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5h ago
Three ICBs in London are ‘considering their next steps’ amid concerns that a major private provider of NHS GP services may have breached the terms of its practice contracts ..read more
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12h ago
The BMA England GP committee has warned health service officials that the profession is 'now in dispute' with NHS England following the overwhelming vote to reject the 2024/25 contract ..read more
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12h ago
GPs in Northern Ireland are working 'past the point of burnout and exhaustion' but cannot meet soaring demand, according to an RCGP report that calls for urgent action to stabilise general practice ..read more
GPonline
1d ago
More GPs per patient, higher funding per patient and better continuity of care in general practice are associated with higher life expectancy in men and women, researchers have shown ..read more
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1d ago
Tens of thousands of people of South Asian heritage with diabetes and pre-diabetes may have underestimated HbA1c levels researchers have said, after they identified a genetic variant that affects the accuracy of the test ..read more
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2d ago
NHS England has reversed controversial plans to cut specialist mental health services for doctors - announcing a 12-month extension of its existing deal with NHS Practitioner Health ..read more
GPonline
2d ago
Specialist mental health service NHS Practitioner Health will no longer accept new registrations for secondary care doctors and staff, while access for GPs and primary care staff is only guaranteed until March 2025, following NHS England funding cuts ..read more
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2d ago
Unused locum GP capacity could deliver more than 250,000 extra appointments a week if practices were funded to employ them, analysis by GPonline suggests ..read more
GPonline
4d ago
More than a fifth of GPs are likely to move abroad within the next 12 months, according to a GMC report that shows the profession is more discontented than any other branch of medicine ..read more
GPonline
4d ago
A former practice manager has been jailed for three years for stealing just under £70,000 from a GP practice ..read more