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Podcast: Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard on her move to New Zealand | GPonline
Professor Dame Helen Stokes Lampard talks about her new role as chief medical officer in New Zealand, how the health system differs from the UK, and the challenges of moving to a new country, along with offering advice to aspiring healthcare leaders.
Practices will need to set clear rules around online consultations from October, says BMA | GPonline
Practices will need clear rules on requests patients can make online and how they will be managed as a requirement to keep e-consultation software on during core hours takes effect from October, the BMA has said.
£102m GP premises fund 'barely enough for a handful of new surgeries' | GPonline
A £102m fund for GP premises upgrades unveiled last October by the government will be split across 'over 1,000 surgeries' - spreading a sum the BMA says falls far short of what is needed far thinner than originally planned, the government has said.
Kinnock warns of 'fiscal constraints' as government considers public sector pay rises | GPonline
Primary care minister Stephen Kinnock has warned that pay uplifts for NHS and other public sector workers will have to work within 'fiscal constraints' and urged unions to 'recognise the reality' of the government's financial position as it considers advice from pay review bodies - as leaked reports suggested NHS staff could be in line for a 3% rise.
Where will GPs earn most from the advice and guidance DES? | GPonline
GP practices across England will be paid £20 per advice and guidance request in 2025/26 under an £80m directed enhanced service. GPonline looks at how funding for the scheme is split between ICB areas - and at how much extra work GPs in different parts of the country will have to do to claim the funding.
Contract that links staff to funding can unlock more GP investment, says BMA | GPonline
A new GP contract that builds in direct reimbursement for staff - potentially via a practice-level form of the additional roles reimbursement scheme - could be the key to sweeping away government reluctance to investing in general practice, the BMA England GP committee chair has suggested.
GP partners linked to more appointments and higher patient satisfaction | GPonline
Practices with more GP partners have higher patient satisfaction, according to a report that calls on the government to take rapid action to tackle factors driving the sharp decline in partner numbers over recent years.
Dr Steve Taylor: Has the ARRS really brought in an extra 1,500 GPs? | GPonline
Just over 1,500 GPs have taken up jobs created through the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) over the past six months - but the genuine impact on capacity in general practice is far from clear, warns the Doctors Association UK's Dr Steve Taylor.
Unemployed GPs re-training as bus drivers to pay their bills, says BMA | GPonline
Exclusive: Registrars and newly-qualified GPs are re-training to work outside medicine - including as life coaches, medical coders or bus drivers - to pay their bills amid the ongoing job shortage in general practice, the BMA has warned.