dispensing doctor’s association
09 May 2022
Rural travel times to GP practice is more than double than in urban areas
An article published by Dispensing Doctors’ Association show that people in rural areas require more than double the time to get to a GP than in urban areas, the latest Statistical...
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03 Feb 2022
Rural GPs under pressure because governments fail to rural proof
Dispensing doctors’ income is under pressure from Government policy in two UK nations, as a result of insufficient rural proofing. Dispensing GP surgeries are mainly located in rural locations, where...
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23 Jul 2021
Integrating care in rural areas
With fewer than nine months to go until April 2022, the time is right for local health and care systems to think about the forthcoming Health and Care Act. Enacting...
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28 Apr 2021
Dispensing Doctors’ Association
Health and wellbeing boards (HWBs) in England find themselves with an extra six months in which to prepare their local pharmaceutical needs assessment (PNA) – a process that allows local...
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27 Jan 2021
Integrating care: truly, will it ever work?
A call for views on ‘Next steps for Integrated Care Systems (ICS) in England’ was launched at the end of last year, ahead of plans to implement ICS in England...
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22 Oct 2020
The moment of truth for rural GP services
A recent report by the NHS Confederation calls for a ‘re-imagining’ of the NHS if the service is to emerge on a stronger footing from Covid-19. A triple ‘whammy’ of...
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22 Jul 2020
Dispensing Doctors’ Association – The digital divide exposed by COVID-19
COVID-19 has exposed many shortcomings in the health and social care system, and for dispensing patients in England, large among these is the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service. For...
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