Category: Practice News

NHS England is to provide local health systems with £120,000 each to set up new ‘flexible pools’ of locum and salaried GPs to support practices.

NHS England is to provide local health systems with £120,000 each to set up new ‘flexible pools’ of locum and salaried GPs to support practices.

Practices have reported phone lines being ‘jammed’ with a deluge of calls from patients after the government announced the expansion of flu jabs to patients aged 50-64 from next month without warning GPs.

Practices have reported phone lines being ‘jammed’ with a deluge of calls from patients after the government announced the expansion of flu jabs to patients aged 50-64 from next month without warning GPs.

Practices have reported phone lines being ‘jammed’ with a deluge of calls from patients after the government announced the expansion of flu jabs to patients aged 50-64 from next month without warning GPs.

The government has failed to provide general practice with the funding or resources it needs to fight COVID-19, LMCs will argue at a BMA conference later this month.

Most GP practices in the UK should be stopping either ‘some’ or ‘a significant volume’ of non-essential work as a result of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new guidance from the RCGP and BMA.

The RCGP has produced resources to help practices inform patients that they are open throughout the national lockdown in England, which also explain how care will be delivered.

One in three doctors have experienced verbal or physical abuse from patients or patients’ relatives during the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey has found.

Around 9,000 doctors who are due to revalidate between March and July 2021 will have their revalidation dates pushed back by four months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the GMC has said.

NHS England primary care medical director Dr Nikki Kanani has thanked GPs and their teams after official data showed general practice delivered 26.65m appointments last month – more than in any month since January this year

NHS England primary care medical director Dr Nikki Kanani has thanked GPs and their teams after official data showed general practice delivered 26.65m appointments last month – more than in any month since January this year

Nearly half of GPs say patients on their list have come to harm because of delays to care during the COVID-19 pandemic, with some reporting patients have died while waiting for treatment, a GPonline poll has found.

Nearly half of GPs say patients on their list have come to harm because of delays to care during the COVID-19 pandemic, with some reporting patients have died while waiting for treatment, a GPonline poll has found.

The latest annual report from the CQC sets out ratings for all of the sectors it regulates. GPonline looks at how general practice has performed.

The CQC plans to ‘follow up’ concerns about access to face-to-face GP services, warning that remote care ‘does not meet the needs’ of all patients – despite practices in England delivering 2m appointments in person over the past week alone.

Controversial digital first provider GP at Hand now holds the largest practice list in England with more than 86,000 patients, official data show.

GPs could be facing a huge wave of complaints due to changes to working practices adopted during the pandemic and delays in access to secondary care, medico-legal experts have warned.

GPs and primary care networks (PCNs) could tackle health inequalities and reduce demand on practices by breaking down patient lists into smaller, manageable cohorts and looking at how their needs could be addressed, a leading GP has said.

NHS England has said there are currently over 1,300 social prescribers working with primary care networks (PCNs) across the country and that it is ‘on track’ to double that figure – with a further 500 set to join the workforce shortly.

A GP federation’s social prescribing service that covers all 31 practices in Newcastle-upon-Tyne has been recognised in the annual social prescribing link worker day awards.

RCGP chair Professor Martin Marshall has written to the health secretary asking for assurances that GP practices will have access to sufficient supplies of the flu vaccine this winter.

GPs will be able to refer patients for diagnostic tests at new community hubs, under plans set out by NHS England.

The full-time equivalent (FTE) GP workforce in England is at its lowest point since September 2015, with the number of fully-qualified GPs down by 380 over the past three months alone, official data show.

Average rates paid to locum GPs by practices have risen in all parts of the UK over the past 12 months, according to analysis by GPonline’s sister site Medeconomics.

Doctors will call on the BMA to ask members if they would support a ballot on industrial action to tackle the ‘real-terms pay erosion’ the profession has experienced over the past decade at a meeting next month.

Researchers have called for ‘decisive action’ to reverse declining continuity of care in general practice after a systematic review confirmed a link with reduced mortality rates.

Researchers have called for ‘decisive action’ to reverse declining continuity of care in general practice after a systematic review confirmed a link with reduced mortality rates.

Researchers have called for ‘decisive action’ to reverse declining continuity of care in general practice after a systematic review confirmed a link with reduced mortality rates.

The government has said it expects practices to hit a minimum 75% uptake of flu vaccination among at-risk groups and ‘where possible’ for achievement to be higher.

The government has said it expects practices to hit a minimum 75% uptake of flu vaccination among at-risk groups and ‘where possible’ for achievement to be higher.

The government has said it expects practices to hit a minimum 75% uptake of flu vaccination among at-risk groups and ‘where possible’ for achievement to be higher.

A lack of support during the menopause has led some female doctors to consider reducing their hours, stepping back from senior roles or quitting the profession altogether, the BMA has said.

A lack of support during the menopause has led some female doctors to consider reducing their hours, stepping back from senior roles or quitting the profession altogether, the BMA has said.

A lack of support during the menopause has led some female doctors to consider reducing their hours, stepping back from senior roles, including GP partnerships, or quitting the profession altogether, the BMA has said.

