GP numbers will fall 7,000 short within five years despite increasing trainees
GP numbers will fall ‘substantially short of demand’, even though there is a major focus on increasing GP trainee numbers by 2024, posing a 'fundermental threat' to primary care, according to a major new report.
Capita to be stripped of NHS cervical screening contract following issues
The running of the NHS cervical screening programme administration will be taken off Capita and brought back in house, NHS England has announced.
LMCs vote down proposals for GP payment by patient contacts
LMCs from across the UK have voted down a proposal for bringing in charges for the number of patient contacts alongside list size after it was suggested the controversial measure would encourage ’quantity over quality.’
We have ‘listened, acted and delivered’ in new contracts, says GPC chair
The BMA has ‘delivered’ on a number of GP demands - including reducing workload, increasing the workforce and bringing an end to austerity - the GP Committee chair Dr Richard Vautrey will tell the LMC UK conference today.
GP at Hand expansion before full evaluation ‘beggars belief’, says GPC
Babylon GP at Hand getting the greenlight on its expansion to other cities – before the independent review on the service has been completed – ‘simply beggars belief’, according to BMA GP Committee chair Dr Richard Vautrey.
Networks to receive 45p per patient less through DES for providing extended hours
Exclusive The new network DES will pay £1.45 per patient for fulfilling the requirements of the extended hours DES - 45p less than practices currently get per patient, Pulse has learnt.
Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba fitness-to-practise review set for April
The Medical Practitioner Tribunal Service review hearing for Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba has been set for 8 and 9 April.
CCG axes GP minor injury service amid warnings of 'morbidity and fatalities'
A CCG is set to cut all funding for a GP minor injuries service, in a move local GPs argue will incease the risk of 'major morbidity and even fatalities' by reducing local patient access.
Welsh GP locums will have to join new register to access state-backed indemnity scheme
Welsh GP locums will be required to sign up to a new country-wide GP locum register from April in order to access the state-backed indemnity scheme.
CCGs are trying to 'manipulate' formation of networks, warn GP leaders
Exclusive CCGs in some areas of England have been trying to 'manipulate' new primary care networks to ensure they align with their own plans, according to GP leaders.
Practice pharmacists and nurses in ‘turf war’ due to ambiguous job roles, report claims
A lack of clarity about the remit of practice pharmacists has led to 'professional tensions', according to a new report.
BMA threatens legal action over ‘discriminatory’ NHS pension scheme
The BMA is to help GPs and other doctors sue the Government over the NHS pension scheme if ministers refuse to admit the scheme discriminates against younger members.
Digital GP consultations make spotting signs of sepsis 'a challenge', says PHE
Exclusive Digital GP consultations will make detection of sepsis more of ‘a challenge’, Public Health England’s antibiotics lead has said.
Patient satisfaction in GPs drops to record low levels as 'intense pressures' show
A quarter of patients are dissatisfied with general practice - the lowest level since data was first collected in 1983 - a new analysis of a national survey has claimed.
Patient satisfaction in GPs drops to record low levels as 'intense pressures' show
A quarter of patients are dissatisfied with general practice - the lowest level since data was first collected in 1983 - a new analysis of a national survey has claimed.