Dr Heather Ryan on setting up a private GP practice in a bid to provide an ‘ethical’ service to patients and free up NHS appointments Until a couple of years ago, I had never seriously considered working in the private sector.

09 June 2023

The number of people getting the flu vaccine has declined slightly after two bumper years of uptake, the latest figures show.

09 June 2023

It’s time for PCNs to shout about their successes, says Pulse PCN editor Victoria Vaughan For the Government it might all be about access to appointments and an end to engaged tones at the 8am GP practice phone rush – as evidenced in the GP contract, the PCN DES and the GP recovery plan.

08 June 2023

PCNs are focusing on delivering care differently for their populations.

01 June 2023

Patients will be able to choose from up to five different providers through the NHS app when they are referred by a GP for treatment, the Government has announced.

25 May 2023

GP leaders have called on governments and public health bodies to consider the effects of sending public health messages around single diseases, after the Strep A campaign caused ‘widespread panic and unprecedented demand’.

23 May 2023

Many GPs are too worn down to drive change in the NHS, says Dr Steven Laitner.

22 May 2023

Columnist Dr Copperfield welcomes a small dose of reality in the deranged world of clinical guidelines I realise we’ve barely reached spring, and that the Jurassic, cynical and clapped out aren’t supposed to trouble themselves with ‘the medical literature’, but the truth is, I’ve already decided on my paper of the year.

19 May 2023

Rachel Carter takes a look at NHS England’s new pledges for reducing unnecessary GP bureaucracy The Government’s latest recovery plan for general practice has sought to address an issue that has plagued GPs for years: secondary care ‘workload dump’.

10 May 2023

Group clinics could provide personalised patient care and address social isolation while reducing clinician burnout and workload.

25 April 2023