GP appointments

Patients across Yorkshire have revealed the GP surgeries where their needs are being met.

The 16 GP surgeries in Yorkshire where patients' needs are being met
Patients in Yorkshire have revealed the GP surgeries that meet their needs 🩺

Patients in North Yorkshire have revealed how they feel their GP receptionists are really performing.

The GP surgeries in North Yorkshire with 'very helpful' receptionists

The 13 GP surgeries in Doncaster with the most helpful receptionists according to patients.

The 13 GP surgeries in Doncaster with 'very helpful' receptionists

West Yorkshire patients have revealed how they feel their GP receptionist teams are performing.

The GP surgeries in West Yorkshire with 'very helpful' receptionists

Patients in Leeds have revealed how they really feel their GP reception teams are performing.

The GP surgeries in Leeds with 'not very helpful' receptionist teams

Patients in Leeds have had their say on how the receptionist teams in their GP practice are performing.

The GP surgeries in Leeds with 'very helpful' receptionists

Health Secretary Wes Streeting delivers a speech at an event. PIC: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

We need to reconsider how we support births - Daxa Patel

A GP at their desk. PIC: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

North Yorkshire has biggest increase in two-week GP appointment waits

Keighley Healthy Living

Yorkshire charity promoting healthy lifestyle changes wins top UK health award

Ambulances parked outside London Ambulance Service NHS Trust control room in Waterloo, London. PIC: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

Ambulance delays are indicative of our broken healthcare system - Jayne Dowle

A GP at their desk. PIC: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

More online GP appointments are to be welcomed

Since the Leeds Lung Health Check trial began in 2018, nearly 8,000 people have been screened

More people in Yorkshire diagnosed with cancer via an emergency than any other r...

In England, 40.9% of patients saw a GP on the same-day they booked their appointment in June 2024, here are stats for each region. (Photo: Google Maps)

The best and worst areas of England for same-day GP appointments

Dr Kathryn Scott is the chief executive of Yorkshire Cancer Research. PIC: Jonathan Pow/jp@jonathanpow.com

Yorkshire’s MPs should commit to a cancer strategy - Dr Kathryn Scott

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage walks from the House of Lords after hearing the King's Speech during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords. PIC: Alberto Pezzali/PA Wire

Nigel Farage and Reform are not saviours of English culture - YP Letters

Nigel Farage pledges to ‘build more roads’ as Reform UK target Barnsley seats

A man smoking a cigarette. PIC: PA

I am glad that the Tories have nicked our smoking ban policy - Wes Streeting

A registration form and a stethoscope at a GP practice. PIC: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

Why we need to introduce a modest charge for GP appointments - YP Letters

People suffering from 'red flag' bowel cancer symptoms in South Yorkshire could soon be fast-tracked to hospital for diagnostic tests without the need to see a GP.

Study could speed up access to bowel cancer tests in South Yorkshire

A pharmacist stocks shelves at a chemist. PIC: Julien Behal/PA Wire

Pharmacists are an untapped resource in our NHS - Andrea Leadsom

Steve Barclay, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Patients to use digital booking to avoid '8am scramble' for GP appointments
Patients will be able to use a digital phone system to book their GP appointments and avoid the “8am scramble” the Government has announced.
Mason Boycott-Owen

'Think of two names in your diary today, and just pick up the phone to them. Call them to say hello and make them feel visible.'

Simple steps can help people who are struggling with loneliness - Daxa Patel

Arsalan Karim, Shipley-born founder of digital healthcare company Clinova. Picture: Gary Longbottom

Launch of new AI health platform aims to free up GP appointments

'I’m wondering why Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer thinks his vision of a “tech revolution in the NHS” is such a great leap forward'. PIC: Ian West/PA Wire

Has Starmer thought of what a digitised NHS would mean? - Jayne Dowle

Bryn Sage, chief executive of Inhealthcare, said: “We are proud to be working alongside the team at NHS Scotland to help Scotland become an international leader in technology-enabled care, supporting more people to live longer, healthier lives at home or in community settings."

NHS expands remote monitoring across Scotland with support from Inhealthcare

'Health Secretary Steve Barclay is right to acknowledge the “8am scramble” for a doctor’s appointment'. PIC: Hollie Adams/Getty Images

GP appointments need a rethink to avoid the ‘8am scramble’ - Sarah Todd

GP appointments face major change with millions affected - how does this affect you?

