New rules requiring GPs in England to seek remote specialist advice for every referral they make into selected specialties ...
The experience of NHS patients obtaining a GP referral has improved, but many still face delays and uncertainty, according to a new report from Healthwatch England. The organisation found that 1 in 7 ...
The NHS Cancer Plan for England set waiting time targets for cancer referral (14 days from GP referral to first hospital appointment) and treatment (31 days from diagnosis, 62 days from urgent GP ...
The 'worrying' change, however, does not apply to 'red flag' cancer symptoms, which Dr Khan says still falls under the ...
This enables a GP to refer a patient for advice and 80 per cent have to be responded to within two working days. This, conceptually, is a brilliant way of getting fast real time advice and stops ...
It can be hard for GPs to decide who may have stomach (gastric) cancer and who might have a more minor condition. For some symptoms, your doctor may ask you to wait to see if the symptoms get better ...
Max Punni runs 11 pharmacies and said the GP referral scheme placed his staff under too much pressure Referring patients with complex medical needs to pharmacies is placing them and chemists under too ...
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