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Corbyn says GPs are “leaving the profession in despair” & workforce falling 50% in most deprived areas
During yesterday’s PMQs Jeremy Corbyn highlighted the amount of family doctors who are leaving the profession. Worryingly he said that these essential medical staff are “leaving the profession in despair” at the pressures of the profession. Mr Corbyn said that four thousand GPs “have retired early in the past five years – that’s one in ten.” Alongside this large reduction in GP numbers, a survey also reported that almost 17 per cent of GPs have had to turn down patients...
Almost half the population of Britain will be clinically obese within 30 years
A study also forecasts that almost a quarter of the world's population will be obese by 2045 - and one in eight will have type 2 diabetes
Rees Mogg says MPs should respect their constituents’ vote on Brexit
Jacob Rees Mogg has told his fellow MPs to respect their constituents' vote on Brexit, despite his area of Bath and North East Somerset voting overwhelmingly to remain in the European Union. The outspoken MP says the Conservative Central Office has launched "an effective campaign to hold to account MPs whose constituents voted leave but seek to stop Brexit". But he made no account of any action against MPs whose constituents voted remain but are pushing for a hard split...
“NHS has been chronically short changed by Conservatives”
The Institute for Fiscal Studies and Health Foundation said the NHS would need an extra 4% a year - or £2,000 per UK household - for the next 15 years. The report said the NHS has been struggling to cope after the toughest financial constraints in its 70-year history had been imposed on the service. Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which commissioned the report and represents 85% of NHS bodies, said: “This report is a wake-up call. And its...
73rd murder investigation launched in Capital after Sophie Cavanagh, 31, “viciously attacked” in Bromley
Murder Squad detectives hunting her estranged husband Martin Cavanagh, 34.
A tech-savvy mosque has become the first in the country to accept charitable donations – in BITCOIN
The Masjid Ramadan mosque, a registered charity, is the first to accept crypto-currency donations, and will take donations in Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Woman who needs to inject life-saving medication three times daily has been denied an NHS prescriptions for syringes – ‘due to cutbacks’
Charlotte Bonwick needs a variety of medication daily during her life-long battle with ill health - but says she was told to get her clean needles from an exchange usually used by drug addicts.
Advisor to former Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon ‘was told to resign after sex assault allegation’
Richard Holden, 33, was working for Sir Michael when he was accused of groping a woman under her skirt at a Christmas party
These are the top 20 perks Brits want from employers
Private healthcare, an extra day’s holiday on their birthday and free gym membership are among the perks Brits want from employers, according to a study. Researchers polled 2,000 office workers to identify the benefits they would like to see from their place of work – including flexible working hours, a nice desk and staff discounts. Other desirables include company holidays away, being able to make personal calls at work and having space to be creative. However more than half of...