Breaking Major change to GP appointments set to affect millions

Anneliese Dodds is Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities. PIC: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The crisis in the NHS is particularly impacting women’s health - Anneliese Dodds

University of Leeds student David Nash died in hospital in November 2020

Student’s family claim he was denied GP appointments before his death

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks with members of the media as he visits Croydon University hospital on October 28.

PM u-turns on pledge to introduce £10 fine for missed GP appointments

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street for his first Prime Minister's Questions on October 26, 2022 in London, England. It was Mr Sunak's first Prime Minister's Questions since taking office yesterday, following the resignation of Liz Truss. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak plans to fine people £10 for missing NHS appointments

Cycling will be prescribed by GPs in Bradford and Leeds

GPs to hand out prescriptions for walking and cycling under Government pilot
GPs in Yorkshire will soon be handing out prescriptions for walking and cycling as part of a multi-million-pound Government pilot.
Chris Young

Eleanor Temple says "the outlook is still very uncertain for businesses in Yorkshire".

Businesses show signs of growing pressure as value of debt owed rises to £4.5m

Top doctor says patients should be fined for failing to show-up for GP appointme...

Most GPs are working beyond their competence in dealing with mental health issues and are struggling to secure help, including for suicidal children, a new poll suggests. Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

GPs struggling to get help for people facing mental health issues, poll finds

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Self-care: Why we need a new national strategy to help the NHS - George Howarth

File photo dated 10/09/14 of a GP checking a patient's blood pressure.

Early morning scramble for GP appointments may go if NHS adopted 'smart' system

Community pharmacies could save the NHS in England up to £640 million a year if more patients used them instead of GPs, sector representatives have said.

Community pharmacies 'could save NHS £640m a year while easing GP pressures'

Greater access to the outdoors through social prescribing can improve the health of the nation, says South Yorkshire MP Alexander Stafford.

How nature can help improve the health of all – Alexander Stafford

The availability of GP appointments continues to prompt national debate.

GP appointments lottery requires radical surgery – Bill Carmichael

Have you had issues getting a face to face appointment with a GP?

Would you have 'clapped for GPs'? What The Yorkshire Post readers say

David Nash was just 26 when he died from meningitis

Family of Leeds man who died of meningitis call for face-to-face GP appointments

The latest NHS figures show 57.7 per cent of the 23.7m GP appointments in England were face-to-face in August

GPs say challenges remain as just over half their appointments are face to face

To what extent should the elderly pay for their social care needs?

Why pensioners will pay more for social care – Yorkshire Post Letters

Patients have to wait for appointments.

'Dr Google' has become our first port of call as we wait for GPs - Jayne Dowle

The guidance states that GPs should offer face-to-face appointments if patients want them except in circumstances where there is a “good clinical reason” to do otherwise, such as if a patient has Covid symptoms.

Labour attacks government in row over return of face-to-face GP appointments

There is continuing consternation over the availability of face-to-face GP appointments more than a year after the Covid pandemic struck.

GP appointments ‘postcode lottery’ is discriminatory and must end – The Yorkshir...

Despite practices facing orders from NHS England last month to revert back to face-to-face as standard if patients want them, many GP surgeries are struggling to re-implement in-person appointments as the norm.

Future of GP appointments a "mix of face-to-face, phone and digital"

Should patients be fined if they don't turn up for GP appointments?

Time to fine patients who miss vaccines and GP appointments – Yorkshire Post Let...

More GP appointments are taking place 'remotely' following Covid-19, but is this the way forward for the NHS? Jayne Dowle is unconvinced.

Patients deserve better than ‘care by phone’ from their GP – Jayne Dowle

The training of nurses is in the spotlight.

Why actors are often used to train medical students - Yorkshire Post Letters

NHS doctor

Evening and weekend GP appointments now available in Leeds.

Health secretary Matt Hancock

‘Scourges of modern life’ get new approach

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1,000 NHS link workers to be recruited to help GPs tackle ‘scourge of modern lif...

The NHS must aim for sufficiency, says Melody Redman.

Melody Redman: My diagnosis after years as a doctor - the NHS is desperately in ...

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Gatekeeper GPs hinder progress on cancer care says professor

Dr Richard Vautrey.

GP out-of-hours service '˜not good value for money' as a quarter of appointments...

With winter around the corner, the time of year has come for people to begin getting their annual flu vaccinations

Flu jab: Everything you need to know about this year's vaccination

More GP appointments have been made available over the Bank Holiday weekend

Extra GP appointments available in Sheffield over Bank Holiday weekend

Junior doctors strike outside of Pinderfields hospital in Wakefield during a recent strike

125,000 operations and appointments cancelled due to strike

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