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'.

GPonline

03.05.2024

NHS England finalising new patient safety policy for primary care | GPonline

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.

GPonline

03.05.2024

NHS plan to 'optimise' general practice should start with funding it properly, warns BMA | GPonline

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.

GPonline

03.05.2024

ICBs to pilot ways to 'optimise the general practice operating model' | GPonline

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.

GPonline

02.05.2024

Out-of-work GPs fear losing their licence to practise, GP leaders warn | GPonline

GPs who are struggling to find work fear they could lose their licence to practise, GP leaders have warned.

GPonline

02.05.2024

General practice can't survive crisis for much longer, warns RCGP chair | GPonline

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.

GPonline

01.05.2024

PrimaryCareLearnings 2024 | GPonline

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.

GPonline

01.05.2024

Which ICB areas are losing GP partners fastest? | GPonline

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.

GPonline

01.05.2024

Varenicline withdrawal ‘may cause thousands of avoidable deaths’ | GPonline

Ongoing disruption to the supply of prescription medicine Champix (varenicline) could cause avoidable deaths because thousands fewer people quit smoking each year, research suggests.

GPonline

30.04.2024

GMC had no need to refer climate change GP to tribunal, says BMA | GPonline

BMA leaders have called on the GMC to justify its decision to refer a GP climate change protester to a medical tribunal that suspended her for five months - arguing the regulator had no need to do so.

GPonline

30.04.2024

GPs condemn 'ridiculous' practice underfunding as registrars fear unemployment | GPonline

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.

GPonline

29.04.2024

BMA Wales calls for more GP funding as 100th practice closure looms | GPonline

BMA Wales has warned that without urgent investment in general practice the country will soon see its 100th practice closure in just over a decade.

GPonline

29.04.2024

Government claims to have delivered biggest cut in GP red tape for 20 years | GPonline

GPs have dismissed a 'laughable' government claim that the 2024/25 contract delivers the biggest cut in red tape for general practice in 20 years.

GPonline

28.04.2024

UK set to lose measles-free status again after surge in cases | GPonline

The UK is set to lose its measles-free status for the second time in a decade after a surge in cases over the past year.

GPonline

26.04.2024

Young people and ethnic minorities have more GP visits before cancer diagnosis | GPonline

Health experts have called for more general practice funding after a study found young people, ethnic minorities and those in deprived areas have more visits to GP practices before a cancer diagnosis.

GPonline

26.04.2024

Podcast: Rethinking access in general practice | GPonline

Talking General Practice speaks to Jake Beech, a policy fellow from the Health Foundation, about a project he's involved with that is aiming to change the way we think about access in general practice.

GPonline

26.04.2024

LMC demands ICB update on halting 'spiralling attrition' in GP workforce | GPonline

Londonwide LMCs has written to ICBs across the capital to ask what they are doing to improve GP retention, a year after a report warned of 'spiralling attrition' in the workforce.

GPonline

26.04.2024

Labour slams government 'disrespect' for doctors but warns pay restoration won't happen overnight | GPonline

The shadow health and social care secretary has condemned the government for treating doctors with 'disrespect', but warned that pay restoration would not happen overnight under a future Labour government.

GPonline

25.04.2024

General practice lost 2,900 partners as GP workforce shrank during five-year contract | GPonline

The GP workforce shrank by 3% and partners by a staggering 15% during the course of the five-year GP contract that began in 2019, GPonline analysis shows.

GPonline

25.04.2024

Leadsom claims there are '3,000 more GPs than in 2019' | GPonline

Primary care minister Andrea Leadsom has claimed in parliament that there are '3,000 more GPs now than in 2019' - despite official data showing the qualified GP workforce has fallen by around 1,000.

GPonline

24.04.2024

GMC 'on wrong side of history' over climate protest GP suspension | GPonline

The GMC risks finding itself on the 'wrong side of history' after a medical tribunal suspended a GP who received a custodial sentence for taking part in a series of climate change protests, doctors have warned.

GPonline

24.04.2024

GP suspended for five months over climate change protests | GPonline

A GP who took part in a series of Just Stop Oil climate change protests has been suspended from the medical register for five months.

GPonline

24.04.2024

Failure to retain GPs could cost £356m a year, BMA warns | GPonline

Poor retention of GPs in the NHS workforce could cost taxpayers a staggering £356m a year, BMA analysis suggests.

GPonline

23.04.2024

NHS could face £5bn annual bill to replace thousands of doctors leaving early | GPonline

The NHS could soon face a £5bn annual bill to replace thousands of doctors leaving before retirement age unless it takes urgent action to improve retention, the BMA has warned.

GPonline

23.04.2024

Patients raise £5,500 to help 'heroic' GP keep practice contract | GPonline

A GP said she was 'humbled' and 'overwhelmed' after patients raised £5,500 to support her bid to keep her practice after it was put out to tender.

GPonline

23.04.2024

Quarter of GP practices face seniority pay clawback | GPonline

Almost one in four GP practices in England face deductions from their funding in June as Primary Care Support England (PCSE) claws back overpayments on seniority pay.

GPonline

22.04.2024

Three GP surgeries forced to close after 'threat' warning | GPonline

Three surgeries were forced to cancel appointments and close their doors after police warned they had received ‘intelligence of a threat’ to Trent View Medical Practice in North Lincolnshire.

GPonline

22.04.2024

RCGP to open consultation on physician associates in general practice | GPonline

An RCGP consultation on the role of physician associates in general practice will open on 22 April, the college has confirmed.

