GPs should make sure not to give the ‘inadvertent’ message that their practice is closed, the CQC has said.

16 October 2020

GPs can can safely ‘recommence’ face-to-face services in a ‘regular’ manner whilst wearing PPE, a health minister has suggested.

14 October 2020

On 21 September, the influential SAGE group produced a paper with a simple message: introduce a ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown or else the virus will play havoc.

14 October 2020

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