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A charity bike ride organised by a UK GP that covered 21,600 miles has raised £21,000 to support healthcare in Myanmar.

A charity bike ride organised by a UK GP that covered 21,600 miles has raised £21,000 to support healthcare in Myanmar.

London GP Professor Dame Clare Gerada will become the new president of the RCGP, starting her role on 20 November, the college has announced.

London GP Professor Dame Clare Gerada will become the new president of the RCGP, starting her role on 20 November, the college has announced.

NHS England has confirmed that Amanda Pritchard will take over as its chief executive from 1 August – becoming the first woman in health service history to hold the post.

NHS England has confirmed that Amanda Pritchard will take over as its chief executive from 1 August – becoming the first woman in health service history to hold the post.

Tributes have poured in for long-serving Manchester GP, BMA vice president and NHS activist Dr Kailash Chand after his sudden death aged 73.

Tributes have poured in for long-serving Manchester GP, BMA vice president and NHS activist Dr Kailash Chand after his sudden death aged 73.

Tributes have poured in for long-serving Manchester GP, BMA vice president and NHS activist Dr Kailash Chand after his sudden death aged 73.

Sajid Javid faces a ‘huge and urgent task’ as he takes over from outgoing health and social care secretary Matt Hancock, the BMA has warned – completing the vaccine rollout, setting out a credible plan to tackle the COVID-19 NHS backlog and regaining the trust of the medical workforce.

Sajid Javid faces a ‘huge and urgent task’ as he takes over from outgoing health and social care secretary Matt Hancock, the BMA has warned – completing the vaccine rollout, setting out a credible plan to tackle the COVID-19 NHS backlog and regaining the trust of the medical workforce.

BMA chief officer and chair of the association’s representative body Dr Helena McKeown has stood down for ‘personal reasons’ after nearly two and a half years in the role.

Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has dismissed claims he lied to cabinet colleagues and the public as ‘not true’ – and said he had woken up every day during the pandemic and asked himself: ‘What must I do to protect life.’

Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has dismissed claims he lied to cabinet colleagues and the public as ‘not true’ – and said he had woken up every day during the pandemic and asked himself: ‘What must I do to protect life.’

Dr John Preece, the GP who co-designed the world’s first GP computer system with IBM in 1969, has died at the age of 93.

NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens – the self-proclaimed ‘most pro-GP NHS leader ever’ has announced plans to step down at the end of July after more than seven years in the role.

GPs are among those who have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list.

GPs are among those who have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list.

GPs who played a key role during the COVID-19 pandemic are among those to receive honours in the Queen’s birthday list this year.