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Large number of CCGs crack down on OTC prescribing ahead of national consultation Subscription
Local GP leaders have hit out at a growing number of CCGs stopping doctors from prescribing over-the-counter medicines before a conclusion to an ongoing national review.
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#GPnews: Screening programme has halved diabetic sight loss Subscription
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Government 'in denial' about GP workforce crisis, warns former minister Subscription
Exclusive A former health minister has warned that the Government is in denial when it comes to GP workforce shortages.
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Calls for Government to match GP funding to hospital investment Subscription
GP leaders have called on the Government to ensure investment in primary care matches new resource being invested in hospitals.
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Blood donor rules change following review Subscription
The rules around donating blood have been relaxed so that more people will be able to give blood from early 2018 following a review by the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO).
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#GPnews: DH takes 'step backwards' on GP indemnity cost curbing
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Revealed: NHS England stops issuing lifelong GP contracts Subscription
Exclusive The stability of general practice is being gradually undermined as not a single new GMS contract has been issued in five years, Pulse can reveal.
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Patient died after being diverted to GP 'streaming' service in A&E Subscription
Concerns about safety have been raised about GP streaming services in A&E departments following the death of a patient.
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New mothers recorded as ‘having died of cot death’ following coding error Subscription
NHS England has written to all GP practices in Essex, advising them of a coding error that is placing an RIP gravestone template on some new mothers’ medical records.
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Researchers explore possibility of GP trainees teaching undergraduates Subscription
Researchers are to look into using GP Specialty trainees (GPSTs) to teach undergraduates following preliminary findings that suggest students rate teaching from GPSTs ‘as highly as for qualified GP tutors’.
