New health secretary urged to review GP funding
The Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) has urged new Health Secretary Victoria Atkins to properly support GPs after the launch of the Government’s Pharmacy First service…
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DAUK’s Dr Elizabeth Croton in The Times:’Will the family doctor ever see you again’
Nothing happens quickly within the NHS, but it seemed last week that the longest of the health service’s…
Who do you trust with your medical appointments, your GP or Sajid Javid? DAUKs Ellen Welch writes in The Guardian
My day today started at 6am, faced with a roster of e-consults, alongside breastfeeding breaks and nappy changes,…
DAUK’s Dr Ellen Welch writes in Mail Plus on the covid vaccination in pregnancy
Figures released by NHS England last week showed that one in six intensive-care patients is an unvaccinated pregnant…
DAUK’s Rosie Shire in Mail Plus on the new Covid variant
The frenzied news that a new ‘worst ever’ strain of Covid has been found should come as no surprise to…
IPSO rules no breach of editors code, but suggest ‘taking concerns to the police’
Media regulator IPSO reviewed the complaint lodged by DAUK against Allison Pearson’s articles in the Telegraph and ruled…
DAUK’s letter of complaint to IPSO
Dear Independent Press Standards Organisation, On 24 August 2021, Ms Pearson wrote an article entitled, “GPs are improving…
DAUK in The Independent: “I was going to break if I didn’t stop – why I have decided to resign as a GP”
The guilt of of burdening my colleagues and abandoning patients was overwhelming. But I was going to break…
DAUK activism celebrated in the Financial Times: “Pandemic shines spotlight on grassroots healthcare activists”
Organisations led by doctors and nurses are helping professionals amplify their voices and campaign for change full article…