More than one in five doctors (21%) had to self-isolate in the last two weeks, a snapshot survey by the BMA has found.

08 January 2022

The number of fully-qualified, full-time equivalent (FTE) GPs in England is continuing to drop, with the BMA warning the development is both unsafe and unsustainable.

07 January 2022

It is remarkably difficult to make predictions about the year ahead for general practice in the continued wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

07 January 2022

NHS England has instructed Primary Care Support England (PCSE) to temporarily stop issuing requests for GPs to validate its list cleansing activities.

07 January 2022

How long can general practice keep delivering the booster programme while facing fresh targets and dealing with media and government hostility, asks Dr Manu Agrawal We’ve come a long way since I wrote last time about the reorganisation in the NHS in the middle of a pandemic.

06 January 2022

GPs should wear FFP2 face masks ‘as default’ when consulting patients face to face, to protect against the highly-infectious Omicron Covid variant, the BMA has advised.

06 January 2022

A group of influential MPs have urged NHS England to produce ‘clear guidance’ regarding face-to-face versus remote GP appointments.

06 January 2022

One sector that is thriving as a result of Covid is private health services, and this is having an effect on GPs.

05 January 2022

There’s a sense of deja-vu as I sit down to write my annual predictions for the year ahead.

04 January 2022

A number of GPs have been recognised in this year’s New Year’s Honours, including former RGCP chair Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard.

04 January 2022