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Dr Matt Kneale, DAUK committee member

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April 10, 2025

Patient safety concerns raised in evidence to physician associates review
Black and white head and shoulders photo of DAUK chair Ms Helen Fernandes. Ms Fernandes has called for social care funding to ease blockages in the NHS
Invest in social care to ease NHS blockages

April 10, 2025
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Rise in GP numbers welcomed – but still a long way to go

April 8, 2025
Group of doctors in green scrubs holding the top of each others hands.
DAUK responds to High Court review of surgeon’s suspension

April 4, 2025

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Head and shoulders photo of former DAUK chair Dr Jenny Vaughan. The deadline for the Dr Jenny Vaughan Memorial Prize has been extended to 30 April.
DAUK News The NHS
Dr Jenny Vaughan Memorial Prize: Deadline extended

The deadline has been extended for entries for the Dr Jenny Vaughan Memorial Prize. Dr Vaughan, our former chair, advocated for a ‘Learn Not Blame’ culture in the NHS. We are looking for creative submissions from members on this theme with £450 for the winning entry. It could be in…

April 3, 2025
Screen grab of the headline and photo for an article on the LBC website by DAUK vice chair Dr Ellen Welch on public satisfaction with the NHS
DAUK News The NHS
Investment needed to restore public satisfaction in the NHS – blog

DAUK’s vice chair Dr Ellen Welch has blogged about public satisfaction with the NHS on a national news website. Dr Welch, a GP in Cumbria, was responding to the latest British Social Attitudes survey. The survey explores public satisfaction with the NHS and social care. It found that 21 per…

April 2, 2025
Head and shoulders photo of DAUK GP lead Dr Lizzie Toberty. Dr Toberty says the Government decided whether general practice was part of the NHS or not, as surgeries prepare for a hike in national insurance
DAUK News General Practice The NHS
National insurance: ‘Are GPs part of the NHS?’

DAUK’s GP lead says it’s ‘high time’ the Government decided whether general practice was part of the NHS or not, as surgeries prepare for a hike in national insurance. Dr Lizzie Toberty said that for too long, GPs were seen as part of the NHS when it suited governments and…

April 1, 2025
Black and white head and shoulders photo of DAUK chair Ms Helen Fernandes. Ms Fernandes has contributed to a national newspaper article on physician associates
Medical Allied Professions
Physician associates: Chair discusses PA issues in national newspaper

DAUK chair Ms Helen Fernandes has contributed to an in-depth national newspaper article on physician associates (PAs). The i News has explored the issues surrounding the role of PAs in GP surgeries and hospitals. It looks at their regulation and the Government-commissioned Leng review into the safety of PA and…

March 31, 2025
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