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  • New Guidance for GP Practices and a Rethink on NHS Dentistry

    New Guidance for GP Practices and a Rethink on NHS Dentistry

    04 June 2021

    Healthwatch England, National Voices and the Patients Association England have responded to new guidance to GP practices across the country on facilitating more face-to-face appointments for patients who need it. Healthwatch England is also calling for a ‘radical reform’ of dentistry to create more equitable and affordable dental care.

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  • Sheffield GPs #StillHereForYou

    Sheffield GPs #StillHereForYou

    23 July 2020

    Sheffield CCG has created a video of GP practice staff from across Sheffield reminding the public that they’re still open and #StillHereForYou. The video shows Sheffield GPs urging members of the public to visit their GP especially if they experience particular symptoms so that they can be treated quickly.

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  • Evening and Weekend GP Practice Appointments

    Evening and Weekend GP Practice Appointments

    14 October 2019

    Did you know that Primary Care Sheffield now provide a range of NHS urgent and routine healthcare services on weekday evenings and at weekends through six ‘satellite hubs’ across Sheffield? The services available include urgent appointments with a GP, practice nurse appointments and appointments with a physiotherapist for assessment.

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  • #MyGPandMe Campaign for People with Learning Disabilities or Autism

    18 June 2018

    This campaign by the charity Dimensions aims to make doctors’ surgeries more accessible for people with learning disabilities or autism following their research showing that almost a third of people with learning disabilities or autism feel less likely to be treated with care and concern at the doctors, and two thirds said their GP did not make reasonable adjustments for them.

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