Podcast: What does the 2024/25 contract offer mean for general practice?
Talking General Practice looks at what's in the GP contract offer for 2024/25, what the BMA, grassroots GPs, and Labour think about the deal – and what happens next. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Podcast Source Type: news
Labour promises more attractive GP careers and condemns 'bonkers' retention failure
The Labour Party has said it is committed to making general practice more attractive and that failing to retain overseas doctors who come through UK GP training would be 'bonkers'. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
JCVI outlines plan for 2024 spring COVID-19 booster campaign
The government has accepted advice from the joint committee on vaccination and immunisation (JCVI) on a spring COVID-19 booster campaign for 2024 with minor changes to eligible groups. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Coronavirus Source Type: news
Government must ensure all GP practices can afford staff pay rises, warns RCN
Nursing leaders have called for an overhaul of how GP practice staff costs are funded after polling found most practice nurses were denied a recommended 6% pay rise for 2023/24 and many received no uplift at all. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 7, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP funding Source Type: news
Tories and Labour respond to call to clear doctors' student loans
Calls for doctors' student loans to be written off in return for years of NHS service have not been backed by either of England's largest political parties - but a Labour frontbencher called the policy 'attractive'. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 7, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Workforce Source Type: news
Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer: It's time to stop ignoring reality - GPs need more funding
Better technology and practical reforms are welcome suggestions to improve general practice and the wider NHS, says BMA England GP committee chair Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer. But the need for more funding remains the 'elephant in the room'. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 6, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Viewpoint Source Type: news
Lords set for full debate on physician associates after pressure from doctors
The House of Lords will hold a full debate on legislation around regulation of physician associates after pressure from doctors. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 6, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Professional regulation Source Type: news
Labour says 1.9% GP contract offer ‘devaluing general practice'
The government's offer of a 1.9% GP contract uplift for 2024/25 is moving in ‘completely the wrong direction’, Labour shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has told GPonline. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 6, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
Talented IMG doctors being driven out of the NHS, warns GMC
Talented international medical graduate (IMG) doctors are being driven out of the NHS because they face an 'uphill battle' to have their skills recognised in the UK, the GMC has warned. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 6, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Professional regulation Source Type: news
Learn and earn CPD at home with MIMS Learning Live Digital
Register now for MIMS Learning Live Digital between 11-14 March, a series of free clinical webinars over four evenings. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 6, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: News Source Type: news
Reform GP contract and write off doctors' student loans, says report
The GP contract should be overhauled to cut bureaucracy and promote continuity, while student loans for doctors should be written off in return for years of NHS service, a report says. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 5, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Policy Source Type: news
What do we know about the 2024/25 GP contract offer?
The BMA has rejected a GP contract for 2024/25 in England that offered a 1.9% funding uplift. GPonline looks at what else we know about what is currently on the table – and what happens next. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 5, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP contracts Source Type: news
Delayed DBS check 'left GP facing stress and £8,000 in lost earnings'
A GP with 25 years ’ experience says they have been out of work for two months and lost £8,000 in income because of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) delays. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 2, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
QOF targets to be slashed and ARRS to cover nurses from next year
QOF targets will be cut back in 2024/25 and the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) expanded to cover nurses, the government has confirmed as talks on next year's GP contract continue. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 2, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP contracts Source Type: news
Most doctors say working with physician associates has increased workload
More than half of doctors say working with physician associates or anaesthesia associates has increased their workload, a BMA poll reveals. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 2, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Workforce Source Type: news
