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Podcast: How GPs with extended roles could reshape the NHS | GPonline
Talking General Practice speaks to Dr Charlie Andrews, a GP partner and a GP with an extended role in gastroenterology, about the programme he's developed to train GPs with extended roles in gastroenterology and how the NHS could benefit from expanding this approach across the country.
NI costs could force practice closures, GPs warn ahead of spring budget | GPonline
National insurance costs that kick in from next week risk practice closures and staff redundancies despite the funding uplift for general practice under the 2025/26 GP contract, GP campaigners have warned ahead of the government's spring budget statement.
GP practice forced to review 1,800 consultations after nurse registration lapse | GPonline
Practices have been urged to check that their staff’s professional regulation status is up to date after a GP had to review 1,800 consultations delivered by a nurse whose registration had lapsed, in a case that could have had major ramifications for the practice as a whole.
BMA demands new name and clear scope of practice for physician associates | GPonline
The introduction of physician associate (PA) roles to the NHS has been a 'total system failure' that gambles with patient safety, the BMA has warned, as it submitted more than 30 recommendations for changes to a government review.
Map: Which areas are performing best on the government's GP access benchmark? | GPonline
The government and NHS England are using the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Health Insight Survey to track improvements in GP access. GPonline looks at which ICB areas have the highest ratings and which are improving fastest.
What does NHS England's abolition mean for general practice? | GPonline
Many health leaders have said scrapping NHS England makes sense to reduce costs and duplication at the 'centre' of the health service, but warned that the move risks diverting attention from vital work to improve NHS services. So what are the changes likely to mean for GPs?
Another GP working for Uber as jobs crisis spreads to Scotland | GPonline
GPs in part of Scotland are taking on private work, moving overseas and in one case working as an Uber driver because locum sessions have become 'non-existent' after a squeeze on practice finances that doctors' leaders fear will spread across the country.
How GPs are turning around problems with access and patient satisfaction | GPonline
Despite record numbers of appointments in general practice, access remains among patients' top concerns - and NHS officials have named improving it among the health service's key priorities for the year ahead. After a period of intense criticism over access, however, data suggest general practice is now turning things around.