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The Mounjaro mismatch – patient expectation versus GP reality
The Mounjaro mismatch – patient expectation versus GP reality

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Podcast: Physician associate review lead Professor Gillian Leng; and how GPs should manage antidepressant withdrawal
Podcast: Physician associate review lead Professor Gillian Leng; and how GPs should manage antidepressant withdrawal

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Big questions: GP tirzepatide prescribing and international medical graduates
Big questions: GP tirzepatide prescribing and international medical graduates

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How does local enhanced service funding vary across England?
How does local enhanced service funding vary across England?

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Are local enhanced services unfunded charity work?
Are local enhanced services unfunded charity work?

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What really happened when the BMA was accused of antisemitism
What really happened when the BMA was accused of antisemitism

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The GMC’s legal argument for not setting a scope of practice for physician associates
The GMC’s legal argument for not setting a scope of practice for physician associates

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Podcast: Our bite-sized tirzepatide guide, expert take on ARRS GPs, and what’s happening with LESs?
Podcast: Our bite-sized tirzepatide guide, expert take on ARRS GPs, and what’s happening with LESs?

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Big questions: transgender care and prostate screening
Big questions: transgender care and prostate screening

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Tips to maximise income from QOF in 2025/26
Tips to maximise income from QOF in 2025/26

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Podcast: 2025/26 GP contract, updated NICE asthma guidelines, and Stephen Kinnock on the partnership model
Podcast: 2025/26 GP contract, updated NICE asthma guidelines, and Stephen Kinnock on the partnership model

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What can GPs expect from the physician associate safety review?
What can GPs expect from the physician associate safety review?

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Big questions: Special LMC conference; welfare reforms
Big questions: Special LMC conference; welfare reforms

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A timeline of NHS England: 2012 to 2025
A timeline of NHS England: 2012 to 2025

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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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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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At a glance: All the headlines from the 2025/26 contract agreement
At a glance: All the headlines from the 2025/26 contract agreement

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What are GP practices, PCNs and ICBs doing to help workforce problems?
What are GP practices, PCNs and ICBs doing to help workforce problems?

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Big questions: GP ARRS figures, and elective reform workload dump
Big questions: GP ARRS figures, and elective reform workload dump

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The general practice training capacity timebomb
The general practice training capacity timebomb

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How deprivation and funding affect a practice’s skill mix
How deprivation and funding affect a practice’s skill mix

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Map: Explore general practice staffing levels in your area
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
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
Investigation: The GP recruitment crisis continues while staffing numbers explode

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Investigation: The GPs out of work
Investigation: The GPs out of work

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The ‘scope of practice’ debate: Who should decide what a physician associate can do?
The ‘scope of practice’ debate: Who should decide what a physician associate can do?

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Investigation: Not enough space, not enough money – Why GP practices can’t recruit
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
Investigation: The GP recruitment crisis continues while staffing numbers explode

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Investigation: The GPs out of work
Investigation: The GPs out of work

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The ‘scope of practice’ debate: Who should decide what a physician associate can do?
The ‘scope of practice’ debate: Who should decide what a physician associate can do?

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Behind the headlines: Are there really more ‘failing’ GP practices than successful ones?
Behind the headlines: Are there really more ‘failing’ GP practices than successful ones?

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What will the Government proposals for the 2025/26 contract mean for GP practices?
What will the Government proposals for the 2025/26 contract mean for GP practices?

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Big questions: How will GMC regulate PAs and what next for GP funding (and protests)?
Big questions: How will GMC regulate PAs and what next for GP funding (and protests)?

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Ahead of the vote: Lessons on assisted dying from New Zealand
Ahead of the vote: Lessons on assisted dying from New Zealand

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Expert FAQ: How GP partners can tackle national insurance cost hikes
Expert FAQ: How GP partners can tackle national insurance cost hikes

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A Budget seemingly designed to punish GPs
A Budget seemingly designed to punish GPs

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Big questions: The future of the CQC and the new models of primary care
Big questions: The future of the CQC and the new models of primary care

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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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Big questions: ARRS as a publicity stunt, and the RCGP on PAs
Big questions: ARRS as a publicity stunt, and the RCGP on PAs

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What the Darzi review will mean for general practice
What the Darzi review will mean for general practice

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Behind the headlines: GPs and 10 minute appointments
Behind the headlines: GPs and 10 minute appointments

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Winners and losers from the GP funding uplift
Winners and losers from the GP funding uplift

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Big questions: BMA-Government relations and what can GPs expect from CQC inspections?
Big questions: BMA-Government relations and what can GPs expect from CQC inspections?

