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GPs and physician associates disagree on tasks PAs can carry out, review shows

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Deprived and ethnic minority patients waiting longer for hospital appointments

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GPs need more support from ICBs for CVD prevention, report warns

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Clinical conundrum: Managing a patient with Bell’s palsy

Clinical conundrum: Managing a patient with Bell’s palsy

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Podcast: What does the NHS 10-year plan hold in store for GPs? And are digital rectal exams a thing of the past?

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The PA experiment has failed – now invest in GPs

The PA experiment has failed – now invest in GPs

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PAs to be renamed ‘assistants’ as Government accepts all Leng recommendations

PAs to be renamed ‘assistants’ as Government accepts all Leng recommendations

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In full: Proposed job description for a physician assistant

In full: Proposed job description for a physician assistant

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Clinical conundrum: Managing a patient with Bell’s palsy

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Clinical conundrum: Managing a patient with Bell’s palsy

Case of the month: What is the diagnosis in this case of treatment-resistant hypothyroidism?

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Case of the month: What is the diagnosis in this case of treatment-resistant hypothyroidism?

Once in a lifetime: Sarcoma

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Once in a lifetime: Sarcoma

Contraception and high BMI: A guide for General Practitioners

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The PA experiment has failed – now invest in GPs

The PA experiment has failed – now invest in GPs

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‘Fails to meet the urgency’ – Doctors and PAs react to Leng review

‘Fails to meet the urgency’ – Doctors and PAs react to Leng review

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Please hold – your assisted death is important to us

Please hold – your assisted death is important to us

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The 10-year health preoccupation plan: fear for the future

The 10-year health preoccupation plan: fear for the future

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Former health secretary backs £20 fee for GP appointments

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GP appointment fee

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PAs could be given ‘fast-track’ route to becoming doctors

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PA fast track to doctor

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No ‘convincing evidence’ to abolish physician associates, Leng review determines

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Leng Review

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PAs should still not work in general practice, says RCGP following Leng review

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RCGP PAs

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We won’t replace GP partnerships that are working well, Streeting tells Pulse

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GP partnership

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Former health secretary backs £20 fee for GP appointments

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GP appointment fee

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PAs to be renamed ‘assistants’ as Government accepts all Leng recommendations

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PA review

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PAs should still not work in general practice, says RCGP following Leng review

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RCGP PAs

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No ‘convincing evidence’ to abolish physician associates, Leng review determines

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Leng Review

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Podcast: What does the NHS 10-year plan hold in store for GPs? And are digital rectal exams a thing of the past?

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The recruitment/unemployment crisis

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The rise of the physician associates

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Sexism in general practice

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What does the abolition of NHS England mean for GPs?

What does the abolition of NHS England mean for GPs?

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Not your average practice: The youngest patient population in England

Not your average practice: The youngest patient population in England

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2025/26 GP contract: what will it mean for England’s practices?

2025/26 GP contract: what will it mean for England’s practices?

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What GPC England wants from an overhauled GMS contract

What GPC England wants from an overhauled GMS contract

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