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Updated anti-racism and ‘cultural competence’ training to be mandatory for all NHS staff
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Locum GPs with contract for additional sessions can be funded via new scheme, says NHSE
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Company employing overseas GPs to work remotely ‘not endorsed’ by NHS England
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HCAs can take ‘consent to proceed’ during vaccinations, says BMA amid UKHSA guidance concern
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Three quarters of PAs see scope of practice restricted following Leng review
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Nearly 4,000 PAs register with GMC – while Leng recommendations yet to be implemented
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Manager jailed after using ARRS to pay fake employees over £100k
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2025 in review: The GP recruitment/unemployment crisis
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Simply increasing GP numbers will not fix NHS problems, report warns
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GPs told to review vaccination processes as UKHSA clarifies HCAs can’t take consent
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Health service to face ‘difficult Christmas’ as five-day resident doctor strike to go ahead
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GP job adverts have nearly halved since 2022, official data reveals
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Government offers to quadruple specialty training posts to halt BMA strike action
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GMC and RCGP call for Northern Irish GP workforce strategy improvements
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LMCs demand ‘greater transparency’ as ARRS used to ‘exploit’ early-career GPs
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Third of GPs ‘unlikely’ to work in general practice in five years, warns RCGP
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GPs invited to new free event aimed at collaboration with pharmacists
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GP practices advised to ensure support for neurodiverse staff amid discrimination claims
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Practices losing 200k appointments each week due to GP online access changes
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GMC to update its advice for doctors reporting patient safety concerns
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LMCs to condemn ARRS being used to pay GPs ‘below market rate’
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Major review recommends urgent reform of medical training in England
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Resident doctors to strike next month over unemployment crisis
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Government ‘smashing through’ ARRS GP target, Streeting claims
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Physician associates’ contribution to the NHS under review in Northern Ireland
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Man charged after ‘serious sexual assault’ against GP practice staff member
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RCGP calls for ring-fenced funding to hire unemployed GPs at all career stages
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At least seven universities suspend physician associate courses ‘due to lack of jobs’
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RCGP urges chancellor not to raise taxes for practices amid GP unemployment crisis
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Tories would ‘ban doctors from going on strike’, says party leader
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First-year doctors back strike action over GP unemployment crisis
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GPs invited to share views to inform ‘refreshed’ NHS workforce plan
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GP numbers have not kept pace with ageing population, Age UK warns
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Poor representation of working class people in doctor profession persists
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Big Interview: ‘The predicted August GP unemployment crisis has come to pass’
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Record competition for GP training posts leaves four in five applicants rejected
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Doctor leaders urge Government to expand GP training capacity
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GPs urged to ‘check-in’ with colleagues facing mental health struggles
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Manifestos call for GP unemployment fix and patient number limits
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Patients favour access but are concerned about GP pressures, finds poll
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RCGP and BMA urge Government to safeguard UK future for IMG GPs
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F1 doctors balloted for industrial action over unemployment crisis
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Renaming physician associates to ‘assistants’ will require legislation
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Court case against GMC over PA scope of practice dismissed on all grounds
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Non-GP doctors working in practices must not see undifferentiated patients, says BMA
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PAs still covered by indemnity if practising outside Leng and RCGP recommendations
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Involve us in new workforce plan, BMA and RCGP urge health secretary
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NHSE sets out immediate actions to improve working lives of resident doctors
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Many PAs ‘clinically depressed’ following Leng review
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Proportion of older people with a regular GP sees sharp decline in UK
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Two thirds of GPs say they have considered working abroad
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GPs told to ‘take HR advice’ when implementing PA review recommendations
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Scotland full-time GPs increase for the first time since pre-pandemic, data shows
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PA union’s discrimination claims against GP practices could amount to £30m
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NHSE FAQ waters down physician associate review actions for GP practices
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One in five PCNs reduced their use of physician associates in the past year
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PA union’s High Court bid to pause Leng review changes fails
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BMA urges GPs to contact their MP over unemployment crisis
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PA union seeks injunction against NHS England in bid to pause changes to the role
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BMA demands urgent meeting with primary care minister over GP unemployment
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GPs struggle with workload more than other doctors, finds GMC
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NHS England fails to update physician associate job description amid legal case
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Half of doctors finishing foundation training will have no job next month, BMA warns
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PA union seeks judicial review over Leng recommendations
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GP registrars encouraged to take part in BMA industrial action this week
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Government claim of ‘2,000 extra GPs’ at odds with FTE data
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PA trade union taking legal advice on ‘how to dispute’ Leng recommendations
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Q&A: What the Leng Review means for general practice
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GPs and physician associates disagree on tasks PAs can carry out, review shows
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PAs could be given ‘fast-track’ route to becoming doctors
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PAs to be renamed ‘assistants’ as Government accepts all Leng recommendations
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PAs should still not work in general practice, says RCGP following Leng review
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No ‘convincing evidence’ to abolish physician associates, Leng review determines
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10-year plan will make new GPs ‘enthusiastic’ again, says Wes Streeting
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Refreshed NHS workforce plan to include ‘fewer staff than projected’
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NHS 10-year plan ‘will prioritise UK medical graduates for speciality training’
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Physician associates take up GP training opportunities, BMA warns NHS England
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Physician associates ‘likely to be renamed’ after safety review
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Upcoming 10-year plan will be positive for GPs, suggests RCGP
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BMA leaders to debate ‘prioritising’ UK medical graduates for foundation programmes
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Community nurses call for more ‘GP back-up’ in palliative care decisions
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GP networks underspent on ARRS by £88m, new data shows
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GPs criticise juniors for ‘protectionist policy’ against international graduates
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GPs ‘working for free’ to stay on performers list, says BMA
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BMA reveals ‘heartbreaking’ stories of GP unemployment
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Expert analysis: How many new GPs have really been hired under ARRS?
