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Local health bosses say it’s a “tragedy” they had to turn down trainee GPs

Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes health bosses had to turn down the opportunity to train eight GPs due to a lack of space. But there isn’t enough funding to provide...

“Alarming” figures reveal Bedford area has just one GP for every 2,500 people

New "alarming" figures have revealed that there is only one GP for every 2,500 people in the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Clinical Governance Group (BLMK CCG) area...

Region’s doctors fear non-Covid backlog is ‘uncontrollable’

Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has sought to reassure patients after the British Medical Association (BMA) said the non-Covid backlog is ‘uncontrollable’. A BMA...

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