General practitioners (GPs)

6 days ago

Two men leaving Jersey's Magistrate's Court. On the left, a man is covering his face with a white envelope. He is wearing a dark green puffa jacket and blue trousers. On the right, a man is wearing a light grey coat and black trousers. He is carrying a black briefcase. A sign, saying 'The Magistrate's Court', is visible to the right of the image.

GP admits making false prescriptions

Dr Henry Juchniewicz, 60, admitted three charges and will be sentenced in May.

6 days ago

7 days ago

A woman with tied-back blonde hair, brown eyes and wearing a blue medical top. She is smiling at the camera with a blurred white background behind her.

'Plans for GPs creating unachievable expectations'

Dr Jess Harvey says GP surgeries needed more funding and their hard work needs to be recognised.

7 days ago

8 days ago

A sign saying 'walk-in clinic' at the first GP walk-in clinic in Edinburgh

Will walk-in GP clinics deliver one million extra appointments?

The first of 16 new walk-in clinics across Scotland is now open but it is not clear when a target of them delivering one million appointments will be hit.

8 days ago

Generic image of a GP's chest, with a stethoscope round the neck

Surgeries improving after urgent warnings issued

Adelaide Surgery in Blackpool is "working towards" improving safe care and treatment.

8 days ago

23 Feb 2026

The front of Woodstock Surgery - which is a small flat roofed building on the bend of a road.

New GP surgery could open by 2028 after site chosen

The group trying to find a new home for Woodstock Surgery earmark the Owen Mumford site.

23 Feb 2026

21 Feb 2026

The entrance to a GP surgery, with a red sign to the side of the driveway. There is a car park and single-storey brick building in the background.

GP practice to reopen after unexpected closure

The surgery, which serves Navenby and Waddington in Lincolnshire, temporarily lost its registration.

21 Feb 2026

20 Feb 2026

Villages' GP surgery closes unexpectedly

The practice which serves Navenby and Waddington announces a "temporary" closure.

20 Feb 2026

A Google Street View image of Coalway Road Surgery, a cream and black Tudor-style building on a residential street in Wolverhampton. A small car park with two vehicles sits in front of the surgery, bordered by low hedges and shrubs. Semi-detached houses line the road to the left of the practice.

Wolverhampton GP surgery to move to new location

Coalway Road Surgery, which has 4,726 registered patients, will relocate to Warstones Health Centre.

20 Feb 2026

Yelena, a woman, wearing a black wooly hat, black sparkly glasses, blue scarf and a black coat, smiling for camera.

GP surgery reopening a great relief, says patient

The owner of the GP surgery says it will reopen on 1 April after being closed since 2022.

20 Feb 2026

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