Private firm's alternative career structure attracts disenchanted salaried GPs
06 Sep 10
A private firm says it is recruiting a stream of GPs on the back of uncertainty over the white paper and the lack of career progression for salaried GPs.
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GP vacancies up as locums report 'unprecedented demand'
31 Aug 10
Practices are finding it increasingly hard to fill GP vacancies, according to new figures from the NHS Information Centre, in the latest sign of recovery for the GP jobs market.
Half of PCTs fail to reimburse GP maternity costs in full
10 Aug 10
Exclusive: Almost half of PCTs are failing to pay practices the full recommended contribution for locum cover when women GPs go on maternity leave, a Pulse investigation reveals.
LMCs back partnership incentives in key vote
14 Jun 10
GPs have voted for the profession to negotiate incentives to encourage GP partnerships, in order to avoid ‘wholesale death by salary’.
GPs face fit notes backlash
03 Jun 10
GPs could face a wave of unrest from patients unhappy at being ruled fit for work, after it emerged that a large proportion of claimants have successfully overturned assessments made under a Government’s flagship scheme.
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GPs win employment tribunal fight
19 May 10
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Salaried GPs to thrash out details of own union in split from BMA
27 Apr 10
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GPC warning on 'fit notes'
07 Apr 10
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Record rise in GP numbers - but managers also multiply
26 Mar 10
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NHS staff overstretched
23 Mar 10
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BMA call for 'non-discriminatory' checks on foreign GPs
22 Mar 10
Articles
Getting the best out of your practice manager
10 Aug 10
Practice managers can help practices thrive and expand if they are given enough freedom, says Dr David Clarke
Practice dilemma: Discipline grievance
20 Jul 10
You are currently taking disciplinary action against an employee, but she has raised a grievance that she was being bullied by the person making the allegations. How should you handle this? Our legal expert gives advice.
Practice dilemma: Extra pay for notice period
01 Jul 10
A long-standing member of practice staff has left the practice after 10 years, but she is demanding to be paid for a longer notice period. What should you do? Our legal expert advises.
Practice dilemma: Bank holidays
01 Jun 10
Your practice employ a lot of part-time workers. How can you fairly allocate entitlement to bank holidays? Our legal expert advises.
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How to manage long-term sickness
13 May 10
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Disciplining a GP colleague with a poor attitude
23 Apr 10
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Practice dilemma: Fit note request
12 Apr 10
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Practice dilemma: Holiday leave at an inconvenient time
15 Mar 10
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How the sick note is changing
15 Mar 10
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Introduction of the fit note: case studies
15 Mar 10
Comment and analysis
Why don't we teach medical students a little, er, medicine?
11 Nov 09
Joy of joys. Proof of what any student–teaching GP realises already: most newly qualified doctors know as much about medicine as I do plate tectonics.
Just say no to sick note requests
21 Oct 09
Fit notes are just a way of GPs shirking their responsibility for deciding if a patient is too sick to work. Far better to robustly refuse dubious requests, just as GPs do in France, says Dr Alexandre Fuzeau
Letters
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Don’t blame GPs for fit note shambles
21 Jun 10
The fact that 40% of Employment Support Allowance appeals overturned decisions to deny patients benefits last year has no implication for patients objecting to what GPs put on fit notes under the new system from 6 April this year.
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Revised statement of fitness for work (Med 3)
15 Mar 10
From April 2010, GPs will have to use a revised version of the Med 3 form, with a new section for patients that 'may be fit for work' subject to certain advice.
