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Southbourne Surgery
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Quality GP care in West Sussex
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GP practices are providing 5m more appts per month than 2019
30m half the population
A&E numbers remain relatively stable
But with 7m waiting hospital treatment, 1.6m investigations and an extra 500k long term sick GP practices are struggling to meet demand
If you can’t get an appt someone else did
November 17, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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Can’t get an appt with a GP?

Yet there are 1000s of GPs out of work or struggling to find work
NHS England have cut the equivalent of 2 full-time GPs in funding from an average practice, whilst funding ‘additional’ roles via ARRS

£2bn cut in real term

Not additional then🤷🏻‍♂️ youtu.be/tI69wqP1_3g?...
Over 80% of locum GPs in England are struggling to find work
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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November 16, 2024 at 11:20 AM
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Facts verses Fiction

GPs to blame for A&E pressure

2million people a month attending A&E

5million more appts a month in #GeneralPractice compared to 2019

GP practices are breaking under the demand of 7m waiting for hospital treatments, 1.6m waiting for investigations, 500 more long term sick
November 19, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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Doing more aerobic exercise in middle and older age may reduce the risk of dementia, including Alzeimer’s disease a new study found
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Being aerobically fit in middle age may reduce Alzheimer’s and dementia risk, study says | CNN
Having a higher level of cardiorespiratory fitness reduced the risk for cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s, even in people at high genetic risk, a new study found.
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November 20, 2024 at 4:37 AM
Moved here from the other place
November 20, 2024 at 8:20 AM