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GPs now earn 14 per cent less than they did in 2008, a study has revealed amid the nationwide shortage of family doctors. Dwindling numbers have seen the average waiting time for an appointment breach the two-week mark across Britain. Health leaders have repeatedly blamed the shortage on increasing work pressures, hefty tax bills and an ageing workforce. But now researchers say the growing workforce crisis is only being worsened by a drop in income across the profession. GPs earned £115,900 a decade ago, on average. This dropped to £98,300 in 2017, after adjusting for inflation and the fewer number of sessions worked. GPs are earning 14 per cent less than they were in 2008 amid a nationwide shortage of family doctors, a study by University of Manchester has revealed The NHS has lost almost 700 GPs in the past three years, figures from NHS Digital show.  A team from University of Manchester analysed surveys taken by doctors between 2007 and 2017.  Up to 1,300 … [Read more...] about GPs earn 14% LESS than they did in 2008, reveals study amid nationwide shortage of family doctors

Nearly 1.6million patients haven't been asked by their GP if they consume too much alcohol following the end of a Government-run scheme.  Newcastle University experts scrutinised the move, which paid practices to screen new patients for excessive alcohol consumption. Data revealed 92 out of every 1,000 patients were quizzed in 2006, two years before the financial incentive was introduced in England. But the rate plummeted by three patients a month when the scheme was scrapped, according to the analysis of health records from 600 surgeries. Scientists calculated this would mean 600,000 fewer adults were screened for high-risk drinking in England by the end of 2016. The team also estimated the figure would have been around the 1.56million mark in September - but told MailOnline it 'could be a lot worse'.  Newcastle University experts scrutinised a Government-run scheme which paid practices to screen new patients for dangerous alcohol consumption Current Government guidelines … [Read more...] about Nearly 1.6million patients haven’t been asked by their GP if they consume too much alcohol following the end of a Government-run scheme

Thousands of women with incurable breast cancer have to visit their GP at least three times to get a diagnosis, a damning report has revealed. The study found one in four patients with secondary breast cancer had to make three or more trips – with some waiting years to be told the disease had spread. Breast Cancer Now found patients with the disease have to battle ‘avoidable’ and ‘unacceptable’ delays to get a diagnosis. And some women said they were made to feel like ‘hypochondriacs’ when visiting GPs with symptoms. Secondary breast cancer, which affects around 35,000 patients in the UK, is incurable and occurs when breast cancer returns and spreads to other parts of the body. Ribociclib allows women with the most common type of advanced, incurable breast cancer to live longer, healthier lives by blocking an enzyme that helps tumour cells divide (stock image) The study found four in ten felt their symptoms – including lumps, nausea, … [Read more...] about Thousands of women with incurable breast cancer have at least three GP visits before being diagnosed, new report reveals

Patients with back pain and joint problems such as arthritis will be encouraged not to see their GPs under new NHS advice. Instead, those with musculoskeletal problems will be directed towards physiotherapists. The move is designed to ease pressure on hard-pressed family doctors, but critics say it could deny people the treatment they need.  They also warn that physiotherapists could be less adept at spotting when muscle or joint pain is a symptom of a more serious illness. Patients with back pain and joint problems such as arthritis will be encouraged not to see their GPs under new NHS advice (stock image) Last night, Joyce Robins, from the pressure group Patient Concern, said: 'Getting to see a GP now is like gold dust – it has become really, really difficult.' She added: 'I would not want to see this scheme used as a way of denying patients an appointment with a GP when they really want to see one.' RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Why Rory Cellan-Jones is the … [Read more...] about Patients with back pain or arthritis are told not to trouble their GP and see a physiotherapist instead under new NHS guidelines

A man who rented an isolated Dutch farmhouse where a family were waiting 'for the end of times' has been arrested for imprisoning them in a 'secret room' as it emerges some of the alleged victims can no longer speak. The family of six were discovered after the eldest son, 25, walked to a nearby bar in Ruinerwold, 60 miles north of Amsterdam, on Sunday, ordered five beers, and asked for help.   Officers found his four brothers and sisters, aged between 18 and 25, along with their father in a room hidden behind a staircase. The family were taken to a safe location while the seventh person - Austrian Josef B, 58 - was arrested. Josesef B, known as 'Josef the Austrian' will appear in court on Thursday, as it emerged the family can barely talk and speak in a 'fantasy language' after spending nine years in isolation. Officers found his four brothers and sisters, aged between 18 and 25, along with their father in a room hidden behind a staircase in Ruinerwold, 60 … [Read more...] about ‘Josef the Austrian’ who rented farmhouse where family ‘waited for end times’ for nine years is arrested for imprisoning them in ‘secret room’ as it emerges some of the ‘victims’ can no longer speak