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Tag Archives: Jeremy Hunt

New deal or no deal?

June 25, 2015, by in NHS, Political 0 Comments

NHS - New deal or no deal?

Much has been made in the media of Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s recent speech where he promised GPs a ‘new deal’ to alleviate pressure on over-stretched services, through increased investment, reduction in bureaucracy, and the drafting in of more healthcare professionals to the areas most in need. The speech was a typically politicised mix of…

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£1bn NHS Jackpot: Another Pre-Election Tactic?

January 15, 2015, by in Money, News, NHS, Political 0 Comments

pound note piggy bank

Jeremy Hunt announced on Thursday (15th January 2015) that every GP practice in the UK will receive a letter inviting them to bid for a slice of the £1bn funding made available by the chancellor for upgrading primary care facilities. The key purpose of this cash is to support PCT infrastructure, the provision of more…

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Practice Staff on ‘Ebola Front Line’

November 7, 2014, by in News, Staff 0 Comments

EBOLA! Don't panic. Keyboard

In another drive to safeguard the UK against an Ebola breakout, GP practice reception staff are now being briefed on how to deal with a suspected case either in person or over the phone. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt predicts ‘a handful’ of Ebola cases to reach the UK by Christmas, so a simple ‘common sense’…

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GP Access 7-Days per Week – Unrealistic?

September 30, 2014, by in News, Political 0 Comments

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Jeremy Hunt was speaking on the Jeremy Vine Show today about how patients will be able to access their GP 7-days a week by 2020 under the existing government. He also stated that each patient should see their own GP, not ‘any’ GP even though Jeremy Vine as a patient commented that surely it would…

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