GPonline

22.04.2024

Patients left without medication as record drug shortages hit GP prescribing | GPonline

Medicine shortages have forced more than nine in 10 GPs to prescribe second-choice drugs in the past year - with nearly a quarter reporting adverse effects for patients, GPonline polling shows.

GPonline

20.04.2024

'Repeat offender' jailed after assault on GP practice employee | GPonline

A man has been jailed for 42 weeks after punching through a glass screen in a GP practice reception area, leaving a member of staff with cuts to the hand and face.

GPonline

19.04.2024

Climate protest GP facing GMC sanctions after tribunal misconduct ruling | GPonline

A GP who was arrested while taking part in a series of Just Stop Oil protests is facing GMC sanctions after a tribunal ruled her fitness to practise was 'impaired by reason of misconduct'.

GPonline

19.04.2024

Patients protest against same-day access plans that risk 'end of family doctor' | GPonline

A patient group held a public protest against plans to overhaul healthcare and access to general practice that the group believes will spell the end of the family doctor.

GPonline

19.04.2024

GPs could lose responsibility for fit notes under government welfare reforms | GPonline

GPs in England may no longer be responsible for signing sick notes under government plans to overhaul the benefit system.

GPonline

19.04.2024

Doctors stage climate change protest outside GMC offices | GPonline

GPs, other doctors and patients have staged protests outside GMC offices in London and Edinburgh saying the regulator is not doing enough to protect the public from the health impacts of climate change.

GPonline

19.04.2024

GP practice wins business award for 'exceptional resilience' in local crisis | GPonline

A GP practice has won a small business award for 'triumph over adversity' after absorbing more than 10,000 patients from a nearby practice shut down after an inadequate CQC rating.

GPonline

19.04.2024

Podcast: Untapped locum GP capacity, NHS evidence on GP pay, NHS U-turn on mental health support | GPonline

The GPonline team discusses the key news stories affecting general practice in our podcast.

GPonline

18.04.2024

ICBs looking into potential contract breach by major GP provider | GPonline

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.

GPonline

18.04.2024

Constant NHS medicines shortages 'the new normal', report warns | GPonline

'Constantly elevated medicines shortages' have left patients struggling to access crucial products and driven up workload for GPs and pharmacists over the past two years, a report warns.

GPonline

18.04.2024

BMA warns ICBs to add GP industrial action to their risk registers | GPonline

The BMA is writing to each of England's 42 integrated care boards (ICBs) warning that they should add potential GP industrial action into their system risk registers.

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Working in NHS 'more traumatic than war zone' | GPonline

Podcast: GP partner exodus during five-year contract, drug shortages, fit note reform | GPonline

NHS England finalising new patient safety policy for primary care | GPonline

NHS plan to 'optimise' general practice should start with funding it properly, warns BMA | GPonline

ICBs to pilot ways to 'optimise the general practice operating model' | GPonline

Out-of-work GPs fear losing their licence to practise, GP leaders warn | GPonline

General practice can't survive crisis for much longer, warns RCGP chair | GPonline

PrimaryCareLearnings 2024 | GPonline

Which ICB areas are losing GP partners fastest? | GPonline

Varenicline withdrawal ‘may cause thousands of avoidable deaths’ | GPonline

GMC had no need to refer climate change GP to tribunal, says BMA | GPonline

GPs condemn 'ridiculous' practice underfunding as registrars fear unemployment | GPonline

BMA Wales calls for more GP funding as 100th practice closure looms | GPonline

Government claims to have delivered biggest cut in GP red tape for 20 years | GPonline

UK set to lose measles-free status again after surge in cases | GPonline

Young people and ethnic minorities have more GP visits before cancer diagnosis | GPonline

Podcast: Rethinking access in general practice | GPonline

LMC demands ICB update on halting 'spiralling attrition' in GP workforce | GPonline

Labour slams government 'disrespect' for doctors but warns pay restoration won't happen overnight | GPonline

General practice lost 2,900 partners as GP workforce shrank during five-year contract | GPonline

Leadsom claims there are '3,000 more GPs than in 2019' | GPonline

GMC 'on wrong side of history' over climate protest GP suspension | GPonline

GP suspended for five months over climate change protests | GPonline

Failure to retain GPs could cost £356m a year, BMA warns | GPonline

NHS could face £5bn annual bill to replace thousands of doctors leaving early | GPonline

Patients raise £5,500 to help 'heroic' GP keep practice contract | GPonline

Quarter of GP practices face seniority pay clawback | GPonline

Three GP surgeries forced to close after 'threat' warning | GPonline

RCGP to open consultation on physician associates in general practice | GPonline

Patients left without medication as record drug shortages hit GP prescribing | GPonline

'Repeat offender' jailed after assault on GP practice employee | GPonline

Climate protest GP facing GMC sanctions after tribunal misconduct ruling | GPonline

Patients protest against same-day access plans that risk 'end of family doctor' | GPonline

GPs could lose responsibility for fit notes under government welfare reforms | GPonline

Doctors stage climate change protest outside GMC offices | GPonline

GP practice wins business award for 'exceptional resilience' in local crisis | GPonline

Podcast: Untapped locum GP capacity, NHS evidence on GP pay, NHS U-turn on mental health support | GPonline

ICBs looking into potential contract breach by major GP provider | GPonline

Constant NHS medicines shortages 'the new normal', report warns | GPonline

BMA warns ICBs to add GP industrial action to their risk registers | GPonline

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