NHS England has said that pressures on general practice mean ‘many’ parts of the country ‘will not be in a position to carry out appraisals’ for the time being, and called for commissioners to take a ‘sympathetic approach’.

13 October 2020

A group of GPs have written an open letter in response to the GP bashing in the media.

13 October 2020

If we’re not fully in a winter of discontent, then we’re certainly in an autumn of feeling pretty pissed off.

08 October 2020

GPs are to be contacted by hospitals about plans to deal with patients waiting for surgery, NHS England has said.

08 October 2020

Exclusive Almost 100 GP practices closed in the UK in 2019, new figures collected by Pulse show as GPs warn Covid-19 could prompt even more to shut this year.

07 October 2020

Practice closures seem to have levelled off after a steep six-year climb, but PCN workloads and uncertainty caused by the pandemic might halt the improvement, finds Jess Hacker It is indicative of the state of general practice that figures revealing almost 100 practices closed in a year can be seen in a relatively positive light.

07 October 2020

Patients should continue to visit their GP despite the ‘direction of travel’ for Covid-19 infections going ‘in the wrong direction’.

01 October 2020

The Government has set out how many items of PPE GP practices can order from the central portal now that it is meant to meet ‘all’ of their PPE needs.

01 October 2020

Government advisors are warning that coronavirus is spreading again.

30 September 2020

GP practices may be affected when NHS England moves to a new system for calculating payments next month, including for global sum, QOF and  vaccinations and immunisations.

29 September 2020