GP practices

New hubs have been set up in Wakefield to help prevent heart disease. Photo: John Clifton

Yorkshire woman with congenital heart disease now volunteering to help others

Junior doctors will go on strike this week causing disruption to Leeds hospitals.

NHS issues warning to patients who need to visit hospital this week

Agnieszka Gajli shares her expert insight

How the public sector can use apprenticeships strategically: Agnieszka Gajli

At Reeth Medical Centre in Reeth, 100 per cent of patients surveyed said their overall experience was good.

These are the 10 best GP surgeries in Yorkshire as voted for by patients

An industrial building that was set to be demolished under the plans

Plan to build 80-bed care home on industrial site refused by councillors

Leigh Greenwood - managing director of Evergreen.

Yorkshire healthcare communications firm appointed on scheme to help veterans

'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

A £1.2 billion deal between two data management and software companies could push up costs for the NHS by reducing competition, a regulator has found. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) gave UnitedHealth and Emis five days to come up with a plan to mitigate some of its concerns - or risk the watchdog blocking the deal. UnitedHealth announced its plan to take over Emis last June. The deal would combine its subsidiary Optum with Emis in the UK. Issue date: Friday March 17, 2023.

Billion-pound business deal could push up prices for NHS, says watchdog

The government could tell GPs to issue less sick notes in order to boost the economy.

Government could tell GPs to sign fewer sick notes to boost economy

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

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

More than 40 Covid cases at Scarborough Hospital as public urged to book boosters

More than 40 Covid cases at Scarborough Hospital

There will be a number of vaccines used in the Covid autumn booster rollout

Covid booster rollout to start in England this September

GPs are being expected to provide enhanced out-of-hours cover.

Time for GPs to put patients first – The Yorkshire Post says

The Minuteful Kidney test – created by healthtech company Healthy.io – enables home-based urine testing, which is critical for picking up early signs of chronic kidney disease, a complication of diabetes.

Urine tests that can be read on phones gives hope of preventing kidney disease

Dr Nathalie Moreno

Ad Feature Virtual Patient Consultations: Embracing technology while safeguarding patients

Craig Mercer died aged just 32

Widow says her husband would still be alive if he'd seen GP in person

Five practices in east Cleveland are rejoining the vaccination push

GP practices should have 'pulled their finger out' and joined the jab rollout

Should a national vaccine service be created?

NHS chief calls for national vaccine service to take over from volunteers

The Glass Works

NHS 'diagnostic hub' to open in Barnsley's Glass Works to ease pressure on GPs

GPs have faced unfair abuse from patients

GPs in Yorkshire facing abuse for 'trying to do the right thing'

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

Face to face appointments could lead to Covid spread in waiting room
Forcing GPs to bring back face to face appointments could lead to coronavirus spreading in the waiting room, a local doctor has warned, especially in parts of the country such as Yorkshire where infection rates remain high.

1.5 million people most at risk from Covid-19 were prioritised for vaccination

Yorkshire firm wins prestigious award for Covid vaccine work

Boris Johnson delivers his leader's keynote speech during the Conservative Party conference at Manchester Central Convention Complex (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

These are the key moments from the Prime Minister’s Tory conference speech

Safety fears as DVLA backlog leaves 200,000 awaiting medical all-clear

Booster jabs must be given at least six months after the second dose (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid booster jabs rolling out to 1 million people this week - how to book

What is the future of General Practice after the pandemic? Professor Mike Holmes sets out the realities facing GPs amid public and political pressure for more face-to-face appointments.

Stop vilifying GPs over appointments; we’ve changed for the better – Mike Holmes

What should be done about the shortage of GPs?

Stop blatant takeover of GP practices and NHS – Yorkshire Post Letters

The surgery at Haltemprice Leisure Centre

East Yorkshire mother removed from patient list at GP surgery after 35 years

More than 500 victims of female genital mutilation had their injuries recorded by doctors across Yorkshire last year, NHS data shows

Yorkshire doctors reveal numbers of girls injured by female genital mutilation

A meeting was told that patients are being aggressive towards GPs on an “increasingly frequent basis”

North Yorkshire GPs face 'wave of abuse' from patients frustrated with delays

GP leaders are responding to criticism over face-to-face appointments.

GPs are working flat out; don’t blame them over appointments – Yorkshire Post Le...

Dr Phil Wood.

