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Young people and ethnic minorities have more GP visits before cancer diagnosis

Health experts have called for more general practice funding after a study found young people, ethni...

Hunt pledges advice for GPs after 450,000 women denied breast screening

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has pledged to provide guidance to GPs after informing parliament that ...

Two charts that highlight problems for GPs diagnosing cancer

Some GPs warn that urgent cancer referrals are being blocked and access to key scans is limited. The...

GPs face 'too many barriers' to diagnostic tests for cancer

GPs say access to cancer tests and handling of urgent cancer referrals is hugely variable across the...

NHS workforce pressures undermining cancer care, finds Macmillan poll

More than half of GPs and nurses fear that soaring workload means the NHS workforce is no longer abl...

Funding cuts threaten groundbreaking GP minor surgery audit

A groundbreaking audit that proved the safety of minor surgery in general practice faces being wound...

Exclusive: One in three GPs say urgent cancer scans are being blocked

Nearly one in three GPs in England have had a referral on the two-week cancer pathway bounced back o...

GP cancer overhaul could see quicker referrals based on symptoms

Plans to overhaul GP cancer referral pathways could halve the number of appointments spent on diagno...

Endoscopy: GP access to diagnostics limited by underfunding (Photo: iStock)

GPs denied access to cancer diagnostic tools due to NHS underfunding

GPs are being denied access to tools vital for early detection of cancer because NHS diagnostic serv...

Consultation: cancer red flag warning (Photo: JH Lancy)

GPs should urge patients to book appointments for cancer 'red flags'

GPs should take part in public health initiatives to make sure that patients don't avoid seeing them...

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