Category: General practice / family medicine, UK

bmj;373/jun15_8/n1521/FAF1faMark Waugh/RHSGPs in Salford, Greater Manchester, have joined forces with the Royal Horticultural Society to…

Earlier this year the General Medical Council unveiled plans that would see GPs finally included…

GPs are feeling tired, bruised, and battered. The promised increase in GPs hasn’t materialised, but…

Alexis Goosdeel, director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, has admitted…

How much of a problem for doctors is imposter syndrome? Is it just a term…

Learning to be a good doctor is a complicated business, one that doesn’t end until…

One of the better things to come out of the pandemic has been a flourishing…

The BMA’s General Practitioners Committee has passed a motion of no confidence in NHS England…

The BMA has urged the government to provide clarity to general practices and patients about…

For years the cost of healthcare has increased at a rate that has outpaced general…

Last week I was working on a new timetable for our surgery, thinking about how…

The NHS has told general practices to return to offering patients face-to-face appointments without needing…

Local medical committees have urged the UK government to commit to making general practice premises…

No sensible person setting out to build the NHS from scratch would reproduce what we…

General practices are “reaching breaking point” because of the “intense” workload pressure facing doctors and…

I have a strong sense of déjà vu, witnessing the scenes of carnage in India…

The pandemic has hastened the development and use of technology in general practice, and many…

Alarm has been voiced about Operose Health purchasing 37 general practices in London across 49…

One of the biggest challenges for any healthcare system is how to support patients with…

Last month, as part of International Women’s Day celebrations, the BMA hosted a webinar with…

I love being a GP, but right now it feels like an impossible job. Demand…

In a crisis, you need triage. The term was widely used in the first world…

It’s that time of the year again—when the Workforce Race Equality Standard programme publishes its…

Having a particular, set way of doing things can be useful. Following a protocol means…

We seem to have been talking about recovery from covid-19 for some time now. With…

Sometimes my day is brightened by someone’s gratitude. Even if I barely remember the consultation…

It’s been a hard year. As we’re bombarded with daily images of desperately ill patients…

During the covid-19 pandemic most healthcare professionals have been going into work as we have…

If you think of a climate crusader you might picture someone chained to a tree…

My New Year’s resolution was to declutter paper and create order among my bookshelves and…

“Our specialty, which has always evolved and adapted, has changed dramatically in the last eight…

All GPs will have experienced that uncomfortable feeling when they’ve referred a patient for an…

Food banks may be forced to close unless the UK government takes immediate action to…

When students enter medical school or junior doctors start specialist training, they don’t aim to…

I’ve delivered many public lectures during this pandemic—probably more than in normal times. All but…

The process of hospital trusts taking over the running of primary care services has saved…

Hospitals should be fined if they do not take action to reduce the amount of…

Whether a person develops a condition, and how severe its effects are, is usually determined…

A GP who was suspended from the UK medical register for 12 months has now…

The BMA must work to ensure that any future trade deal between the UK and…

Like many GPs, I’ve spent too long recently discussing the deeply unglamorous topic of earwax—specifically,…

All doctors will remember being quizzed about a proposed list of investigations, being fixed by…

Higher continuity of care is associated with lower mortality rates, while discontinuity can cause patients…

The UK government has urged medicine suppliers to stockpile six weeks’ worth of drugs as…

A senior coroner has demanded action by Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, to…

Every week in our clinical meeting we discuss any complaints or compliments received at the…

The Royal College of General Practitioners has called for a permanent reduction in “box ticking…

Doctors’ attention is currently focused on coronavirus, but previous agendas haven’t gone away, including the…

Higher alcohol taxes, applied more effectively, are needed throughout Europe to reduce harms from problem…

Alcohol sales from supermarkets and off-licences in Scotland fell by 4-5% in the year after…