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Q&A: What we know so far about GP collective action
Q&A: What we know so far about GP collective action

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Analysis: How is collective action affecting general practice so far?
Analysis: How is collective action affecting general practice so far?

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What we know (and don’t know) about GPs being added to ARRS
What we know (and don’t know) about GPs being added to ARRS

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What the 6% pay rise means for GP practice finances
What the 6% pay rise means for GP practice finances

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Big questions: The impact of industrial action and Wes Streeting’s first few weeks
Big questions: The impact of industrial action and Wes Streeting’s first few weeks

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Behind the headlines: A case study in how the press can blame a blameless GP
Behind the headlines: A case study in how the press can blame a blameless GP

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How undelivered hospital letters have caused chaos for GPs
How undelivered hospital letters have caused chaos for GPs

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What do patients think about physician associates?
What do patients think about physician associates?

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Analysis: GP Patient Survey lays bare stark regional inequalities
Analysis: GP Patient Survey lays bare stark regional inequalities

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What will Labour mean for general practice?
What will Labour mean for general practice?

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Big questions special: What are the parties planning?
Big questions special: What are the parties planning?

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Behind the headlines: Admin staff outnumber GPs – but so what?
Behind the headlines: Admin staff outnumber GPs – but so what?

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How much does your area rely on physician associates?
How much does your area rely on physician associates?

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How low-funded practices are more likely to rely on physician associates
How low-funded practices are more likely to rely on physician associates

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How effective are PAs and do they reduce GP workload?
How effective are PAs and do they reduce GP workload?

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The debate around the clinical responsibilities of physician associates
The debate around the clinical responsibilities of physician associates

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What does the influx of physician associates mean for GP recruitment?
What does the influx of physician associates mean for GP recruitment?

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Big Questions: The general election and industrial action
Big Questions: The general election and industrial action

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Finance Diary: How a court ruling may affect your pension
Finance Diary: How a court ruling may affect your pension

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Big Questions: The removal of fit notes, and what is in the RCGP’s PA consultation?
Big Questions: The removal of fit notes, and what is in the RCGP’s PA consultation?

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GMC case in focus: How GPs should supervise PAs
GMC case in focus: How GPs should supervise PAs

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Female GP leader numbers growing… but still work to do 
Female GP leader numbers growing… but still work to do 

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The GP gender pay gap
The GP gender pay gap

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How sexism affects female GPs’ career progression
How sexism affects female GPs’ career progression

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The effect of sexual harassment and abuse on female GPs
The effect of sexual harassment and abuse on female GPs

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Big Questions: Next steps in GP contract and same-day access rows
Big Questions: Next steps in GP contract and same-day access rows

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GMC case in focus: The ‘promised’ laptop
GMC case in focus: The ‘promised’ laptop

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Finance Diary: What GPs need to do before the end of the tax year
Finance Diary: What GPs need to do before the end of the tax year

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2024/25 contract: What it means for GPs and practices
2024/25 contract: What it means for GPs and practices

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The 2024/25 GP contract in England at a glance
The 2024/25 GP contract in England at a glance

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Pulse in Print: When GPs have threatened to take industrial action
Pulse in Print: When GPs have threatened to take industrial action

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What might the next GP contract look like?
What might the next GP contract look like?

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What are the next steps after the 1.9% uplift contract offer?
What are the next steps after the 1.9% uplift contract offer?

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Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer: ‘GP posts are seen as too toxic’
Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer: ‘GP posts are seen as too toxic’

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How the Government is proposing to change GP incentive schemes
How the Government is proposing to change GP incentive schemes

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Are patients ‘shopping around’ the GP marketplace?
Are patients ‘shopping around’ the GP marketplace?

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How practices can ‘informally’ close their list
How practices can ‘informally’ close their list

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The ‘last resort’ of formally closing lists
The ‘last resort’ of formally closing lists

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No room at the practice
No room at the practice

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Do GPs have legal liability when acting on advice and guidance?
Do GPs have legal liability when acting on advice and guidance?

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This could be the first time a Welsh GP contract is imposed
This could be the first time a Welsh GP contract is imposed

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Will GPs benefit from pharmacies taking on ‘common conditions’ prescribing?
Will GPs benefit from pharmacies taking on ‘common conditions’ prescribing?

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Who is new health secretary Victoria Atkins?
Who is new health secretary Victoria Atkins?

