secondary care
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Some NHS GPs and secondary care consultants have told the BBC that private clinics are profiteering by selling TRT as a quick fix to a complicated problem.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
"Long delays worsen outcomes. It becomes more expensive to treat them. They end up in secondary care, which is more complex - and they fall further from work and become more reliant on benefits."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
We now have approximately 1,900 trainees in secondary care training programmes, and 900 in foundation training, as well as 160 GP training places every year.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
At first, it will only be available from specialist doctors in secondary care settings, rather than from GPs.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2024
Mr Matheson said he was "disappointed" with the outcome of the ballot and recognised that strike action would have a "very significant impact" on primary and secondary care.
From BBC ● May 7, 2023
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