GPs asked to vote on 2024/25 contract as BMA launches yes/no referendum
All GPs who are members of the BMA will be asked to vote in single-question referendum, which launches today (7 March), asking whether they accept the GP contract for 2024/25. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 7, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP contracts Source Type: news
BMA reveals forms of industrial action GPs could take this year
BMA leaders have revealed forms of industrial action GPs could take in protest at the 'derisory' 2024/25 contract uplift, making clear action would aim to affect NHS England and the government, not patients. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 7, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
Physician associates must never see undifferentiated patients, BMA safety advice warns
Physician associates should never see undifferentiated patients, the BMA has warned in new guidance billed as a 'major intervention on patient safety' that directly contradicts the GP contract. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 6, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Workforce Source Type: news
RCGP condemns 'derisory' 2024/25 contract and warns 'GPs can't keep doing more with less'
The RCGP has hit out at real-terms funding cuts imposed on general practice in the 'derisory' 2024/25 GP contract and warned the government against allowing general practice to crumble. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 6, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP contracts Source Type: news
GP practices face up to £300,000 clawback after admin blunder
GP practices face a clawback of up to £300,000 after an admin error meant they were paid by mistake for out-of-hours work - forcing one practice to hand back its contract and leaving others at risk. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 6, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
ICB backs down on same-day access plan after GP and patient outcry
North West London ICB has backed down over plans to roll out a separate same-day access model for general practice after GPs and patients raised concerns. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 6, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
GPs plan industrial action during general election and call for consultant-level income rise
General practice could be balloted from September on industrial action timed to coincide with the next general election - as GPs urged the Doctors and Dentists Review Body (DDRB) to back a funding uplift at least in line with a double-digit rise offered to consultants. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 5, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP funding Source Type: news
Consultants to vote on improved pay offer as BMA prepares GP contract referendum
Hospital consultants will be asked to vote this month on an improved pay offer backed by the BMA after 'weeks of extensive negotiations'. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 5, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Pay Source Type: news
APMS deal to replace 11,000-patient GMS practice as partners hand back contract
An 11,000-patient practice in Nottinghamshire will be recommissioned under a time-limited APMS contract after partners handed back their existing GMS deal due to financial pressure. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 5, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
GPs working 'full time' down 20% since five-year contract began
The number of GPs officially working full time in England has dropped by a fifth since the five-year contract began in 2019 as doctors scale back working hours to cope with soaring pressure. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 4, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Workforce Source Type: news
Same-day access plans 'could leave one GP supervising 100 patient visits a day'
GP leaders remain deeply concerned over plans for a separate same-day access model for general practice in part of London - warning that a string of questions over patient safety have yet to be fully addressed. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 4, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
Why claims that GPs' job is 'straightforward' are just not cricket
Claims that GP consultations are 'straightforward' betray a deep misunderstanding of the risk and complexity practices manage every day, says MDDUS chief medical officer Dr John Holden. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 4, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Viewpoint Source Type: news
Outstanding practice forced to scale back services due to 'spiralling' costs
A practice rated outstanding by the CQC has warned patients that ‘spiralling’ costs are forcing it to scale back staffing and services - and that partners saw their pay fall by 20% over the past year. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 1, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
Rise in overall GP workforce in Wales but big fall in partners
The full-time equivalent (FTE) fully-qualified GP workforce in Wales increased by 3% in the year to September 2023, but the number of GP partners has fallen significantly, latest data show. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 1, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
Same-day GP access plans must not undermine continuity, says NHS England
Plans to deliver same-day appointments in general practice at scale must not go too far and 'make it hard to offer continuity', NHS England's primary care director has warned. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 29, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
