GP surgeries

Wharncliffe Side

Council seeks to reassure residents over green belt homes plan

The Easter holidays will impact the opening hours of your doctor's surgery.

Are GPs open over the Easter weekend? What to do if you get sick

Aldi becomes first UK supermarket to offer free period products in customer and staff toilets.

Aldi is first UK supermarket to offer free period products in toilets

These are the best rated GPs in Yorkshire, who have been voted for by patients in the GP patient survey.

The 21 best GP surgeries in Yorkshire - as voted by patients

The 21 best-rated GP surgeries in Yorkshire as voted for by patients. (Photo: Google Maps)

Yorkshire's 21 best GP surgeries with top patient satisfaction scores

Fosters Garden Centre

Homes to be built on former garden centre site despite objections

GP practises and pharmacies across the UK have been caught up in the global IT outage (Photo: Pexel, Pixabay)

GPs and pharmacies across UK hit by CrowdStrike outage

(Photo: Ben Bauer/PA Wire)

Global IT outage disrupts airlines, banks and appointments: what to do

A Google Maps image of the former Royal Bank of Scotland building on Church Street in Sheffield city centre. The NHS is turning the building into a GP hub to replace two city centre surgeries

Approval for £9.4m GP surgery hub plan

A range of professionals, including midwives, health visitors, early help workers and youth workers will be on hand at the centres

Six new ‘one stop shop’ hubs to open to offer parenting support across Barnsley

The number of complaints against GP and dental practices has risen since the Covid pandemic

Rise in complaints against GP and dental practices in South Yorkshire

Natasha, Nick and Harry Hewitt

Medical negligence contributed towards "tragic" death of Sheffield mum

A Google Maps image of the former Royal Bank of Scotland building on Church Street in Sheffield city centre. The NHS wants to turn the building into a GP hub to replace two city centre surgeries

City centre GP surgeries plan to move into former Victorian bank

These are the 25 GP surgeries with the lowest average ratings on the NHS websites

These are the 24 worst rated GP practices in Sheffield in patients' reviews

Sheffield city councillor Abtisam Mohamed was critical of research conducted into attitudes towards four new health centres that are replacing nine GP practices in the north-east of the city

A fifth health centre could be added to plans for GP surgeries

The latest GP Patient Survey, produced by Ipsos on behalf of NHS England, asked people across the country about what they think about their local GP practice

The best and worst GP surgeries revealed

Hospital bosses in Sheffield are advising people to continue wearing masks for appointments and visits. Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Sheffield hospital bosses call for masks still to be worn

Elm Lane Surgery is one of four that could be relocated to a site next to Concorde Leisure Centre under NHS proposals in Sheffield. PIctured is Tarlochan Singh Rai.

This is what residents affected by £37m supersurgeries plan think

Sheffield health bosses have announced plans for five new supersurgeries to ‘tranform general practice’ – prompting fears existing surgeries will close. The plans are for one in the city centre, two in the Shiregreeen, Firth Park, Southey Green and Parson Cross area, and two in the Burngreave, Pitsmoor, Firvale and Page Hall area.

Plans for five Sheffield GP supersurgeries revealed, prompting closure fears

In 2019, just nine per cent of GP appointments in Rotherham were undertaken by phone or virtually, which had increased to 31 per cent in 2021

How many Rotherham GP appointments took place by phone or virtually in 2021

Only go to A&E or call 999 in an emergency life threatening situation.

Sheffield's Primary Care Clinical Leaders have a message for you

Dr Ben Allen and staff at Birley Health Centre. Picture: Chris Etchells

What is the reality about life at a GP surgery?

Patients who use wheelchairs have told Disability Sheffield about the struggles they have accessing GP surgeries (image: Disability Sheffield)

Disabled patients face a number of challenges accessing GP surgeries, says Sheff...

Sodium chloride is measured to be added to a phial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine concentrate ready for administration at Guy’s Hospital in central London

The new anti-cholesterol drug being offered on the NHS to prevent heart attacks ...

ALTRINCHAM, ENGLAND - APRIL 13: Doctor Judah Eastwell a GP at St Johns Medical Centre, consults a patient via a video link to their home on April 13, 2020 in Altrincham, England. St Johns Medical Centre has over 7000 registered patients and like may surgeries cross the UK, GPs have had to change the way they work and are assessing nearly all patients via phone or video link and reduced face-to-face visits to combat the COVID-19 outbreak that has killed more than 10,000 people across the country. The health centre has also set up an outdoor consultation tent to prevent unnecessary contamination of the surgery. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Letter: GP surgeries are falling short

Moor Lane South

Full application for 320 homes lodged

The scheme will be pushed back until 1 September (Photo: Shutterstock)

NHS data sharing scheme will be delayed following privacy concerns

More than 100 nursing apprentices are making a major contribution to the fight against Covid-19, after graduating from the University of Sheffield. Photo credit: PA

Yorkshire nursing boost gives vital support on NHS frontline during pandemic

The Pfizer vaccine pictured couldn't be transported to people's homes due to the temperature it had to be kept at (Picture: Michael Gillen).

Housebound people not forgotten in vaccine rollout, say health bosses

This is when over-60s in England could get the Covid vaccine - as rollout begins...

The skies may be grey but there's a rainbow on the horizon

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Miriam Cates Mp With Dr David Baron Of Valley Medical Centre (Courtesy Matt Dixon)

Sheffield MP welcomes roll out of vaccines in her constituency

People wait to receive their Covid vaccination at the Heeley-Plus Vaccination Centre in Sheffield

Sheffield GP issues exciting update about Covid vaccinations as thousands receiv...

The Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has been approved for UK use - what you nee...

How does your local GP compare?

The Sheffield GP surgeries with the most patients on their books

The new project has been funded by NHS England.

Derbyshire Carers Association launch new GP liaison service

Vulnerable groups have been warned that falling ill with common conditions such as flu could put them at greater risk of coronavirus.
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Here’s how GPs are adapting to make patients feel safe when receiving their flu ...

The Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies is asking people to support their local chemist

Sheffield customers urged to support local chemists during crisis

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Police were called after reports of a man with a gun near Endcliffe Park, Sheffield. Photo: David Kessen, National World

Police sent to scene after reports of man with gun near popular park

Close relative Saleh Als Irkal had paid tribute to Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Al Yazidi after the 16 year old's tragic death. Photo: National World / South Yorkshire Police

Relative thanks city and tells how dead boy came here to be safe

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