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| Two thirds of GPs likely to increase private work due to imposed contract, survey finds Almost two thirds of GPs say they are likely to increase private work following this year’s imposed GP contract, a new survey has revealed. The poll by mutual financial services provider Wesleyan ... Date: 04-06-2026 Categories: • 2026/27 GP contract • Career news • Practice and personal finance • Pulse careers |
| NHS England ‘hyper-focus’ on access has cut GP capacity to manage frailty, MPs warn GPs are struggling to assess and manage vulnerable patients with frailty because NHS England has ‘overloaded’ GPs with the push for digital access, a committee of MPs has warned. A ‘hyper-focus’ o ... Date: 04-06-2026 Categories: • Elderly care • Mental health, pain and addiction • Musculoskeletal, rheumatology and sports medicine |
| 039;Four reasons GPs are seeing patients become unhealthier earlier039; From childhood mental health to NHS access, Dr Katie Musgrave examines the trends that may be reducing healthy life expectancy Statistics published by the Health Foundation suggest that Britain’s ... Date: 03-06-2026 Categories: • Katie Musgrave |
| GP free to return to work after suspension for booking false appointments A GP who was suspended after she falsely booked appointments to allow time to collect her children can now return to work. Dr Helen Eisenhauer’s fitness to ... Date: 03-06-2026 Categories: • Regulation |
| GPs must be protected from liability claims arising from single patient record, MPs told GP leaders and MPs have warned practices must be protected from liability claims arising from the use of data shared within the new single patient record. Labour MP and practising GP Dr Simon Oph ... Date: 03-06-2026 Categories: • Politics • Technology |
| New higher-dose semaglutide injection launched following UK regulatory approval Novo Nordisk has launched a new 7.2mg single-dose pen for its weight-loss drug semaglutide (Wegovy), following approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. Previously, th ... Date: 03-06-2026 Categories: • Gastroenterology and obesity |
| BMA039;s England GP Committee could lose its funding grant in favour of 039;plan B039; alternative Exclusive The GP Defence Fund (GPDF) will vote on stopping funding for the BMA’s GP Committee England, redirecting money towards ‘the development of a plan B’ for practices ‘outside the NHS’, Pulse c ... Date: 03-06-2026 Categories: • Breaking news • Contract |
| Targeted prostate cancer screening programme to be rolled out next year, DHSC confirms The Government has accepted a recommendation from the UK National Screening Committee (NSC) to introduce England’s first targeted prostate cancer screening programme. The Department of Health and ... Date: 02-06-2026 Categories: • Cancer • Renal medicine, urology and men's health • Screening |
| The collective action escalator is going down As collective action escalates, Copperfield wonders whether GP enthusiasm is already fading So how’s collective action going in your patch? You remember? Collective action? The action we’re taking ... Date: 02-06-2026 Categories: • Copperfield |
| Carr-Hill GP formula should be updated to reflect morbidity and deprivation, say researchers The workload element of the Carr-Hill formula for GP funding should be replaced with 'updated weights reflecting morbidity and deprivation', adjusted for practice capacity and unmet need, a new study ... Date: 02-06-2026 Categories: • Practice and personal finance |