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Big questions of the month: The BMA’s negotiated global sum uplift, and how ARRS is hitting GP locums
Big questions of the month: The BMA’s negotiated global sum uplift, and how ARRS is hitting GP locums

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The agony around advice and guidance
The agony around advice and guidance

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How bad is Northern Ireland’s general practice crisis?
How bad is Northern Ireland’s general practice crisis?

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GPs across the world: It’s true – GP morale is worse in the UK than elsewhere
GPs across the world: It’s true – GP morale is worse in the UK than elsewhere

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GPs across the world: If 15-minute appointments are a ‘20th century’ relic, is the UK prehistoric?
GPs across the world: If 15-minute appointments are a ‘20th century’ relic, is the UK prehistoric?

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GPs across the world: The UK is not the only country with GP workforce problems
GPs across the world: The UK is not the only country with GP workforce problems

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GPs across the world: How do GPs get paid?
GPs across the world: How do GPs get paid?

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GPs across the world: Why do UK GPs have the most stress despite not working the longest hours? 
GPs across the world: Why do UK GPs have the most stress despite not working the longest hours? 

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Same merde, different countries
Same merde, different countries

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Big questions of the month: Lack of winter support for GPs, US firms withdraw from NHS
Big questions of the month: Lack of winter support for GPs, US firms withdraw from NHS

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What does NHSE’s direction of travel mean for GPs?
What does NHSE’s direction of travel mean for GPs?

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Behind the headlines: Do GPs really enjoy ‘remarkable privileges’?
Behind the headlines: Do GPs really enjoy ‘remarkable privileges’?

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Profiled: The two nominees for chair of the BMA GP Committee for England
Profiled: The two nominees for chair of the BMA GP Committee for England

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How will we double the number of GP trainers by 2028?
How will we double the number of GP trainers by 2028?

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How we calculated what future training capacity we need
How we calculated what future training capacity we need

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IT outages: ‘We’re just waiting for the system to crash’
IT outages: ‘We’re just waiting for the system to crash’

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In full: The five stages of GP recruitment and retention
In full: The five stages of GP recruitment and retention

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What’s next for GP retention and recruitment?
What’s next for GP retention and recruitment?

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The GPs retiring before their time
The GPs retiring before their time

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Are younger fully trained GPs leaving general practice?  
Are younger fully trained GPs leaving general practice?  

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How do UK medical school places translate to fully trained GPs? 
How do UK medical school places translate to fully trained GPs? 

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The effects of abuse: how practices are impacted by verbal, physical and social media attacks
The effects of abuse: how practices are impacted by verbal, physical and social media attacks

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How unofficial screening tests are impacting GPs
How unofficial screening tests are impacting GPs

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Lauded online systems regularly shut down due to overwhelming demand
Lauded online systems regularly shut down due to overwhelming demand

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The private health checks driving unofficial screening
The private health checks driving unofficial screening

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The rise of at-home testing kits
The rise of at-home testing kits

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Why £240m telephone systems won’t help GPs fulfil their contractual duties
Why £240m telephone systems won’t help GPs fulfil their contractual duties

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Will new plans around secondary care ‘workload dump’ help GPs?
Will new plans around secondary care ‘workload dump’ help GPs?

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Can pharmacists really absorb GP workload?
Can pharmacists really absorb GP workload?

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Lack of GP retention strategy plagues recovery plan
Lack of GP retention strategy plagues recovery plan

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The GP recovery plan at a glance
The GP recovery plan at a glance

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Screening by the back door
Screening by the back door

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Patients resort to stealing Calpol: How the cost-of-living crisis is affecting GP prescribing
Patients resort to stealing Calpol: How the cost-of-living crisis is affecting GP prescribing

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How contract and funding issues are impacting Scottish GPs
How contract and funding issues are impacting Scottish GPs

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Why crisis-hit practices and closures are on the rise in Northern Ireland
Why crisis-hit practices and closures are on the rise in Northern Ireland

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How the GP workforce crisis is playing out in Wales
How the GP workforce crisis is playing out in Wales

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‘Northern Ireland is at risk of losing GPs to the Republic’
‘Northern Ireland is at risk of losing GPs to the Republic’

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‘Practices in Scotland are returning their contracts on a regular basis’
‘Practices in Scotland are returning their contracts on a regular basis’

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‘The hard work of GPs in Wales has been overlooked’
‘The hard work of GPs in Wales has been overlooked’

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State of the devolved nations: How GPs are faring in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
State of the devolved nations: How GPs are faring in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

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Spring Budget at a glance: how it will affect GPs
Spring Budget at a glance: how it will affect GPs

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Best Laid Plans: Did NHSE’s winter 2022/23 measures make any difference?
Best Laid Plans: Did NHSE’s winter 2022/23 measures make any difference?

