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The Scottish Government has been challenged to come up with “fresh ideas” to combat GP shortages in rural Aberdeenshire
 

New figures reveal the rise of the “supersize” GP surgery, amid the closure of almost 700 practices in five years, The Telegraph reports

A drug to dramatically cut the risk of HIV infection during sex would save the UK around £1bn over the next 80 years, say scientists

GPs in Scotland will have access to prescribing and treatment room services and a chronic disease monitoring team to reduce their workload under plans being drawn up as part of the new contract

GPs should not be seduced into giving up the security of existing practice contracts to join large collaborative deals that could be damaging and irreversible, GPC chair Dr Richard Vautrey has warned.

GP Colin Brown, 49, was arrested and thrown into jail on the holiday island after German tourist Karl Heinz Thonningen, 44, was stabbed to death in what detectives described at the time as a ‘crime of passion’

As the nation has debated the GOP proposals to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, NPR member station reporters have been talking to people around the country about how the proposed changes in the health law would affect them

A €35m ‘landmark’ IT system to record maternal and newborn care has struggled to live up to its billing
 

A pilot project embedding a financial advice worker in GP surgeries in the east end of Glasgow has resulted in an extra £850,000 going into people’s pockets, according to a report

Recruiters will earn about £20,000 for each new GP as part of the NHS England initiative to alleviate cripping shortages