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The Pharma Files: With Professor Hatim Abdulhussein from Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex
August 28, 2025Medical Communications, Research and Development Corporate, GP, Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex, The Pharma Files
Pharmafile chats with Priyanka Hinton, Customer Solutions Director at Chase People about the best parts of her job and her …
Pharmacists in England given wider prescribing powers to relieve GP pressure
May 9, 2023Medical Communications GP, NHS England, pharmacists
NHS England had announced that pharmacists in England will be given wider prescribing powers to relieve pressure put on GPs. …
GP appointments should be at least 15 minutes long by 2030, report argues
May 21, 2019Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications GP, NHS, UK, britain, pharma
GP consultations should be five minutes longer, with 10 minute doctors’ appointments being a ‘thing of the past,’ according to …
Number of GPs in decline for first time in 50 years
May 8, 2019Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development GP, NHS, pharma, public health
The number of GPs has been in decline, year on year, since 2014. The decline marks the first sustained fall …
Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week!
March 1, 2019Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, GP, Michael Cohen, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, Senate, UK, crispr, top 10
As the CRISPR twins’ story unfolds, scientists revealed that the Chinese babies were likely altered in a way that improves …
100,000 extra GP appointments to be made available in Gloucestershire as part of NHS Long Term Plan
February 4, 2019Sales and Marketing GP, Gloucestershire, NHS, UK, britain, primare care
GP practices in Gloucestershire are set to offer 100,000 more appointments for patients in the coming year. The initiative comes …
NHS guidance suggests mental health therapists should be brought into GP surgeries
August 29, 2018Research and Development England, GP, NHS, guidance, psychology, psychotherapy
New NHS guidelines will encourage doctors to incorporate mental health therapists into practice surgeries in an effort to bring more …
England’s top GP resigns over imflammatory online comments
August 6, 2018Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Dr Armind Madan, England, GP, pharma
England’s most senior General Practitioner and Director of Primary Care and Deputy Medical Director at NHS England has resigned over …
NHS England uses £10m fund to retain GPs
May 30, 2018Medical Communications, Research and Development GP, NHS, UK government, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
On the day that news broke, through Pulse, that over a million patients have had to move GP surgery in …
Report finds variation in quality of care in GP practices across England
September 21, 2017Medical Communications : Pharma, England, GP, NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
Depending on your interpretation of results from the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) recent report on the standard of care provided …
NHS pumps £100m into GP recruitment as numbers plummet
September 1, 2017Medical Communications GP, NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
The NHS has been forced to offer £100 million to recruitment agencies in order to plug growing gaps in the …
HIV-screening by GPs could reduce incidence and cost
July 31, 2017Sales and Marketing GP, HIV, NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
Researchers have found that offering first-time patients a HIV test in an area of high-prevalence could help reduce levels of …
Quarter of cancer patients visit GP three times with no diagnosis
April 25, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Cancer, GP, NHS, oncology
A recent study, published in the British Journal of General Practice, has found that 23% of those suffering from cancer …
UK patients ‘self-diagnose rather than visit GP’
July 31, 2015Medical Communications GP, General Practice, internet
One in five people in the UK admit to self-diagnosing illnesses rather than making a doctor’s appointment. Research published in …
NHS England unveils digital roadmap
June 17, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GP, HSCIC, NHS, NIB, brett wells, choices, digital, wearables
NHS England has laid out digital technology plans that it says will completely transform services and improve health outcomes using …
