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

The number of people with diabetes in the UK has escalated to more than five million for the first time, an analysis from Diabetes UK suggests.

13 April 2023

12 April 2023

A contractual clause that that could have seen funding moved between ARRS and core GP funding has been axed in the new contract.

30 March 2023

Ethnic minority doctors performed ‘no worse’ in GP licensing assessments than white doctors when MSRA scores and demographic factors were considered, a new study has claimed.

21 March 2023

The former health secretary’s plans in October 2021 caused shockwaves among the profession.

10 March 2023

GPs have raised doubts about the new alert systems being used in some areas to report pressures in general practice, which in their current form seem to be of ‘very little value’.

03 March 2023

The Government plans to review the £1bn spent on primary care medical technology items so GP practices can make ‘better choices’ around the products they buy and prescribe to patients.

16 February 2023

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced the roll out of 19 additional community diagnostic centres (CDCs), which are set to open this year.

13 February 2023