Placing GPs in emergency departments benefits patients and reduces healthcare costs

Integrating GPs into children’s emergency departments for non-urgent cases can reduce waiting times, inpatient admissions and healthcare costs, but at the expense of increased antibiotic prescribing, a new Liverpool study has found. In the current context of rising demand for children’s emergency services, the findings provide preliminary support for the development of ‘GP in ED’ […]

Girl, 14, diagnosed with killer brain tumour after GPs blamed puberty

Girl, 14, is diagnosed with a killer brain tumour after doctors blamed puberty for her crippling headaches FIVE times before 4cm mass was spotted Lily Wythe from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, starting getting migraines in summer  They were dismissed as ‘hormonal headaches’ by five doctors, her parents say Finally diagnosed with DIPG, inoperable tumours that kill most patients […]