GP practice news

Keep up with the latest news on all the issues facing UK GP practices, including the GP contract, practice finance, workload and workforce issues.

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COVID-19 booster campaign to start on 5 September, NHS England says

18 Aug 2022
GP consulting room

Nine in ten GPs fear their practice will struggle to cope this winter

18 Aug 2022
UK money

Almost half of practices say income from private fees has fallen in past year

17 Aug 2022
COVID-19 vaccination centre

BMA raises 'serious concerns' about GP workload and funding for autumn COVID boosters

16 Aug 2022
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Majority of GPs back taking industrial action in the coming year, poll suggests

15 Aug 2022
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NHS winter plan does not provide enough support for GPs, warns RCGP

15 Aug 2022
NHS sign

Plans to recruit 1,000 new link workers to support GP practices this winter

13 Aug 2022
BMA House

BMA prepares to ballot junior doctors on industrial action

12 Aug 2022
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NHS 111 systems could be offline until next week following cyber attack

12 Aug 2022
The NHS App in the Apple App store on a smart phone

NHS England piloting online patient registration for GP practices

12 Aug 2022
Girl receiving vaccine

GPs raise 'substantial concerns' over workload impact of polio boosters

11 Aug 2022
GP consultation

Patient satisfaction with GPs varies more than two-fold between PCNs

11 Aug 2022
Polio vaccine

GP practices likely to spearhead polio booster campaign for all children in London aged 1-9

10 Aug 2022
The team at Minehead Medical Centre

Somerset GP practice converts to John Lewis-style employee-ownership model

9 Aug 2022
GP consulting room

GPs 'running on empty' as LMC issues third red alert in a month

9 Aug 2022
Conservative Party leadership candidate and foreign secretary Liz Truss

Liz Truss vows to resolve GP pension tax crisis if she becomes prime minister

8 Aug 2022
GP consultation

General practice delivering 'up to double the appointments it is paid for'

8 Aug 2022
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GP suicide sparks calls for measures to protect doctors from spiralling workloads

5 Aug 2022
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Babylon accounts cast doubt on future of GP at Hand

3 Aug 2022
Bank sign

Inflation could drive practices out of business within two years as banks 'call in loans'

2 Aug 2022
£10 notes

Sunak plan for £10 DNA fines risks wider inequality and higher NHS costs

1 Aug 2022
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