Is general practice in England moving to a 'GP-lite' model?
General practice in England is seeing the emergence of a 'worrying new model' with fewer GPs and a growing share of appointments delivered by other staff, doctors' leaders have said. But what's the evidence, and what impact is it having? (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - April 2, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Workforce Source Type: news
Updated PCN contract at odds with BMA advice on physician associate role
The network contract DES for 2024/25 says physician associates can see undifferentiated patients with approval from a GP supervisor, despite BMA guidance warning this is unsafe. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - April 2, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP contracts Source Type: news
NHS England scraps visa support service for GPs
NHS England has closed its visa support service for GPs and practices in a move the RCGP fears could make it harder for thousands of newly qualified GPs to join the NHS workforce. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 28, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Workforce Source Type: news
'Overrun' practices delivering millions more appointments with fewer GPs
GPs have warned that practices are being 'overrun', after delivering 22% more appointments in February this year compared with the same month in 2019 - with 3% fewer GPs. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 28, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Workload Source Type: news
Which forms of industrial action would GPs be prepared to take?
GPs have overwhelmingly rejected the 2024/25 GP contract for England and a GPonline poll suggests there is widespread support for industrial action in the coming year - but which forms of action would GPs back? (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 28, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
Three quarters of GPs prepared to take industrial action, poll suggests
Almost three quarters of GPs are prepared to take industrial action in the coming year, a GPonline poll suggests. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 28, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
General practice 'at boiling point' after years of bullying, BMA GP chair warns
GPs' overwhelming rejection of the 2024/25 contract in a BMA referendum shows the profession is 'at boiling point' after being bullied and gaslit for years, England's GP committee chair has warned. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 28, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP contracts Source Type: news
GP core funding to rise by £2.84 per weighted patient in 2024/25
The global sum payments per weighted patient that practices receive will rise to £107.57 under the 2024/25 GP contract in England. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 28, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
GP referendum delivers overwhelming rejection of 2024/25 contract
Thousands of GPs have voted almost unanimously to reject the 2024/25 GP contract in a landmark referendum carried out by the BMA. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 28, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP contracts Source Type: news
Practices 'unable to afford to pay willing and skilled GPs to work', warns BMA chair
GP practices have been 'starved of resources' to the point where they can no longer afford to pay 'willing and skilled GPs' to work, the BMA chair has said in remarks linking underfunding to falling patient satisfaction. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 27, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP funding Source Type: news
Bill that could legalise assisted dying in Scotland introduced
A bill that could see assisted dying legalised in Scotland will be published in the Scottish parliament today (28 March). (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 27, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Clinical News Source Type: news
Bill that could legalise assisted dying in Scotland introdiced to
A bill that could see assisted dying legalised in Scotland will be published in the Scottish parliament today (28 March). (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 27, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Clinical News Source Type: news
Bill that could legalise assisted dying in Scotland is published
A bill that could see assisted dying legalised in Scotland will be published in the Scottish parliament today (28 March). (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 27, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Clinical News Source Type: news
PAs are 'not substitutes for GPs', says NHS England guidance
Physician associates (PAs) are 'not substitutes for general practitioners' and all work they undertake should be 'supervised and debriefed' with their supervising GP, an update from NHS England says. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 27, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Workforce Source Type: news
NI GPs face withdrawal of state indemnity for out-of-hours work
GPs in Northern Ireland could lose state clinical negligence cover for out-of-hours work from the start of April in a 'deplorable' change announced at short notice. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 27, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Medico-legal Source Type: news
