with gps, trying to discharge people more quickly back to care homes. i discharge people more quickly back to care homes-— to care homes. i think the really clear theme _ to care homes. i think the really clear theme was _ to care homes. i think the really clear theme was that _ to care homes. i thi...

For people to be able to get a gp appointment within two weeks of requesting one. were joined now by matthew taylor from the nhs confederation and gp, dr nighat arif. good morning to both, and if i could start with you, one of the first points of contact anyone houses with a gp so in some ways its the most accessible place and im looking at the press release and what we know so far about what the government have said what they will say today in the said that the first step that everyone who need...

Social— conversation with a doctor who is a social prescriber, his gp practice has been — social prescriber, his gp practice has been doing social prescribing and they— has been doing social prescribing and they showed 85% increase in well— being and they showed 85% increase in well—being in their patient and 33% reduction _ well—being in their patient and 33% reduction in gp appointments in the future _ reduction in gp appointments in the future so _ reduction in gp appointments in ...

Our previous research that if you have a lung cancer the probe goes around the body and the lung cancer processes the probe and releases the alcohol onto the breath. if you have lung cancer we should be able to detect the probe and if you have not got lung cancer we should not see any alcohol on the breath. at the moment, tests involve coming into hospital and being put on a drip. it is a lengthy process. the hope is that in the future if these trials are successful that the test could be simpli...

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