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GMC publishes new guidance for doctors supervising physician associates
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GPs could demand payment for any new work transferred from hospitals
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GPs should be paid for ARRS staff supervision, says think tank
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Coroner concerns over large GP provider’s use of ‘call centres’
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Additional roles expansion has not improved GP patient satisfaction, report finds
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GMC spent over £55,000 so far on legal action resulting from PA regulation
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GPs urged to share views on medical training as part of NHS England review
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Three quarters of GPs continue to work despite not feeling mentally well enough
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Over 1,500 GPs hired under ARRS since October, data shows
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What can GPs expect from the physician associate safety review?
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Not all physician associate courses are meeting standards, GMC tells safety review
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BMA submits 600 serious PA incidents to safety review
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Focus on face-to-face GP appointments to boost patient satisfaction, practices advised
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‘Burnout has made general practice a race to survive’
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GP practices begin facing legal claims from physician associates
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BMA’s Leng review submission demands new name for physician associates
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BMA demands physician associate scope of practice in light of new research
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ICB to invest £18m into GP neighbourhood teams including hospital consultants
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Official review asks GPs to share experience of working with physician associates
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Government must develop alternatives to ‘withering’ GP partnership model, says report
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Practices advised employment law caution if replacing ARRS staff with GPs
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Portfolio working can improve job satisfaction for GPs, study finds
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GP multidisciplinary teams to be expanded in Northern Ireland
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New contract removes ARRS GP funding ringfence and increases salaries
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Coroner calls for action on ‘misleading’ physician associate title and lack of scope
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One in five GPs plan career change, finds BMA survey
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‘We are jeopardising the careers of a whole generation of new GPs’
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Government asks GPs to provide practice-level data on physician associates
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BMA urges GPs to share experiences of working with physician associates
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GP receptionists need more training and support to do clinical triage, finds study
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GPs offered £160k salary and £10k ‘golden hello’ to take up roles in rural Scotland
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NHSE cuts GP ‘golden handshake’ scheme due to budget pressures
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GMC registers 250 associate professionals as BMA PA court case begins
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Mental health concerns as one in five medical students on verge of dropping out
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BMA locum leader: ‘GP unemployment is unacceptable and bizarre’
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No evidence that PAs add value in GP settings, finds academic review
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Big questions: GP ARRS figures, and elective reform workload dump
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The general practice training capacity timebomb
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Practices are under ‘no obligation’ to hire GPs through ARRS, say LMCs
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How deprivation and funding affect a practice’s skill mix
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‘Golden handshake’ GP recruitment scheme ‘under threat’, RCGP warns
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Physician associates have ‘no role’ in general practice, RCGP tells Leng review
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Four in 10 GPs see themselves leaving UK general practice within five years
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Map: Explore general practice staffing levels in your area
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Investigation: Not enough space, not enough money – Why GP practices can’t recruit
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Investigation: The GP recruitment crisis continues while staffing numbers explode
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Quarter of GP practices have had to shrink team size due to financial squeeze
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Investigation: The GPs out of work
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GP leaders and MPs gather for stark workforce white paper launch
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Government physician associate review will assess whether ‘enhanced’ scope of practice needed
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GPs out of work despite practices reporting 16% shortfall in GP numbers
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Major Pulse series: How we ended up with unemployed GPs during a recruitment crisis
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The ‘scope of practice’ debate: Who should decide what a physician associate can do?
