The average number of patients registered with practices was estimated to be 5586 in October 2012[5], but practice list sizes can range from several hundreds of patients to well over 20,000 for the largest practices in Scotland. Thus, GP practices require systems that allow them to coordinate...
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NHS Health Check uptake rates also varied by geographical region, with the highest uptake in Birmingham, Manchester, and Newcastle regions (all above 40%), with the lowest uptake observed in Scotland (8.2%). Fig. 3 Summary of NHS Health Check in UK Biobank participants. A Overall summaries ...
It set out a vision for a "comprehensive health service" for England and Wales, which would become a reality just two years later. There was separate legislation for Scotland and Northern Ireland. July 1948 - The NHS is born The NHS was born on 5 July, promising nationalised hospitals, a...
I did not join this practice but got amalgamated into it. Eleven of the GPs are partners and six are salaried. There is something very wrong with how GP practice is organised in this country. Ever since Harold Shipman murdered his way through his practice list, the government has been ...
and such a request is dealt with in a timely manner The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 ("The Act") recognises that as a member of the public you have the right to know how public services such as the NHS are organised and run, how much they cost and how you can make ...
Table 2 Responses to questions about potential barriers to current referral practice Full size table In total, 50% (n = 54) of all respondents had not heard of the new commissioning standard for restorative dentistry but (after brief explanation within the survey) 89% of respondents strongly agr...
This analysis covers England only, because equivalent data for GP practice populations isn't available for Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. Prevalence data The practice-level prevalence data used here is from the 2019/20 QOF publication. A small proportion of GP practices were missing from this...
Institute for Social Marketing and U.K. Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland Corresponding author Linda Bauld. Additional information Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests. ...