This blog covers the latest UK health care news, publications, policy announcements, events and information focused on the NHS, as well as the latest media stories and local news coverage of the NHS Trusts in Northamptonshire.
Friday, 22 March 2019
No room at the inn: how easy is it for nomadic Gypsies and Travellers to access primary care?
No room at the inn: how easy is it for nomadic Gypsies and Travellers to access primary care? This reports the findings of a mystery shopping exercise in which the charity contacted 50 GP practices posing as a patient wishing to register who didn’t have a fixed address or proof of identity. It found that almost half of practices would not register them. Despite this, every GP practice was rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission for their work with ‘People whose circumstances may make them vulnerable’. Friends, Families and Travellers
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