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NHSE holds off publishing GP ARRS figures amid conflicting reports
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Legal challenge calling for GMC to set PA scope passes first High Court hurdle
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NHSE must urgently review potentially ‘distorting’ impact of ARRS, says report
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GP staff quitting or considering quitting over cost of living, say practice managers
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GMC worried ‘restrictive’ scopes could deter PA employment in GP practices
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Future of PCNs ‘secure’ for 2025/26, NHS England tells GPs
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Rural recruitment scheme criticised as only two new GPs hired
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Health secretary grilled on further GP redundancy claims
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GPs affected by unemployment urged to attend BMA rally
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Physician associate body preparing over 180 legal cases against GP practices
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2024 in review: The 10-year plan and neighbourhood teams
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Only just over 300 ARRS GP roles filled, RCGP told
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BMA urges GP practices to give all nursing staff 6% pay rise
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Potential for GP numbers boost as medical schools improve uptake in deprived areas
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GPs could see exodus of practice nursing staff, warns survey
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Funding for GPs in ARRS ‘derisory’ and ‘uncompetitive’, BMA warns
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Government to update NHS workforce plan with focus on GP expansion
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Government will not commit to ‘interim action’ ahead of PA safety review
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UK has more ethnic minority than white doctors for ‘first time’, says GMC
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GP leaders reject ‘primary care doctor’ roles in general practice
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Return all ARRS funding to core GP contract, England LMCs demand
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Health secretary launches independent review into safety of physician associates
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BMA demands ‘full transparency’ from GMC on PA scopes of practice
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Physician associates will need ‘individual’ scopes of practice, says GMC chair
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Health secretary to ‘take stock’ of PA role before further expansion
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13 PCNs hire GPs via ARRS funding in first weeks of expanded scheme
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Out-of-hours GPs threatened with termination for completing too few cases per hour
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NHS Employers guidance warns of rapid expansion of PAs in GP practices
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BMA urges locum GPs and registrars to take part in collective action
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PA body to prepare legal challenge against RCGP over scope of practice guidance
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PA body warns of legal action against GP practices following ‘restrictive’ scopes
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RCGP demands national GP retention strategy with ringfenced funding
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ARRS GPs should work across ‘limited’ number of practices, says BMA guidance
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GPC votes to completely ‘phase out’ PAs in general practice across the UK
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Advertising regulator issues warning to GP practice over PA description
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New RCGP guidance severely limits PA scope of practice
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Streeting confirms funding for GP ARRS jobs will continue past March 2025
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GPs in deprived areas care for 2,500 patients each
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GP practices refuse to complete NHSE staff survey as part of collective action
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Royal colleges urge Streeting to launch ‘rapid review’ into PAs
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PCN DES update reveals ARRS GP eligibility and reimbursement rates
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Bereaved families join doctors in PA legal challenge
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New ARRS GPs face recruitment delays as PCNs await DES update
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First-ever national GP staff survey rates practices highly for ‘compassion’
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RCGP votes to oppose the role of PAs in GP practices
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GP mental health service offer extended another year amid NHSE review
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RCGP to vote on physician associate scope of practice giving supervisors discretion
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ICB reverses controversial decision not to fund training course for GPs
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Fall in FTE GPs driven by male doctors reducing working hours, finds study
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Doctors training exclusion due to ‘lack of funding for GP retention’
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NHS England to publish ‘equality improvement plan’ for primary care
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Winners and losers from the GP funding uplift
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Number of GP practices fell by 20% in a decade, researchers find
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GPs unable to meet end-of-life care demands, charity warns
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BMA and RCGP condemn ‘unacceptable’ posters placed outside GP practice
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Exclusive: Half of GP trainees about to qualify still looking for work, RCGP survey finds
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BMA urges Streeting to give GP ARRS funding directly to practices
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Take ‘robust’ stance on racism in GP practices, NHSE advises partners
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Salaried and locum GPs must take partner lead on collective action, BMA warns
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What we know (and don’t know) about GPs being added to ARRS
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GPs ‘least satisfied’ with their job among all doctors, GMC finds
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GP practices told to send staff home in taxis amid racist riots
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NHSE ‘firmly expects’ GP partners to pass on 6% pay rise to staff
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ARRS funding for GPs will be available in October
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GPs must supervise PA decisions immediately after each patient, says BMA
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GP collective action will have ‘detrimental effect’, says NHS England director
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Dr Amanda Doyle: ‘We have ensured ring-fenced funding for GP recruitment’
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GP partners vote in favour of taking collective action
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Practices to be able to hire GPs under ARRS this year
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Junior doctors offered 22.3% pay rise to end strike action
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NHS leaders warn of ‘catastrophic’ impact of GP collective action on A&E as ballot closes
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‘Final push’ needed to boost GP ballot turnout, says GPC
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NHS workforce goals ‘will fail’ without trainer expansion, GMC warns
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Almost 10k GPs sign RCGP letter demanding ‘urgent’ workforce review
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Prepare for ‘whole system impact’ of GP collective action, NHSE tells ICBs
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Government must address GP retention and unemployment ‘as priority’, says think-tank
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Council concerned as practices ‘can’t afford to employ GPs’
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Royal colleges urge Government to review GP and PA workforce goals
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CQC sets out how it will inspect PA supervision in GP practices
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GPs think pharmacists are the most successful ARRS role
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BMA drops face-to-face consultations only from GP collective action options
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‘Primary care doctor’ plan will bring ‘demise’ of GP profession, says GPC chair
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Almost 14k doctors urge political leaders to address PA ‘scandal’
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Three quarters of GPs say that workload is a threat to patient safety, finds RCGP poll
