GPs’ appointments become available for cash at private clinics while NHS surgeries stay shut

The doctor will see you now…but only if you’re paying: GPs’ appointments become available for cash while NHS surgeries stay shut Investigation by Mail on Sunday shows some GPs who will not see NHS patients are willing to see people face-to-face as long as they’re prepared to pay For £49, patients can obtain a in-person … Read more

How Zoom calls with GPs are helping to end the epidemic of wounds that never heal

It is a hidden epidemic that has hit more than two million Britons and left them struggling through each day with debilitating pain. Chronic wounds – ulcers and cuts, usually on the legs and feet, that fail to heal – cost the NHS £5 billion every year. And they are far from a minor affliction, often … Read more

The Garmin Vivoactive 3 GPS Smartwatch is now better-than-half-price in the Amazon Summer Sale

The Garmin Vivoactive 3 GPS Smartwatch is now better-than-half-price in the Amazon Summer Sale – that’s a huge saving of £160 By Emily Scrivener For Mailonline Published: 12:23 BST, 6 July 2020 | Updated: 12:23 BST, 6 July 2020 The Amazon Summer Sale 2020 is here! Amazon is discounting thousands of products over the next … Read more

GPs face calls to reopen amid concerns they prefer working from home

GPS are facing calls to resume face-to-face appointments amid concerns they are using the pandemic as a ‘stealthy’ way of changing how they deal with patients. Since March, surgeries have dealt with patients at arm’s length to reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19.  Many have asked patients to fill in online forms before granting an … Read more

SpaceX launches US Space Force GPS satellite on Falcon 9

Liftoff! SpaceX successfully launches US Space Force GPS satellite into orbit aboard its Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX launched a GPS satellite for US Space Force aboard the Falcon 9 rocket The launch took off at 4:10pm  ET at Kennedy Space Center in Florida This is Falcon 9’s 11th launch this year, but this time it … Read more

Liftoff! SpaceX launches US Space Force GPS satellite into orbit aboard its Falcon 9 rocket 

Liftoff! SpaceX successfully launches US Space Force GPS satellite into orbit aboard its Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX launched a GPS satellite for US Space Force aboard the Falcon 9 rocket The launch took off at 4:10pm  ET at Kennedy Space Center in Florida This is Falcon 9’s 11th launch this year, but this time it … Read more

China is one satellite away from launching its GPS rival Beidou

China is due to launch the final satellite in its global positioning system constellation Beidou, allowing Beijing to reduce its reliance on the US-owned GPS system. Beidou will be made up of 30 satellites giving China military independence in terms of navigation and even messaging independent of the US or other nations. The final part … Read more

Mysterious GPS signals reveal GHOST SHIPS sailing in wide circles off the coast of San Francisco

Mysterious GPS signals reveal GHOST SHIPS sailing in wide circles off the coast of San Francisco, despite tracking data saying they should actually be thousands of miles away A watchdog group noticed some strange GPS signals near San Francisco Nine ships appeared to be traveling in circular patterns off the coastline The ships weren’t actually … Read more

BAE Systems buys Collins Aerospace’s GPS unit from America’s United Technologies business for £1.7bn

Defence giant BAE Systems buys Collins Aerospace GPS unit from America’s United Technologies for £1.7bn BAE shares rose 2.9 per cent, up 17.8p to 642.4p in trading on Monday Move comes just six months after United Technologies and Raytheon merged The GPS business has designed military receivers for more than 40 years By Sara Scarlett … Read more

Three in four care homes say GPs won’t visit residents with coronavirus

Care homes have been abandoned to coronavirus and forced to accept infected patients with little means of preventing outbreaks, a survey reveals today. A third of homes have taken hospital patients with the virus, despite fewer than half being able to isolate them and control further spread. Deaths in care homes have also outstripped those … Read more