Health secretary Sajid Javid has expressed his backing for remote GP consultations, which he noted ‘a lot of people actually prefer’.

05 October 2021

The CQC has stopped using QOF data to assess practices for ‘at least’ 12 months, because it is ‘not reliable’ and ‘many months out of date’.

04 October 2021

The Telegraph did not breach journalist code by publishing Allison Pearson’s recent anti-GP columns, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) has ruled.

04 October 2021

While the media write that general practice is ‘closed’, a Pulse survey on access finds otherwise.

04 October 2021

The new UK-wide public health and disease security organisation, which replaces Public Health England (PHE), has launched today.

01 October 2021

GPs have been told they must ask hospital colleagues in advance of referring patients for outpatient appointments, so that these are not referred ‘unnecessarily’.

01 October 2021

The uptake of MMR vaccine in England remains just below the World Health Organization target of 95% after falling slightly on last year’s figures, data shows.

30 September 2021

The NHS regional team in the South West of England have written to GPs to acknowledge the intense pressure and criticism facing the profession and express gratitude for the work they have been doing.

30 September 2021

GPs are to receive funding to support them to deliver pre-pandemic levels of appointments, including face-to-face-care, NHS England has said.

30 September 2021

GP practices in England saw five million more patients in August this year compared to the same month last year, according to the latest data.

30 September 2021