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GP continuity of care could ‘effectively disappear’ unless action taken
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Labour pledges to review ARRS and cut GP red tape
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Some partners ‘substituting’ GPs with PAs to save money, leaders claim
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Practices decide how many GPs they employ, says minister
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Pilot PCNs to receive 10% funding uplift to expand GP clinical capacity
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GP employment crisis ‘simply bonkers’, says BMA council chair
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RCP president to step down over physician associates fallout
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RCGP advises GP practices to halt PA recruitment
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GP concerns around PAs need to be ‘seriously addressed’, says Streeting
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Over half of job-seeking GPs are ‘struggling’ to find role, finds RCGP
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Sessional GPs should not be expected to supervise ARRS staff, says BMA
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NHS removes patient-facing material referring to PAs as ‘physicians’
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GPs urged to vote ‘yes’ to collective action as BMA ballot opens
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OOH provider tells GPs to review all patients seen by PA before discharge
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Lowest-funded GP practices have twice as many patients per staff as highest funded
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NHS England director admits GP trainee jobs ‘are not there for them’
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More than 80 fellows declare no confidence in RCP in physician associates fallout
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GP confronts Prime Minister over ‘constructive dismissal’ of general practice
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BMA reveals options for GP collective action
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GPs are ‘not accountable’ for PA errors, says GMC
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BMA election manifesto demands action on GP unemployment
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Doctors raise £25k to legally challenge GMC over PA/AA regulation
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BMA will support female GPs in discrimination claim against GP at Hand owner
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Thousands of new GPs could be unemployed this summer, warns BMA
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BMA surveys GPs about employment as ‘increasing numbers’ struggle to find work
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Firefighters vote in favour of opposing ‘dangerous’ use of physician associates
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GMC ‘complicit in replacing GPs with PAs’, local leaders say
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PAs must have named supervisor ‘immediately’ available ‘at all times’, says BMA
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BMA planning for GP collective action to start in August
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Government and junior doctors ‘mutually agree’ to enter mediation over pay dispute
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350 new medical school places spark doctor training concerns
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Plymouth GP practice redundancies could impact up to 80 staff members
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Private provider to make remote GPs redundant at five practices
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GPs to vote on PAs being blocked from anything but admin tasks
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GP salaried roles receive ‘over 40 applications’ amid employment crisis
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GPs having to travel ‘from Cumbria to Cornwall’ to secure locum shifts
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Higher GP numbers may improve life expectancy, finds study
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GPs raise concerns about clinically ‘risky’ incidents involving SAS doctors
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Doctor exodus costs the NHS up to £2.4bn a year, BMA warns
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RCGP to launch consultation on PAs in general practice
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Practice advertises salaried post after making three GPs redundant
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BMA serves risk notice to ICBs about planned GP industrial action
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BMA urges NHS England to ‘immediately halt’ expansion of PAs
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BMA demands NHS England reinstates GP retention scheme
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NHS England reviewing future of practitioner mental health service
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GPs most ‘discontented’ among UK doctors, GMC survey finds
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Practices told not to ‘waste money’ on ‘expensive’ GP locums
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eMed GP redundancy consultation ‘likely to be unlawful’ and ‘discriminatory’, claims BMA
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Locums just as safe as permanent GPs, study finds
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RCGP raises ‘extreme concerns’ about closure of NHS visa support service
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BMA claims to have been ‘excluded’ from PA stakeholder discussions
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GP training applications outstrip available places by thousands, data reveal
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New PCN contract increases onus on GPs supervising PAs
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‘Trojan Horse’ ARRS scheme ‘replacing GPs’, warns BMA sessional leader
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Patients sign petition opposing ‘redundancy’ of ‘invaluable’ village GP
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PA body warns of legal action against GP practices using BMA guidance
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NHS workforce plan relies on ‘significant’ substitution of qualified GPs, NAO warns
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GP practices no longer need to renew visa sponsor licence
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Black and minority ethnic NHS staff more likely to be bullied by patients and staff
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Number of nursing associates in GP practices up 55% in a year
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BMA calls for inquiry into PAs replacing doctors on rotas
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7 in 10 GP trainees already suffering with burnout
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Operose PA job advert leads to ‘confusion’ over prescribing rights
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Patients start GP recruitment campaign to avoid practice closure
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Doctors report 70 cases of avoidable harm caused by PAs
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Only ‘enhanced’ nurses to be included in ARRS under new contract
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RCGP seeks ringfenced funding for GP retention schemes
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BMA asks GPs whether continuity of care should be included in GP contract
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BMA stance on PAs impacting patient confidence, warns HEE
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Doctor pay review body overhaul part of Government offer to end consultant strikes
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Number of GP vacancies advertised almost halves in a year
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GMC calls for ‘multi-disciplinary respect and courtesy’ towards non-doctors
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ARRS fuelling workforce crisis in community pharmacies, MPs told
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RCGP admits ‘error’ in suggesting PAs could access fellowship
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Plans to increase PA roles in Scotland must be halted, says BMA
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More than half of IMG doctors experience ‘everyday racism’, survey finds
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SAS doctor strike ballot and consultant re-ballot launched
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Former NHSE deputy chief accuses RCGP of hampering GP recruitment effort
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GPC calls for ‘immediate pause’ on all recruitment of PAs
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Over 250 fewer FTE GPs since last year as appointment activity rises
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RCN urges Government to top up GP funding if nurses left without 6% pay rise
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GMC asks NHS England to reassure doctors there is ‘no plan to replace them with PAs’
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GPC to work with RCN to ensure ‘fairer terms’ for practice nurses
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GPs surveyed on experiences of working with PAs amid ongoing controversy
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ICS deletes post advising patients to see PAs for persistent abdominal pain
