Healthcare Management Magazine | Primary Care

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People finding it easier to contact GPs, ONS reveals

By Lee Peart 17 July 2025

Fewer people are finding it difficult to contact their GP, according to the latest ONS statistics.

PLAN FOR CHANGE

Government frees up pharmacists time to treat patients

By Liz Wells 17 July 2025

The DHSC has unveiled plans to modernise pharmacy supervision rules to allow registered pharmacy technicians to take greater responsibility.

PLAN FOR CHANGE

Boost for GP practices to help people back to work

By Liz Wells 11 July 2025

A new pilot programme is to support people with health conditions back into employment and ease pressure on doctors.

IPSOS

Patients' experience of GPs 'improves significantly'

By Liz Wells 10 July 2025

Patients’ overall experience of primary care services has improved significantly since this year, new data reveals.

DENTISTRY

Proposed reforms to dental contract will prioritise those with urgent and complex needs

By Liz Wells 08 July 2025

Patients will find it easier to get an urgent care appointment under planned reforms to incentivise dentists to deliver more NHS work and fix the foundations of dentistry.

PRIMARY CARE

MPs find medicines shortages now 'systemic threat' to patient care

By Liz Wells 08 July 2025

A new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pharmacy calls for urgent reforms to medicines supply, after describing shortages as a 'permanent and escalating feature' of the health...

GP APPOINTMENTS

Patients would rather see GPs than pharmacists or nurses, study finds

By Liz Wells 07 July 2025

Most patients do not want to be directed to a clinical pharmacist or nurse when doctors are unavailable, new research reveals.

PRIMARY CARE

10-Year Health Plan to prioritise UK doctors

By Lee Peart 01 July 2025

The recruitment of UK trained doctors is to be prioritised as the Government targets a self-sufficient NHS workforce by 2035.

PRIMARY CARE

Medicines supply issues 'distressing new normal'

By Liz Wells 30 June 2025

Medicines shortages and supply disruptions remain widespread, with mounting pressure on pharmacies as more time needs to be spent on managing medicines supply, new data reveals.

GPS