30% of GP training places remain unfilled
Almost one-third of GP training places remain vacant after the first round of recruitment, official figures today reveal. The final … Read more
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NHS spend on general practice drops to 7.2%
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will fail to deliver this year on his promise to increase the proportion of funding going … Read more
More than 170 GP surgeries have closed in 3 years because of ‘financial pressures’
More than 170 GP surgeries have closed in three years with doctors citing the increasing financial pressures of running modern … Read more
CCGs consider sweeping restrictions to plug £25m hole
A group of clinical commissioning groups in the Midlands have outlined proposals for wide ranging restrictions to NHS services in … Read more
Health minister admits Government risks not delivering on GP recruitment goal
A health minister has admitted that there is a ‘risk’ around whether the Government will achieve its commitment to find … Read more
Councils cut hundreds of thousands of pounds from stop smoking services
Councils are cutting their smoking cessation budgets by hundreds of thousands of pounds – a move that experts warn will … Read more
One in ten GP practices ‘at risk of closure’, warns BMA
More than 800 GP practices in England are at risk of having to close due to being ’financially unsustainable’, a … Read more
NHS spend on general practice falls to 7.2% from April, despite uplift
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will fail to deliver this year on his promise to increase the proportion of funding going … Read more
One in three GPs predict closure by 2020 unless seven-day plans are scrapped
A third of GPs believe that their practice will stop providing services to patients by 2020, according to new research. … Read more
Out-of-hours provider forced to rely on one GP for 850,000 patients overnight
An out-of-hours provider in Norfolk has admitted GP shortages have forced it to run services with only one GP for … Read more