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NHSE campaign launched to ‘raise awareness’ of non-GP roles in general practice
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Government and BMA to hold talks over consultant pay dispute
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Council asks Government to fund GPs’ housing to ease recruitment crisis
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GP locums asked to reduce rates ‘to compete with ARRS staff’
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Half of Welsh GP roles could be vacant by 2031, report warns
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I now recognise the value GP partners bring, says Streeting
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NHS England bosses urge Government to urgently resume doctor talks ahead of winter
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BMA defends staff uplift calculation amid GP affordability concerns
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APMS contract retendered following concerns about overuse of non-GP staff
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Global sum increased to £104.73 per patient as salary uplift negotiations conclude
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CQC downgrades GP practices over ‘lack of capacity to meet demand’
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Dispensing GPs call for representation in BMA contract negotiations
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GPs ‘disappointed’ as Scotland finalises pay uplift negotiations
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Patients in rural areas face ‘significantly longer GP waits’
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Only half of ICBs extend NHS staff survey to GP practices
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SAS doctors latest group to vote to join strike action
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Stress and high workload main reasons staff leave NHS, finds study
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Change ‘highly misleading’ physician associate title, proposes BMA
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Government launches consultation on changing NHS strike legislation
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NHS England campaign aims to ‘increase patient confidence’ in non-GP roles
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One in three medical students plan to leave NHS, finds survey
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GP practices and vaccination hubs ‘rallying’ for staff after start date change
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GP practices urged to sign up to the NHS’s first ‘sexual safety charter’
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BMA paper suggests Northern Ireland GPs could ‘simply leave NHS contract’
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SAS doctors ‘will not replace’ GPs in primary care, says NHS England
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One in five GP positions unfilled as vacancy rates reach record levels
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Numbers of the most experienced GPs continue to decline
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GPs should explain to staff money for 6% pay rise is ‘not yet in their accounts’
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GP trainees urged to take part in re-ballot for junior doctor strikes
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Increased staffing in primary care ‘unlikely to reduce waiting times’
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General practice ‘risks losing nurses feeling devalued by ARRS’
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SAS doctors threaten action as 900,000 appointments cancelled due to strikes
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Four-session cap for GPs on retention scheme is removed
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New approach proposed to reduce burnout at GP practices
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Government ‘delays plans’ for SAS doctors in general practice, claims BMA
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New guide launched to support NHS staff after colleague suicide
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Prime Minister blames striking doctors for long NHS waiting lists
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Nearly one fifth of GP training places in Northern Ireland unfilled
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GPs warn of ‘intense’ workload and workforce crisis as FTE numbers continue to fall
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Health minister hails ‘another strong year’ for GP recruitment
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GP nurses urged to push practices for 6% pay rise
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BMA seeking confirmation on whether 6% pay rise funding is ‘recurrent’
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IMG GP visa extension to come into effect ‘shortly’
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Consultants announce two new strike dates despite ‘final’ pay offer
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LMCs ‘are entitled to help’ in preparations for GP industrial action, says BMA
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BMA rejects doctor pay offer despite Prime Minister warning it is ‘final’
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GPs do not have ‘a particular desire’ to strike over pay, RCGP chair tells MPs
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Automatic recognition of EU doctors to continue for at least five years
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GP trainers among those at highest risk of burnout, GMC warns
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GP practice stops employing physician associates after patient death
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Aggression towards GP receptionists is ‘serious workplace safety concern’
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Doctors want the Government to repay medical student loans
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No specific funding for retention in workforce plan, admits NHS chief
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BMA calls for financial support for doctors with long Covid
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One in three medical school students end up in general practice
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No need to act to stop doctors emigrating to Australia, says Prime Minister
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44% of GP admin work can be ‘fully automated’, workforce plan suggests
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GP shortfall projected at 15k by 2036 as workforce plan sets out training overhaul
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GP leaders call out lack of workforce retention plans
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Dr Amanda Doyle: ‘I am confident this plan will help to make primary care more sustainable’
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£2.4bn workforce plan to increase GP training places by 50% among other measures
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Funded care navigation training for GP practice staff now available
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Workforce plan must include GP retention strategy, Lib Dems warn
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NHS consultants vote in favour of strike over pay
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BMA tells GP trainees ‘not to go into practice at all’ on strike days
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‘Robot receptionists’ to be used to free up NHS time
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New guidance to encourage older doctors to ‘stay well in the NHS’
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‘Historic’ workforce plan to be published this week, says Prime Minister
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Patient safety ‘compromised by racism’, says ex-BMA chair
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Retired specialists to be drafted in to help tackle Covid backlog
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Not ‘rocket science’ why doctors are leaving the health service, says GMC chief
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Two-thirds of junior doctors think current NHS will be gone in 10 years, says BMA
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3,200 GPs affected by ‘potential data breach’, says locum bank
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BMA announces strike dates for consultants ahead of ballot results
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NHSE workforce chief to speak at Pulse LIVE Birmingham today
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NHS workforce plan ‘delayed again due to cost concerns’
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Patients finding it easier to contact GP despite further workforce decline
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Police commissioner reaches out to GPs with concern over rising abuse
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RCGP ‘strongly resists’ moves to abandon GP partnership model
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LMCs call for more financial incentives for prospective GPs
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LMCs reject proposals to allow SAS doctors to work in general practice
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Health minister: ‘We will go further to boost the NHS workforce’
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New ‘GP-focused’ medical schools get GMC approval
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GP mental health badly affected by staff shortages, finds survey
