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1d ago
GP leaders have urged NHS England to ditch plans to pilot ways to 'optimise the general practice operating model' and focus instead on reversing funding cuts to existing services ..read more
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NHS officials are close to finalising a new patient safety policy for primary care that will aim to learn from and reduce cases of avoidable harm ..read more
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1d ago
The GPonline team looks at what happened to the GP workforce in England over the course of the five-year contract, how drug shortages are affecting GPs and patients, and government plans to tackle the so-called 'sick note culture ..read more
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2d ago
ICBs will work with a small number of PCNs to pilot 'operational changes and improvements that would optimise the general practice operating model', NHS England has said ..read more
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2d ago
A doctor at a GP conference has said he finds working in the NHS more traumatic than working in a war zone ..read more
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2d ago
General practice can't carry on much longer in its current state of crisis with rising pressure, a shrinking GP workforce, underfunding and poor premises, the RCGP chair has warned ..read more
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3d ago
Ongoing disruption to the supply of prescription medicine Champix (varenicline) could cause avoidable deaths because thousands fewer people quit smoking each year, research suggests ..read more
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3d ago
Back for a fantastic third year in London, the full-day PrimaryCareLearnings educational workshop once again provides peer-to-peer learning with a focus on updating and empowering primary care colleagues across a range of clinical topics ..read more
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3d ago
GP partners dropped by a quarter in some ICB areas under the multi-year GMS contract that began in 2019. GPonline looks at which areas are losing partners fastest ..read more
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4d ago
GPs have hit out at chronic underfunding that has left practices unable to afford to hire doctors - amid warnings of growing concern among registrars that they will be unable to find work when they qualify ..read more