Huge fall in locum shifts has left many GPs out of work, warns BMA
Many GPs are struggling to find work because tight finances and pressure on practices to use additional roles staff have caused a 'huge reduction in available locum shifts', the BMA has warned. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - January 15, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Workforce Source Type: news
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people should be eligible to receive the COVID-19 antiviral nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir (Paxlovid), according to new draft guidance from NICE.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
