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Podcast: BMA GP ballot and the general election, GP funding and deprivation, LMCs conference
How will the general election affect the BMA's ballot on collective action by GPs,...
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Viewpoint: Why GPs should be on the front line of the fight against gambling harm
Dr Emma Ryan explains a new e-learning programme from the RCGP and GambleAware that...
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Viewpoint: What does the future hold for social prescribing?
Marie Adams, chair of the National Association of Link Workers' council, explains...
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Podcast: ICBs pilot new GP models, BMA GP contract demands, premises funding
The GPonline team discusses the latest news affecting general practice.
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Viewpoint: What the new SfE/BTA guidance on prescribing in hypothyroidism means for GPs
Consultant physician Nicola Zammitt explains what GPs need to know about a new consensus...
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Podcast: Defining physician associate roles, a GP Uber driver, Welsh GPs near industrial action
The GPonline team discuss the key news stories affecting general practice on our...
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Podcast: GP contract 2024/25 - are GPs in England heading for industrial action?
The GPonline team discusses the GP contract for England for 2024/25 and what it means...
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Why claims that GPs' job is 'straightforward' are just not cricket
Claims that GP consultations are 'straightforward' betray a deep misunderstanding...
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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...
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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...
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Viewpoint: GPs could soon 'prescribe' more technology to help dementia patients
Advances in technology are helping people with dementia live independently for longer...
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Podcast: GP funding cuts, problems at the primary care interface, measles concern
The GPonline team discusses some of the key news stories affecting general practice...
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Podcast: GPs face redundancy, GP partners continue to fall, retention schemes scrapped
Talking General Practice discusses some of the key news stories affecting primary...
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Viewpoint: Social prescribing in jeopardy unless link workers are regulated
Christiana Melam MBE, chief executive of the National Association of Link Workers,...
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Health minister Maria Caulfield: Why we had to change the death certification system
The new statutory medical examiner system, which will be introduced next April, will...
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Podcast: Where next for the GP contract, plus Labour’s plan for neighbourhood health centres
Talking General Practice looks at what the BMA might be looking to achieve in negotiations...
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Viewpoint: Investment in practice managers is a step towards saving general practice
At a time when the GP contract is more complex than ever, effective practice managers...
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Podcast: Where are patients per GP rising fastest, impact of minimum wage rise, premises funding
We discuss our GP Workforce Tracker update and how things have changed over the past...
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How are patients per GP changing in your area?
Patients per fully-qualified full-time equivalent (FTE) GP are rising across England,...
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Where in England are patients per GP rising fastest?
The gap between England's most and least underdoctored areas is rising - but which...
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How will the Pharmacy First initiative work?
The new Pharmacy First service is set to begin from 31 January 2024 and is aiming...
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Podcast: Physician associate concerns, RCGP definition of a GP, LMCs to debate GP contract change
The team discusses the BMA GP committee demanding a recruitment freeze on physician...
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Podcast: RCGP plan to save general practice, where next for the GP contract, online access to records
The team discusses the RCGP's new manifesto and the Labour Party's reaction to it,...
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Viewpoint: Doctors should be given protected time to digest Good Medical Practice
There's a lot for doctors to digest in the GMC's Good Medical Practice update before...
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