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Patients baffled as five GPs leave one practice on the same day
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SAS doctors in general practice ‘risk exploitation’, says BMA
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Lack of GP retention strategy plagues recovery plan
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15th Northern Irish GP practice to hand back contract this year
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NHS England to run campaign to encourage GPs to return to profession
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IMGs to have four-month visa window after GP specialty training
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Government is ‘working on’ solving IMG trainee GP visa issues
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One in ten Scottish GP practices taken over by health boards
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Labour GP plans offer ‘glimmer of hope’ and Government ‘must follow’, says BMA
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Second-largest ambulance union announces new strike dates
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Nearly 200,000 appointments and procedures cancelled during last week’s junior doctors’ strike
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England ambulance workers accept pay offer as CQC staff to ‘work to rule’
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RCGP ‘can’t support’ SAS doctors working in general practice as it stands
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Government must invest in primary care to save the NHS, warns influential think tank
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NHS England claims GPs are ‘largely unaffected’ by junior doctors’ strike
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GPs ‘strongly advised’ to cancel trainee clinics on strike days
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PCN pharmacist recruitment has ‘unintended consequences’, warns Government report
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NHS England planning pilots of SAS doctors in general practice in ‘abuse’ of rules
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25,000-patient practice hands back contract because ‘there are no GPs to recruit’
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Government ‘needs to listen’, doctors say, as satisfaction with GP services plummets
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Long-awaited plans on the future of general practice to be released imminently
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In full: Charlie Massey’s speech on SAS doctors
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SAS doctors ‘itching’ to work in general practice, says GMC chief
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UK GPs among the ‘most stressed’ and ‘least satisfied’, finds international study
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Junior doctors agree to meet with Government to discuss pay on ‘same terms’ as nurses
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GP training to be overhauled to meet ‘ever-shifting’ needs of patients
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BMA calls for six-month visa ‘window’ for overseas GP trainees
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ICB stops planned GP practice closure after visit from health secretary
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BMA advises GPs to explain to patients reasons behind junior doctor strikes
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One in five GPs under 30 quit the profession last year
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Scotland ‘not on track’ to achieve GP workforce target, auditor warns
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HEE launches general practice nurse preparation course
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Australia minister to visit UK in bid to ‘steal’ doctors
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Fewer GPs working out-of-hours in Scotland, new research finds
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GP numbers down by 7% since 2016 while registered patients rise
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Cornish town organises ‘flash mob’ to attract new GPs
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Partner career unviable amid practice decline, warns NI GP leader
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Quarter of GP practices at risk of closing, according to RCGP survey
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‘No tangible benefits’ seen from scrapping CCGs in favour of ICSs, warns Government watchdog
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One in five GP partners ask staff to wear more layers to mitigate cost increases
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GP leaders unimpressed by Welsh workforce plan ‘lacking clear targets’
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GP practices could host job coaches to get over-50s back to work
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NHS England working on GP recovery and workforce plans, board hears
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CQC staff begin to vote in strike ballot over pay
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Calls for workforce resolution as quarter of patients unable to get GP appointment
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Pharmacists can’t be ‘a substitute for GPs’, says RCGP chair
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Appointment numbers up for December despite FTE GP decline
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Scotland needs 2,000 new GPs to solve workforce crisis
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‘Sinking ship’ GP practice will be forced to shut without new recruits
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MPs urged to back reduction of international doctor visa costs
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High GP turnover linked to more A&E attendances, finds study
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NHS cannot compete with Amazon and other retailers for staff
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NHS staffing crisis won’t be fixed without DDRB reform, says BMA
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LMC appeals to Home Office to allow bereaved GP to remain in the UK
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Hundreds of new specialty training posts announced
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Government pledges £250m to buy care beds
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GPs offered £15,000 plus resettlement support under ICB recruitment plan
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Over one in five young GPs has experienced racism at work
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Rishi Sunak showing ‘baffling lack of urgency’ on GP workforce, says BMA
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GP practice waiting room trashed by disgruntled patient
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England’s NHS loses nearly 500 GPs in one year
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Large practice reports over 7,000 patients per GP
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Number of qualified GPs in Scotland falls
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LMCs back collective action if no ‘meaningful’ contract changes agreed
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BMA warns Labour Party against ‘demonising’ GPs over waiting times
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LMCs back doctors not on performers list working in practices under GP supervision
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LMC leaders voted to keep capitation-based GP contract in behind-closed-doors debate
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GP practices offered staff from closing mass vaccination centres
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GP practices should record menopause-related staff absences
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Record 4,032 doctors to start GP training placements by February
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Northern Irish LMCs call for contract freeze as 14k-patient GP practice hands back contract
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NHS England supports calls for staff grade doctors in general practice
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More high-earning GPs to pay top rate of tax as Jeremy Hunt slashes threshold
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Return to pre-Covid face-to-face appointment levels will not improve GP access, MPs told
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Over a third of Scottish practices have at least one GP vacancy
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The NHS must stop ‘haemorrhaging’ GPs to other countries, says GMC chief
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Doctor regulators to take winter pressures ‘into account’
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Sunak ‘drops 6,000 GP recruitment target from health secretary brief’
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Crisis GP practice loses five partners while taking on 2,000 patients
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Government ‘looking at’ IMG GP visa sponsorship by ‘umbrella bodies’
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GP workforce inequalities ‘as wide as ever’, finds study
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Northern Ireland announces £3m enhanced service for GP practices this winter
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Additional 50 GPs nothing to be proud of, BMA tells Government
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Use fiscal statement to solve NHS workforce crisis, BMA tells Hunt
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Analysis: SAS to the rescue?