'Remarkable achievement' as quarter of West Yorkshire's adult population vaccina...
More than half-a-million people have now been vaccinated against Covid-19 in West Yorkshire.

Hundreds of thousands of vaccines have been administered across Yorkshire. Pic: Scott Merrylees

'Vulnerable risk missing out on vaccine due to short notice for appointments'

Linda and Richard Poskitt from Knottingley were among the first to be vaccinated at the vaccination centre which has opened to the public at Navigation Walk in Wakefield. Picture Scott Merrylees

West Yorkshire's vaccine supply will vary 'to ensure fair spread across country'

NHS staff in Leeds have worked tirelessly to vaccinate people

Leeds 'punished' for Covid vaccine success as supplies diverted down south

Areas in Yorkshire have worked hard to vaccinate as many over-80s as possible

Yorkshire 'punished' for Covid vaccine success as supplies diverted down south

Pharmacists and healthcare workers have been rolling out the vaccine to eligible patients (Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Swiftqueue site allowed vaccine ‘queue-jumping’ after link shared on WhatsApp

Brenda Clegg receiving her vaccination

Only travel for your vaccine if it’s safe to do so, warn Calderdale health chief...

Calderdale Royal Hospital

More inpatients in Calderdale Royal Hospital with Covid than any point since the...

Whitby residents are now being vaccinated from Covid.

Whitby’s thanks to vaccine teams – Yorkshire Post Letters

NHS says attending routine cervical screening appointments is vital - how to boo...

Vaccines for Covid 19 at Boots, Halifax..Colin Watson is vaccined by Pharmacist Sadaf Chaudry...14th January 2021..Picture by Simon Hulme

“The vaccination programme is progressing really well across Calderdale” - Commu...

Did your GP surgery make the list?

The Yorkshire GP surgeries with the most patients on their books

Local Covid vaccination centres will open in GP practices and community hubs thi...

NHS Chief Executive, Sir Simon Stevens during Wednesday's media briefing on coronavirus Picture: John Sibley/PA Wire

Vaccine roll-out will take 'months not weeks'

The NHS has been told to prepare for mass Covid vaccinations from 1 December

A Leeds-based multi-service provider is set to create more than 100 jobs.

100 jobs to be created in Leeds by company which supports GP practices

Concerns have been expressed about the availability of flu jabs.

Don’t blame GPs for flu vaccine shambles – Yorkshire Post Letters

If you are ill with a high temperature or fever you should wait to get the flu jab (Photo: Shutterstock)

What the NHS says about getting the flu jab if you have a cold - and who is elig...

Do you know the difference between symptoms? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s how to tell if you have coronavirus or flu - the symptoms to look for

Patients will still need to call their GP in advance (Photo: Shutterstock)

GPs have been told face-to-face appointments must be made available to patients

Mr Jones’ operation was delayed due to the coronavirus lockdown in March. The Liver Transplant Centre is is based at St James’s University Hospital, in Leeds

Grandad of six from Batley and his life-saving operation during virus lockdown

A new lockdown has been put in place in Leicester after a Covid-19 flare-up.

Health fears over Boris Johnson’s ‘whack a mole’ strategy – Yorkshire Post Lette...

A recovered Covid-19 patient donates blood plasma for research into Covid-19 antibodies at the medical researcher of the German Center for Immunity Therapy (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

Scientific advances must be shared globally to win fight against virus: The York...

Volunteers over the age of 60 are testing existing drugs for signs they might help people fight coronavirus

The full list of GPs surgeries in Yorkshire taking part in the Covid-19 drug tri...

Far fewer GP face-to-face appointments are taking place due to coronavirius. Photo credit: JPIMedia.

Seek GP treatment or risk chances of survival warns Yorkshire cancer specialists

A Yorkshire firm is helping with research into coronavirus.

Yorkshire firm spearheading research into people at higher risk from coronavirus

The Harrogate gin distillery and local MP lobbied the Treasury for tax relief on alcohol being used to produce hand sanitiser

Yorkshire gin distillery and MP successfully lobby for alcohol tax relief to pr...

Are GP surgeries becoming too big for their own good?

Why bigger GP practices are not a cure-all for patients – Nick Summerton

Gemma Sisson, aged 38 from Leeds, has said she is 'lucky' to have support from family and friends after being diagnosed with incurable cancer

Leeds 'gym addict' diagnosed with incurable cancer - after climbing Mount Snowdo...