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
Podcast: Taking a different approach to GP retention
Dr Lucy Henshall and Penny Flack explain how their initiative Welcome Back To Work helps support GPs who have taken time away back into the workplace – and why we need a more flexible approach to GP retention at both a regional and national level. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 27, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Podcast Source Type: news
Public satisfaction with NHS and GP services sink to another all-time low
Public satisfaction with the NHS overall and with GP services have sunk to the lowest levels ever recorded, figures from the latest British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey reveal. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 26, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP funding Source Type: news
Free learning module on providing care to transgender patients
International Transgender Day of Visibility is on 31 March and you can update your knowledge with a free MIMS Learning module by Dr Amy Tulip and Dr Demi Thompson, featuring transgender patients ’ own healthcare stories. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 26, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: News Source Type: news
Contract threatens 'primary care-lite' model with GPs on zero hours contracts
General practice is heading for a 'primary care-lite' model with GPs on zero hours contracts if the profession accepts the imposed 2024/25 contract, the BMA England GP committee chair has said. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 26, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP contracts Source Type: news
