Portugal’s primary care crisis as GPs depart
“Come to France, tax free,” the advertisement reads. “You’ll enjoy an annual income of €120…
Category: General practice / family medicine
Wegovy: GP pilot scheme could be scrapped after failing to launch
The pilot scheme for making the weight loss drug semaglutide (marketed as Wegovy) more widely…
GPs and hospital doctors in England get 6% pay increase for 2024-25
GPs and hospital doctors working in the NHS in England will receive a pay increase…
Patients use healthcare services more when their regular GP leaves, study finds
Patients may use healthcare services more often after their regular GP has either retired or…
GP appointment and patient record system disrupted by global IT outage
General practices faced disruption on 19 July as the global IT outage, involving Microsoft and…
GP who confronted Rishi Sunak received “hundreds” of supportive messages from doctors
The locum GP Jane Lees-Millais has told The BMJ that she has received “literally hundreds…
Man arrested after GP is stabbed at practice in Sidcup
A Kent GP has been admitted to hospital after being stabbed in the arm, the…
Northern Ireland: GPs agree contract changes
GPs in Northern Ireland have agreed changes to the general medical services (GMS) contract, the…
GP who used his surgery for sex sessions with three women is struck off
A GP who described himself as a sex addict and used his surgery for sex…
Paul Wallace: GP and innovative alcohol researcher
bmj;384/mar27_16/q733/FAF1faPaul Wallace, emeritus David Cohen professor of primary healthcare, University College London (UCL), had a…
How general practice is paying for the cost-of-living crisis
“I’ve got one patient—the benefits she gets only cover her rent and bills. She has…
GP redundancies: sending the wrong message
News that 11 salaried GPs at a surgery in Surrey have been offered redundancy1 has…
Only radical reform will save general practice: we need to rethink GP partnerships
As a GP I apologise daily for the delays patients face, and the challenges they…
New death certification is welcome but risks extra work for GPs, says BMA
The BMA has given a cautious welcome to changes to the process for certifying deaths…
Government asks whether QOF should be scrapped, in GP incentives consultation
The government has launched a consultation on the role of incentive schemes in general practice…
Sixty GP surgeries set to transfer to new private provider
The private healthcare provider HCRG Care Group (formerly known as Virgin Care) has agreed a…
England’s GP leader calls for end to “ridiculous” bureaucracy
The chair of the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee (England), Katie Bramall-Stainer, has hit out at…
Pharmacy health checks and contraceptive service could save 10 million GP appointments
More patients in England could get care directly from community pharmacists, after a government agreement…
Pandemic aftermath: GPs are disaster responders now
“A pandemic fundamentally changes the social contract between the public and healthcare workers. The patients…
GP practice successfully defends discrimination claim brought by patient who abused staff
A GP practice in England that removed an abusive patient from its list has successfully…
Better and safer: a new ambition for GPs in England
Katie Bramall-Stainer describes herself as outspoken, effective, and efficient. She’s someone who relishes detail and…
GPs in 10 prosperous countries feel undervalued and overworked, survey finds
Primary care doctors in 10 high income nations say that they are overworked, demoralised, and…
The financial crisis threatening Australian general practice
“I was frantic. I was so busy that I felt unsafe.” Imaan Joshi was a…
There’s no shame in being “ȷust a GP”
Rebranding GPs as “consultants in family medicine”1 will lead to further privatisation and “Americanisation” of…
Wegovy: Weight loss drug to be available from GPs in pilot scheme
GPs in England will be able to prescribe a weight loss drug to patients with…
GPs must consider industrial action to achieve full pay restoration, say leaders
GPs fully support junior doctors’ strike action and must consider taking a similar approach to…
Let GPs offer services privately if not available on NHS, say LMCs
GPs should be able to offer their patients private healthcare services that are not routinely…
GPs back plans to rebrand as “consultants in family medicine”
GPs have backed plans to rebrand themselves as “consultants in family medicine” and called for…
Is Northern Ireland’s primary care system on the verge of collapse?
For some GPs in Northern Ireland, it feels as though a sword of Damocles is…
Fund GPs to deal with work arising from private referrals, say leaders
NHS GPs must be funded appropriately for any follow-up work that arises from requests from…
GP clinic closures are linked to lower patient satisfaction at remaining practices, study finds
Closures of general practices in England were associated with reduced satisfaction with services in other…
Primary care access plan could help narrow health inequalities, says pharmacy leader
The government’s plan to boost access to primary care by enhancing the role of community…
Beefed up security or blocking patients: how to respond to patient violence
On 20 December 2022, a patient was refused a prescription at Wilson Street GP surgery…
Government’s access plan will succeed only with more GPs, leaders say
Patients in England will be able to get prescription drugs without seeing a GP, under…
Doctors slam “unprovoked and unȷustified” media attack on GP for working remotely
Thousands of doctors are demanding an apology for the way a GP was targeted and…
GPs call for better gender dysphoria services
Current care pathways for gender dysphoria are putting patients at risk by forcing GPs to…
GPs express “deep concern” over BMA’s suspension of Farah Jameel
GPs have “no confidence” in the BMA’s complaint resolution process and have said that the…
Five year GP training could bring partnership model back to life, says new RCGP chair
Kamila Hawthorne’s first encounter with the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) was not a…
Patient access to medical records: What is happening with the rollout in England?
What is being rolled out?Patients in England, but not the rest of the UK, are…
Doctor faces new charges of wrongfully practising as a GP after GMC wins appeal
A doctor who was cleared by a medical practitioners tribunal of any misconduct is facing…
Can SAS doctors help tackle the GP workforce crisis?
The General Medical Council has warned that a shortfall of doctors in primary care is…
Let SAS doctors work in general practice, says GMC
Rules should be relaxed to allow thousands of skilled doctors in non-training posts to work…
Labour vows to invest in workforce to improve GP access and cut waiting times
Improving access to GPs and slashing NHS waiting times will be key priorities for a…
Levelling up prevention in primary care
Much of what we do in primary care is prevention. We diagnose and manage hypertension,…
NHS plan will make “no tangible difference” to struggling patients, say GP leaders
GP leaders have criticised new health secretary Thérèse Coffey’s NHS plan as no more than…
General practice can’t turn into a signposting service
After antenatal care what will be taken from GPs next?1 We have GPs in training…
Removing antenatal care from GPs is yet another blow to continuity of care
As usual, Salisbury makes some excellent observations. As a GP working in the same region,…
Huge rise in GP expenses could make some practices unviable within two years
GP principals face a pay cut this year because inflation and recommended pay rises for…
Patient satisfaction in GP services falls sharply in latest survey
Patient satisfaction in GP services, particularly regarding the ease of getting an appointment, has fallen…
Manȷula Arora: would most “ordinary decent people” conclude that she had acted dishonestly?
By reviewing the case of Manjula Arora the General Medical Council might learn something for…