Scheme to attract trainee doctors to England’s deprived areas at risk, GPs say

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Scheme to attract trainee doctors to England’s deprived areas at risk, GPs say

Royal College of GPs says threat of cut to TERS programme ‘alarming’ and would exacerbate health inequalities

A scheme that helps attract trainee doctors to work in economically deprived areas is at risk of being cut by NHS England, the largest membership body for family doctors has warned.

The targeted enhanced recruitment scheme (TERS) was established in 2016 to help attract trainee GPs to work in deprived areasin England by offering a one-off payment of £20,000.

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<p>Budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on care for obese patients, leading to ‘postcode lottery’</p><p>The NHS is restricting access to obesity services across England, leading to patients in nearly half the country being unable to book appointments with specialist teams for support and treatments such as weight-loss jabs.</p><p>An investigation by the British Medical Journal found budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on obesity care, with patients living with the condition often deemed less worthy of care than others.</p> <a href="NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds">Continue reading...</a>

Budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on care for obese patients, leading to ‘postcode lottery’

The NHS is restricting access to obesity services across England, leading to patients in nearly half the country being unable to book appointments with specialist teams for support and treatments such as weight-loss jabs.

An investigation by the British Medical Journal found budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on obesity care, with patients living with the condition often deemed less worthy of care than others.

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