A lack of support during the menopause has led some female doctors to consider reducing their hours, stepping back from senior roles, including GP partnerships, or quitting the profession altogether, the BMA has said.

GP practices have been instructed to increase activity, ‘make rapid progress’ on childhood immunisation and cervical screening backlogs and start work on PCN service specifications, in NHS England’s third-phase response to COVID-19.

GP practices have been instructed to increase activity, ‘make rapid progress’ on childhood immunisation and cervical screening backlogs and start work on PCN service specifications, in NHS England’s third-phase response to COVID-19.

GP practices have been instructed to increase activity, ‘make rapid progress’ on childhood immunisation and cervical screening backlogs and start work on PCN service specifications, in NHS England’s third-phase response to COVID-19.

GPs have accused the health secretary of failing to understand ‘the importance of human contact’ after he used a major speech to say that all future GP consultations should be carried out remotely unless there is ‘a compelling clinical reason’ not to.

GPs have accused the health secretary of failing to understand ‘the importance of human contact’ after he used a major speech to say that all future GP consultations should be carried out remotely unless there is ‘a compelling clinical reason’ not to.

GPs have accused the health secretary of failing to understand the ‘the importance of human contact’ after he used a major speech to say that all future GP consultations should be carried out remotely unless there is ‘a compelling clinical reason’ not to.

GPs and other NHS staff will be asked by to highlight burdensome red tape that could be scrapped as part of a government ‘bureaucracy busting’ drive that aims to improve staff wellbeing.

GPs and other NHS staff will be asked by to highlight burdensome red tape that could be scrapped as part of a government ‘bureaucracy busting’ drive that will aim to improve staff wellbeing.

GPs and other NHS staff will be asked by to highlight burdensome red tape that could be scrapped as part of a government ‘bureaucracy busting’ drive that aims to improve staff wellbeing.

The BMA has written to the health and social care secretary urging the government to increase the pay of GP partners and junior doctors in line with the rest of the profession to recognise their contribution to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The BMA has written to the health and social care secretary urging the government to increase the pay of GP partners and junior doctors in line with the rest of the profession to recognise their contribution during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The BMA has written to the health and social care secretary urging the government to increase the pay of GP partners and junior doctors in line with the rest of the profession to recognise their contribution during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Plans for this year’s flu campaign are unclear and lack detail, with practices in the dark over how they can obtain extra vaccines, what PPE measures will be necessary and whether additional costs will be covered, GPs have warned.

Plans for this year’s flu campaign are unclear and lack detail, with practices in the dark over how they can obtain extra vaccines, what PPE measures will be necessary and whether additional costs will be covered, GPs have warned.

Plans for this year’s flu campaign are unclear and lack detail, with practices in the dark over how they can obtain extra vaccines, what PPE measures will be necessary and whether additional costs will be covered, GPs have warned.

More than 30m people will be offered flu jabs this year in the UK’s most comprehensive flu programme ever – posing a huge workload challenge for GP practices in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 30m people will be offered flu jabs this year in the UK’s most comprehensive flu programme ever – posing a huge workload challenge for GP practices in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 30m people will be offered flu jabs this year in the UK’s most comprehensive flu programme ever – posing a huge workload challenge for GP practices in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 30m people will be offered flu jabs this year in the UK’s most comprehensive flu programme ever – posing a huge workload challenge for GP practices in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

GPs partners in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland could be poached by the English NHS under the £20,000 golden hello scheme rolled out under the 2020/21 GP contract.

GPs partners in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland could be poached by the English NHS under the £20,000 golden hello scheme rolled out under the 2020/21 GP contract.

GPs partners in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland could be poached by the English NHS under the £20,000 golden hello scheme rolled out under the 2020/21 GP contract.

GP practices should use barcode technology in flu clinics to reduce admin time and overcome social distancing challenges ahead of the ‘biggest flu vaccination programme in history’, an award-winning GP has argued.

GP practices should use barcode technology in flu clinics to reduce admin time and overcome social distancing challenges ahead of the ‘biggest flu vaccination programme in history’, an award-winning GP has argued.

GP practices should use barcode technology in flu clinics to reduce admin time and overcome social distancing challenges ahead of the ‘biggest flu vaccination programme in history’, an award-winning GP has argued.

GP practices have been told to ‘gear up for a major expansion of the winter flu programme’ as part of plans that will see a dramatic reduction in QOF work this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Public satisfaction with GP services remains high, with 82% of patients reporting a good overall experience of general practice, according to the 2020 GP patient survey.

GPs have demanded more resources to support social prescribers after a poll found almost a third could quit over a lack of support that has deepened in the COVID-19 pandemic.

NICE has launched a consultation on proposed indicators for a new QOF vaccination domain, which forms part of the biggest overhaul of how practices are paid for immunisations in 30 years.

A GPonline survey of more than 500 GPs has predicted that over half of patient appointments will be dealt with remotely once the pandemic subsides.

Patients have been urged not to skip routine vaccination amid concerns the COVID-19 pandemic could trigger a wave of preventable disease.