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GP networks subcontract enhanced access out to private provider
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Record GP demand ‘outstrips’ capacity, NHS England admits in stark warning
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BMA warning as the number of patients per GP rises by 16% in seven years
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Unfair media coverage worsening GP workforce crisis, finds study
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GP retention schemes need ‘urgent’ overhaul backed by £150m per year, says RCGP
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Labour pledges to double the number of medical school places
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Health secretary claims GP numbers are ‘stable’
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Two-thirds of GP trainees plan to work part-time
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GP locum bookings doubled in the last year
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Temporary returner GPs will be removed from register this month
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Delayed below-inflation pay award could lead to GP exodus
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GP practices deliver highest proportion of face-to-face appointments since start of pandemic
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DAUK to appeal IPSO ruling regarding GP-bashing Mail article
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Hospital trust’s salaried model struggling to recruit GPs
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Doctor apprenticeship scheme approved to start next year
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‘National scandal’ that NHS pensions are forcing GPs to leave, say MPs
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Locum GPs offered £1,000 per day to fill shifts at ‘desperate’ practices
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Up to 40% of ARRS funding unspent in first two years of scheme
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Government must fund international GP trainee visas for all practices, BMA says
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When do we admit defeat?
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High vacancy rates persist as one in six GP positions unfilled
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HEE on track to meet August target of 4k new GP trainees
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BMA calls for ‘stiffer sentences’ for those who attack GPs and staff
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NHS should do exit interviews with doctors who quit and publish results, says BMA
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Flagship overseas GP recruitment programme filled 124 positions out of 2k target
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RCGP demands action to avoid 19,000-strong ‘mass exodus’ of GPs and trainees
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Labour calls for ‘crisis’ debate amid drop in GP numbers
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Highlighting GP visa concerns is ‘scaremongering’, says Government
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NHSE: Salaried model conversations ‘have contributed to low GP morale’
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Racism against ethnic minority GPs could spark ‘terrifying’ mass exodus, BMA report finds
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‘Thousands’ of British medical students abroad unable to get UK training places
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Newly-qualified GPs are receiving letters threatening deportation, says RCGP
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Half of existing GP workforce intends to retire at or before 60
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HEE pays GP practices £10k to take on trainees
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White paper to set out plan to attract GPs to deprived areas, hints Javid
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Home Office must give IMG GPs indefinite leave to remain, says RCGP
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Profession stands to lose ‘one in eight’ GP trainees
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Sessional GPs apply to split from BMA’s GP Committee
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‘Shocking’ evidence of ‘appalling’ racism towards GPs, reveals HEE report
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Almost all patient-facing GPs and staff have Covid vaccination
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Jeremy Hunt: I’m completely responsible for failure to boost GP workforce
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GP ‘despair’ as MPs again reject Health Bill workforce amendment
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GPs asked to spare time to join ward rounds at ‘challenged’ hospitals
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FTE GP decline continues as BMA says warnings being ‘systematically ignored’
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Hospitals forced to divert patients amid Covid pressures
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NHS England seeking GP views on new partner ‘golden hello’ scheme
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GP practices training receptionists to do blood tests
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Tory MPs reject workforce transparency amendment in Health Bill vote
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‘Leaving a gap’ campaign to deter patients from abusing GP staff
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Health minister to look at new money for attracting rural GPs
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Covid staff absences force GP practices to stop non-urgent care
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RCGP lead calls for sick pay protection for GPs with long Covid
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Northern Ireland to expand GP training places to reach record level
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Two-thirds of GP practice nurses considering quitting in next year
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CQC-style body should hold NHS to account for GP burnout, says Gerada
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‘Uberisation’ of general practice is harming continuity of care, warns Jeremy Hunt
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‘Every practice should close its list’ amid workload pressures, says BMA GP lead
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Increase in applicants to GP-focused medical schools
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BMA and Jeremy Hunt join forces for campaign to ‘rebuild general practice’
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NHS will not get extra funding to boost workforce, says health secretary
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Serious violence: GPs as part of the healing process
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Hospital health professionals should spend a year in general practice, say BMA and RCGP
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Almost 800 medical graduates unallocated for FY1 places
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Hospital takeover of ‘large’ GP practice poses ‘serious risk’, warns LMC
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Wales to ‘embrace’ remote GP consultations for future, says health minister
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PCNs lack ‘clear purpose’ and adequate funding, finds report
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Government confirms it will revoke GP Covid vaccine mandate this month
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PCNs have hired over 10,000 ARRS staff, says NHS England
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Government to extend relaxed vaccine rules enabling wider workforce to administer jabs
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NHS England spent more than £21.5m on new GP partner payments
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GP practices should still look at redeploying unvaccinated staff, says BMA
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GP practices to look at rehiring staff who quit over Covid vaccine mandate
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CQC’s first 40 GP access inspections found ‘no issues’ at any practice
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Nine in 10 doctors concerned about racism in medicine, finds BMA survey
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Regulations requiring GPs and staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19 set to be revoked
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Jeremy Hunt suggests GPs should have ‘their own lists of patients’
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LMCs say GP staff resigning ahead of Covid vaccine mandate
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Health Bill amendment proposes to mandate GPs to work in deprived areas
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GP partner denied golden hello after NHS England U-turns on ‘catch-22’ rules
