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Bedford GP describes typical 13-hour day in contact with over 50 patients

More needs to be done to encourage newly qualified doctors to choose a career as a Bedford GP, a meeting heard. On Monday, Dr Jane Kocen, from the King Street Surgery, took the...

GP surgeries ‘acutely aware of difficulties’ as they receive almost double the number of patient calls

One GP surgery in Bedford Borough recently received over 45,000 telephone calls in one month – well over the pre-pandemic norm of 27-29,000 calls. David Picking, head of primary care...

“We have made a rod for our own back” Bedford family doctor explains GP appointment delays

GPs and patients are at loggerheads over appointments as family doctors struggle to cope with a “tsunami” of previously unmet needs, a meeting heard. The use of online consultation...

Council chiefs admit ‘small risk’ that new doctor’s surgery in Biddenham won’t be built

Council planners and legal experts say they are doing all they can to make sure a new doctor’s surgery is built on the outskirts of Biddenham. A year’s worth of talks has taken place behind the scenes to sort out...

Bedford doctor returns from semi-retirement to help fight coronavirus

Dr Richard Norris, a semi-retired doctor, has gone from a few shifts per month to five shifts per week in order to help his NHS colleagues fight the...

Bromham Parish Councillors ‘shocked’ as new doctor’s surgery approved for Biddenham

A plan for a new doctors’ surgery and care home in Biddenham to replace two part-time surgeries in Bromham has been approved despite objections...

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