Sentence examples for local surgeries from inspiring English sources

But many family doctors are refusing to hand over records, which are now kept in local surgeries, because to do so would break patient confidentiality.

The steps are designed to ensure more elderly people can be looked after in their homes and in their local surgeries.

Labour has warned of a crisis in A&E because more patients are flocking to emergency wards, arguing that a key reason for the pressure on hospitals is patients being unable to get appointments at their local surgeries.

Prime minister David Cameron launched a £50m pilot scheme in which 20 sites were selected to look at ways of improving patient care at local surgeries via Skype and telephone consultations.

Could we apply the same principle to clusters of local surgeries within the NHS, enabling patients to identify the nearest available appointment to them, dynamically updated to take account of changes and cancellations?

The reform is part of a long-term strategy to move care out of hospitals and into local surgeries, thought to be a more efficient way of delivering treatment.

(It was a Wednesday afternoon, and the local surgery was closed).

On first inspection, the local surgery appears to have a good selection of magazines.

It's difficult enough to get an appointment at your local surgery already.

Everyone west of the Pennines knows her adulterous business and she is refused a job at the local surgery.

Britons are overwhelmingly against paying to see a GP to help the NHS balance its books, even if that means their local surgery closing, an opinion poll reveals.