For years, patients have faced the familiar morning panic to reach the doctor's surgery: an 8 am phone call, followed by a lengthy holding time and the unpredictability of securing an appointment.

The health secretary said booking a GP appointment should be as easy as booking a "delivery, a taxi or a takeaway". Credit: iStock For years, patients have faced the familiar morning panic to reach ...

The way patients book an appointment to see their GP has changed – and it has led to a bitter dispute. From today (1 October), a new online booking system launches across England with the goal of ...

WES Streeting yesterday launched a blistering broadside at militant doctors who want to make it harder to book appointments. The Health Secretary hit out at the “crazy” British Medical Association ...

The struggling health service has drawn up plans for every GP practice to allow patients to schedule appointments digitally from October 1 WES Streeting yesterday launched a blistering broadside at ...

There are concerns the new online system will not be able to differentiate between urgent and non-urgent requests The doctors union, the British Medical Association (BMA), has warned that potentially ...

GPs are considering all options after voting to enter a dispute with the government over new online access plans, which they claim could put the safety of patients and staff at risk. The changes were ...

The doctors union, the British Medical Association (BMA), has warned that potentially serious health problems could be missed by GPs, and lead to patients being harmed, when a new online booking ...

It only takes a pinch of cinnamon to turn a simple cup of coffee into a nutritional powerhouse, claims a leading gut doctor. Dr Saurabh Sethi, a Harvard-trained gastroenterologist, listed it as one of ...

If you’re like most people, you’ve probably stretched the truth at a doctor’s appointment. That could look like lying about how much you drink each week, how much you exercise, your depression ...

GPs at hundreds of practices are seeing fewer than 10 patients a day on average, a Daily Mail investigation suggests. Family doctors in the busiest surgeries, meanwhile, appear to be churning through ...

Dr Saurabh Sethi, an AIIMS-trained gastroenterologist, shared 3 surprising habits that men practise every day without knowing that they harm their fertility. Wearing tight underwear increases the heat ...