12 March 2024

Editor Jaimie Kaffash deciphers what NHS England’s letter on the contract really means for the profession Yesterday, NHS England laid out its changes for the 2024/25 contract.

29 February 2024

In a special feature, satirist Chris Morris – the son of two GPs – follows his star turn at the 2023 LMCs conference with a piece for Pulse on the Government’s destruction of the NHS and general practice  I grew up in a GP household where Pulse lurked in the paper pile.

16 February 2024

In the final piece looking at the biggest stories during Pulse’s time in print, we look at two stories in the last decade that highlighted racial issues within medicine ‘Sometimes images are more powerful than words and that was the case for this cover story.

13 February 2024

The BMA’s GP Committee has called for a measles vaccination enhanced service to cover currently ‘unresourced’ work associated with the measles outbreak.

13 February 2024

As part of our Pulse in Print series looking at the major stories in general practice, Jaimie Kaffash looks at how a gastroenterology reader derailed the fight against childhood infectious diseases ‘MMR vaccine uptake was constantly in the news for public health reasons, and also since GP pay was linked to immunisation targets.

08 February 2024

30 January 2024

The increase seen in levels of overweight and obesity seen in the pandemic has not reversed in older primary school children, an analysis has found.

29 January 2024

Dr HK Makker, consultant respiratory physician and Dr Charles Latchford, respiratory clinical research fellow, discuss options for a woman complaining of persistent breathlessness  IntroductionBreathlessness accounts for around 4% of all GP appointments, with approximately one in three of these presentations having a multifactorial aetiology.

15 January 2024

We GPs are consulting more frequently than ever, but our patients’ health is worsening – NHS England needs to rethink its strategy for general practice, says Dr Katie Musgrave The crisis facing general practice has been entirely predictable, and is set to worsen.

12 January 2024