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June
2019
| 15:31 Europe/London

The real problem with 'ghost patients' is what's actually scary

By Dr Patrick Burch is a GP in Manchester and National Institute for Health Research InPractice Fellow at the Centre for Primary Care, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester. This article first appeared in Pulse Magazine   It ...
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June
2019
| 16:49 Europe/London

Study disproves accusations of ghost patient fraud by GPs

A research paper published has put paid to claims that GPs in England are cheating the system by claiming for non-existent patients. ...
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2018
24
August
2018
| 01:01 Europe/London

Carers of terminally ill up to seven- times more likely to have mental health problems

Carers for people with cancer are between 5 and 7 times more likely to have mental health problems than the general population, according to a landmark new study. ...
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14
June
2018
| 15:00 Europe/London

Study unmasks scale of patient doctor divide

A survey has estimated that around three million Britons - or 7.6 % of the country - believe they have experienced a harmful or potentially harmful but preventable problem in primary healthcare. ...
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