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3,000 GP staff could be lost to Covid vaccine mandate, estimates Government
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IPC update says GPs seeing patients with ‘suspected’ Covid should wear FFP3
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NHSE: GPs ‘should seek own legal advice’ on unvaccinated staff
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Government expects to lift Covid self-isolation requirement entirely by March
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GPs to continue LFTs until day 10 as Covid isolation reduced to five days
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Unvaccinated GP staff could face dismissal as redeployment ‘not guaranteed’
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GP access to Covid testing ‘has improved’, claims NHS England
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Some GP practices providing ‘urgent-only’ service due to increasing staff shortages
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GP locum bookings have ‘quadrupled’ in the last year, says sessional lead
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Covid self-isolation can end five days after positive test, says health secretary
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LMC advises GPs to assign separate entrance for unvaccinated staff
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Government not on track to fill 26,000 ARRS roles by 2024, claims RCGP
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GP locum usage ‘stable’ over past few years, finds study
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More than one in five doctors self-isolating in the last two weeks, finds BMA
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Safety warning as GP numbers continue to decline
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Capacity warning as ‘95%’ of GP practices experiencing Covid staff absences
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GP practices told they can access ‘contingency supply’ of Covid tests
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GPs asked to limit pathology requests due to ‘significant’ Covid staff shortages
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Folic acid legal case ‘putting doctors off GP career’
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Government to double Covid test availability after days of problems
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Police and fire services to support GP Covid booster push
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New workforce data shows more GPs leaving the profession
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Vaccination mandate may hit practice workforce
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Health committee to consider length of GP training and scrapping school places cap
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Government to ‘wait and see’ where it gets with GP numbers, says Javid
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Record 4,000 trainees started GP training this year, says HEE
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GPs to be banned from deploying unvaccinated public-facing staff from April
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DHSC doesn’t recognise plans for GPs to be forced to work in deprived areas
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Javid admits Government will fail to fulfil GP workforce election pledge
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Government ‘set to miss’ target to boost GP workforce by 6,000
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GP media bashing ‘may put off’ 5,000 extra medical students needed
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Majority of GPs ‘would consider leaving NHS’ amid inadequate Government support
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FTE GP numbers up 1,200, claims NHS England
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£250m GP support fund could be used ‘to employ retired geriatricians’
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NHSE u-turns on golden hello for GP practice manager partners
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GPs twice as likely to report burnout as reason for leaving NHS, report shows
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One in six GP Covid returners ‘would consider staying on’
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Continuity of GP care reduces acute hospitalisations and deaths, study finds
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Repeat after me: appointments up, GP numbers down
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Dr Nikki Kanani invites Manchester GP practice to ‘help prevent future attacks’
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More than 10,000 people back BMA call for increased GP funding
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Pharmacy leaders calls for temporary halt to GP practice recruitment of pharmacists
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Doctors will ‘not accept’ return to pre-pandemic NHS, says country’s top GP
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GPs’ time must not be taken for granted
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PM promises more than 50m extra GP appointments under Covid recovery plan
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Nine in 10 female doctors experience work sexism, reveals ‘concerning’ BMA report
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GP retention is in long-term decline, finds major study
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Researchers urge Government to address GP shortages in deprived areas
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One in seven GP posts empty as vacancy rates remain high
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Practice open for emergencies only as widespread GP shortages ‘bite’
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New data claiming GP workforce growth ‘disingenuous gaslighting’, says BMA
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NHS England plans to measure GP workforce race equality
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GP practices could close or reduce services this winter as pressures mount, warn LMCs
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NHS Covid app tweaked to ‘ping’ fewer contacts
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GMC contacting over 8,000 returner GPs about retaining temporary licence
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PCNs to access remote locum GPs from across UK through joint staff bank
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Allowing NHS staff to avoid isolation ‘desperate and potentially unsafe’, says BMA
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GP workforce ‘stagnant’ despite rising training numbers, DDRB warns
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HEE launches consultation on proposed doctor apprenticeship scheme
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NHSE tells PCNs to create more space in practices for ARRS staff
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MDO sees ‘busiest ever months’ as GPs face rising complaints
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GP Covid staff banks to continue beyond pandemic, confirms NHS England
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GPs should take time off to rest if they can, says NHSE
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GPs distressed by remote consulting, shows BMA survey
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ARRS may exacerbate health inequalities, think tank warns
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GMC to ‘eliminate’ disproportionate complaints against BAME GPs by 2026
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GPC instructed to present annual report on inappropriate conduct complaints
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GP workforce not keeping pace with current demand, figures show
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‘Distressing’ report finds more than half of BAME GP staff face racism at work
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More than a third of GPs considering early retirement within a year, BMA reveals
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BMA expresses ‘deep concerns’ with Government race report which ‘did not reflect’ doctor evidence
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PCNs can claim overtime pay from ARRS, NHS England says
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GPs don’t have time to train apprentices, warns doctors’ union
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GP staff less likely to have time to recuperate after Covid, warns report
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BMA surveys doctors on everyday sexism
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GP careers to become ‘more accessible’ via new apprenticeship programme
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Golden handshake scheme for new GP partners extended to physician associates
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NHSE ‘clarifies’ policy blocking late-notice locum cancellation fees after Pulse enquiries
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