Why deprived-area GPs need more funding; and how should menopause best be added to NHS Health Check?

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The episode discusses the need for increased funding for deprived-area GPs and the implications of adding menopause to the NHS Health Check.

This episode of Pulse in Focus: The Podcast for GPs explores the argument for increasing deprived-area GP funding; and the opportunities and pitfalls associated with plans for menopause to be added to the NHS Health Check. Editor-in-chief Jaimie Kaffash and features assistant Maya Dhillon discuss how GP practices with deprived patient populations should be supported, in light of the Government’s announcement of a review into the Carr-Hill funding formula. Jaimie draws on Pulse’s award-winning...

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Hosts: Jaimie Kaffash, Maya Dhillon

Topics covered

• deprived-area GP funding
• menopause
• NHS Health Check
• Carr-Hill funding formula

Keywords

• healthcare funding
• menopause health
• GP practices
• government review

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