Pharmacy closures threaten plan to cut 10m GP appointments a year
Underfunding could force hundreds of pharmacies out of business this year - casting serious doubt on government plans for the sector to help ease pressure on general practice, experts have warned. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - January 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
GP practice announces closure as long search for new partners fails
A 5,000-patient practice has been forced to hand back its contract after partners said a months-long search for new GPs to take it over had come to nothing. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - January 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
RCGP warning as primary care share of NHS funding hits eight-year low
The RCGP has warned funding 'must follow patient care' as figures suggested the share of NHS cash spent on primary care is at an eight-year low despite record demand in general practice. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - January 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP funding Source Type: news
GPs affected by NHS pension McCloud remedy could claim up to £1,000 compensation
NHS Pension Scheme members who experienced any financial or tax losses as a result of the McCloud remedy will be able to claim either £500 or £1,000 towards these costs. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - January 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: News Source Type: news
Podcast: GPs face redundancy, GP partners continue to fall, retention schemes scrapped
Talking General Practice discusses some of the key news stories affecting primary care. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - January 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Podcast Source Type: news
NICE recommends more people have access to COVID-19 antiviral
More people should be eligible to receive the COVID-19 antiviral nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir (Paxlovid), according to new draft guidance from NICE. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - January 10, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Clinical News Source Type: news
'Worrying' GP redundancies reflect long-term practice underfunding, GPs warn
GP leaders have warned that a 'worrying' case that has seen GPs made redundant in the midst of a workforce crisis reflects long-term underfunding of general practice. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - January 10, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
GP partners' income down 20% in a year, BMA poll reveals
GP partners' income has slumped by more than 20% on average in the past year, preliminary findings from a BMA poll reveal. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - January 10, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP funding Source Type: news
NHS faces GLP-1 agonist shortage until 'at least end of 2024'
Supply of most GLP-1 agonists will continue to be constrained until at least the end of 2024 because of increased demand for 'licensed and off-label indications', prescribers have been warned. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - January 10, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Clinical News Source Type: news
RCGP condemns 'disappointing' decision to scrap GP retention schemes
Plans to scrap GP fellowships and a mentoring scheme from the end of March could undermine GP retention and threaten to erode standards in general practice, the RCGP has warned. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - January 9, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Workforce Source Type: news
Practice makes salaried GPs redundant as model shifts to additional roles
A quarter of salaried GPs will be made redundant at a 20,000-patient GP practice in Surrey after it adopted 'new ways of working' in response to the NHS primary care recovery plan - including a shift towards greater use of additional roles staff. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - January 9, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
Junior doctors in Northern Ireland balloted on strike action for first time
The BMA has begun the first-ever ballot on industrial action by junior doctors in Northern Ireland. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - January 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
Inappropriate extensions of GP training a 'significant issue', warns BMA
The BMA is appealing a number of cases where GP registrars have seen their training extended as a result of taking part in industrial action or having time off sick. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - January 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
BMA poll to reveal how many GP registrars plan NHS careers
A major BMA poll of GP registrars is investigating how many plan to quit the NHS once they qualify - and will expose the impact of burnout, heavy workload and factors such as the expansion of physician associates. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - January 5, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
100-year-old GP practice forced to take on private patients to survive
A 100-year-old GP practice in Northern Ireland has begun offering private appointments - warning that the only alternative was to close. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - January 5, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
