Some GPs think that patients should have the freedom to choose how they access care, others believe that offering private appointments would lead to a two tier system, further entrenching social inequality. Ingrid Torjesen reports At the start of 2024, a GP practice in Northern Ireland began ...
Nevertheless, on 13th January this year the regulations governing the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in England and Wales (and shortly those in Scotland and Northern Ireland) were appropriately amended by the Government to make this possible.This paper sets out to explain the background ...