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Viewpoint: Why mandatory advice and guidance risks a patient safety fiasco

Viewpoint: Why mandatory advice and guidance risks a patient safety fiasco

Plans to make advice and guidance a part of core general practice work from April as the current £80m DES is …

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Viewpoint: Online access policy must be the government's next U-turn

Viewpoint: Online access policy must be the government's next U-turn

A recent history of U-turns suggests the current government takes time to realise when it has blundered - but…

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Viewpoint: AI won't bring back the family doctor - hiring more GPs will

Viewpoint: AI won't bring back the family doctor - hiring more GPs will

The 10-year health plan is looking to AI and tech to solve the problems facing the NHS, when the answer lies …

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Viewpoint: Is Stockholm syndrome the real reason GPs won't give up the partnership model?

Viewpoint: Is Stockholm syndrome the real reason GPs won't give up the partnership model?

The GP partnership model is a sacred cow that the profession is unwilling to relinquish, but a system that le…

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The UK isn't a nice place to grow old. But we can begin to change this by taking dementia serious...

The UK isn't a nice place to grow old. But we can begin to change this by taking dementia serious...

It’s estimated that the health and economic costs are £23 billion a year in the UK, but only 2.5 per cent of …

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World Suicide Prevention Day: what the government could do to help

World Suicide Prevention Day: what the government could do to help

Suicide rates are on the rise, due to the recession and an increasingly divided society – which means it is a…

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The Public Health Crisis and the Case for Parity of Esteem

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By Tom Riddington
| The Doctors in Unite podcast
KEY POINTS FOR DECISION MAKERS The Public Health Crisis Britain faces a public health crisis. Life expectancy is in decline. The NHS is buckling under the weight of preventable illnesses. The welfare system is struggling to cope with high levels of unfitness to work, including amongst young people. Poor health damages the economy. In these circumstances it might be thought that a Labour government would prioritise public health.
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OUTLINE FOR EVIDENCE BY DOCTORS IN UNITE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS PUBLIC BILL COMMITTEE ON THE HEALTH BILL

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By Tom Riddington
| The Doctors in Unite podcast
1.Abolition of NHS England Doctors in Unite were opposed to the creation of NHS England, believing that responsibility for the NHS should lie with the Secretary of State and not be outsourced to an arms-length body.
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Letter to Wes Streeting from DiU GPCE representative

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By Tom Riddington
| The Doctors in Unite podcast
20th September 2025 Dear Secretary of State, I was surprised and saddened to hear you address GPs as “laggards” at the BMA SRM, who are rightly worried by the imposition of unlimited online consultations from October 1st without appropriate safeguards. Doctors in Unite members are physicians, including GPs, who are choosing to join a Labour affiliated trade union. We strongly support any Government effort to return the NHS to its founding principles.
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