13 Jan 2011
| by GP reporters
The DoH named 52 pathfinder GP consortia in December, covering a quarter of the population...result, the largest GP consortium, covering more than 600,000 patients, is almost 36 times larger than the smallest.
GP spoke to both ends of the spectrum to ask whether size was important.
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England's smallest consortium Dr Mike Ingram, a ...
03 Feb 2006
| by Professor David Haslam, a GP in Cambridgeshire
Hippocratic Oaths, Medicine and its Discontents Author: Raymond Tallis Published by Atlantic Books, 19.99 ISBN 1-84354-126-2 Hippocratic Oaths looks at the truth behind the current dissatisfaction with healthcare, and why the extraordinary popularity of alternative therapies is bad for doctors and...
22 Sep 2006
An East London GP beat competition from across Europe to win a ‘five-star doctor' award
21 Jul 2006
A Surrey GP s six-month battle to claim more than 300 in fees for insurance reports he completed for a medical reporting firm has ended successfully, thanks to GP. Dr Raghunath Lall, of The Surgery ...
he had not been paid, despite calls. However, after a call from GP, a spokesman blamed a database ...
31 Oct 2007
| by Judy Sands
The roll-out of GP2GP software is halving the amount of time GP practices spend summarising new..., a GP in Croydon, south London, who started piloting the system in his practice over a year ago, said ...
19 Jan 2007
GPs believe PCTs are failing to support practices to improve clinical governance mechanisms, a...care , says clinical governance links between PCTs and independent contractors are undeveloped . GPs ...
survey on behalf of the NAO found that GPs see the main barriers to improving clinical governance as a ...
structures and processes in GP practices and pharmacies are not as extensive as they are at PCT level ...
01 Mar 2004
| by Dr Lisa Silver, a GP in Berkshire
24 hours and a GP within 48 hours'. It is important that patients, PCOs and primary care ...
points are assessed. 'A GP' means any general practitioner. This is not a named GP or even a
GP at the registered practice. If a practice is not able give a patient
an appointment with any GP within 48 hours ...
19 Nov 2008
GP and Healthcare Republic have launched our GP35 panel of 35 GPs aged under 35 years to give...The aim is to provide a sounding board of young GPs to generate instant opinions on issues ...
welcome all opportunities, such as the GP35 initiative, to give staff a greater voice in the NHS.' We ...
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25 Jan 2009
Healthcare Republic in partnership with GP newspaper has launched the GP Curriculum Centre - a...Practitioner , describes the key attributes of a competent GP. The interpretive statements describe examples of the core curriculum in practice - the GP consultation, the professional and managerial aspects of general practice, and the role of the GP in managing the care of special groups of people and clinical problems ...
18 Nov 2010
Membership of the BMA's sessional GP subcommittee has doubled after its first elections since...wholly or primarily to sessional GPs.
Ten new members were elected. The sessional GP subcommittee was expanded as part of reforms to bolster representation of sessional GPs.
Dr Vicky Weeks, chairwoman of the sessional GPs subcommittee, called the elections an 'exciting step forward'.
'Enhancing ...