GPs call for a Rebuild of General Practice
A lack of investment and workforce planning stretching back years now means that general practice is unsafe for many patients … Read more
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Two-thirds of GP practice nurses considering quitting in next year
Two-thirds of nurses working in general practice are thinking about leaving the profession within a year, with many saying they … Read more
Javid pushes ahead with changes to primary care
Sajid Javid has announced plans for big changes in primary care, based on a report from the think tank Policy Exchange. … Read more
ICS leader to review ‘next steps’ for primary care
NHS England has asked Claire Fuller, a GP and executive lead of Surrey Heartlands ICS, to review primary care and … Read more
NHS given impossible ‘guidance’
“The floggings will continue until morale improves.” That’s clearly the way management is viewed in today’s crisis-ridden NHS. It seems … Read more
Expansion of pharmacies’ clinical offering fails to offset crisis in general practice
The move by the NHS community pharmacy sector to bolster its clinical offer to patients by expanding into hypertension case-finding … Read more
GP practices could close or reduce services this winter as pressures mount, warn LMCs
Pulse reports that GP leaders warn that surgeries face the ‘very real prospect’ of having to close temporarily or permanently … Read more
Higher weekend deaths in hospital not due to lack of doctors, landmark study shows
A landmark study has shown that the higher mortality rates among weekend patients is not due to a lack of … Read more
Higher numbers in training but GP workforce still ‘stagnant’
The independent pay review body has warned that greater increases in newly trained GPs are needed to fix an effectively … Read more
Salaried GP 3% pay rise ’empty promise’ without attached funding, says BMA
The BMA has said that the 3% pay rise for salaried GPs was a ‘completely empty promise’ as it comes … Read more