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Best Laid Plans 2021/22: How did ICBs spend their share of Sajid Javid’s £250m funding?
Best Laid Plans 2021/22: How did ICBs spend their share of Sajid Javid’s £250m funding?

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Best Laid Plans 2021/22: Sajid Javid’s punitive measures
Best Laid Plans 2021/22: Sajid Javid’s punitive measures

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Best Laid Plans 2021/22: What happened to Sajid Javid’s £250m Winter Access Fund?
Best Laid Plans 2021/22: What happened to Sajid Javid’s £250m Winter Access Fund?

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Best Laid Plans 2015/16: What happened with the GP Forward View and Hunt’s New Deal?
Best Laid Plans 2015/16: What happened with the GP Forward View and Hunt’s New Deal?

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Best Laid Plans 2021/22: Did Sajid Javid’s Winter Access Fund boost GP appointments?
Best Laid Plans 2021/22: Did Sajid Javid’s Winter Access Fund boost GP appointments?

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Best Laid Plans: Pulse rates all the pledges made to general practice
Best Laid Plans: Pulse rates all the pledges made to general practice

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Best Laid Plans: Do ministers’ big plans for general practice ever do any good?
Best Laid Plans: Do ministers’ big plans for general practice ever do any good?

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What are the next steps following the GP contract imposition?
What are the next steps following the GP contract imposition?

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All you need to know about the GP contract imposition at a glance
All you need to know about the GP contract imposition at a glance

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The legal view on GPs taking strike action
The legal view on GPs taking strike action

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How the cost-of-living crisis is affecting general practice 
How the cost-of-living crisis is affecting general practice 

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What are the next steps for GP contract negotiations?
What are the next steps for GP contract negotiations?

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Behind the headlines: Are Labour’s plans radically misguided?
Behind the headlines: Are Labour’s plans radically misguided?

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Urgent care in critical condition
Urgent care in critical condition

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What do NICE draft guidelines on statins really mean for GP practices?
What do NICE draft guidelines on statins really mean for GP practices?

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The truth about GP access
The truth about GP access

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2023: The year the BMA gets radical? 
2023: The year the BMA gets radical? 

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A very Capita Christmas: How support services are letting GPs down
A very Capita Christmas: How support services are letting GPs down

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What we know (and don’t know) about the records access rollout chaos
What we know (and don’t know) about the records access rollout chaos

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Going private and an end to patient lists: LMCs lay out plans for 2024 GP contract
Going private and an end to patient lists: LMCs lay out plans for 2024 GP contract

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Analysis: How child vaccine payments increase inequalities
Analysis: How child vaccine payments increase inequalities

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Behind the headlines: Do GPs get ‘something for nothing’?
Behind the headlines: Do GPs get ‘something for nothing’?

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Analysis: SAS to the rescue?
Analysis: SAS to the rescue?

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Behind the headlines: did GPs get ‘record pay rises’ in the pandemic?
Behind the headlines: did GPs get ‘record pay rises’ in the pandemic?

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Explained: All the changes to the PCN incentive scheme
Explained: All the changes to the PCN incentive scheme

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Long Covid: Explaining the unexplainable?
Long Covid: Explaining the unexplainable?

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Thérèse Coffey’s not-so-cunning plan
Thérèse Coffey’s not-so-cunning plan

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Behind the headlines: do Barclay’s GP claims stand up to scrutiny? 
Behind the headlines: do Barclay’s GP claims stand up to scrutiny? 

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Who is new health secretary Therese Coffey?
Who is new health secretary Therese Coffey?

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Deprived practices are more likely to close – so does funding need to change?
Deprived practices are more likely to close – so does funding need to change?

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Why GP practices close for good
Why GP practices close for good

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The link between practice funding and closures
The link between practice funding and closures

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The final straw for practices: What is triggering closures?
The final straw for practices: What is triggering closures?

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How list size and staffing impact practice closures
How list size and staffing impact practice closures

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How we conducted our Lost Practices investigation
How we conducted our Lost Practices investigation

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Behind the headlines: are GPs ‘fuelling’ long A&E waits?
Behind the headlines: are GPs ‘fuelling’ long A&E waits?

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Who is new health secretary Steve Barclay?
Who is new health secretary Steve Barclay?

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What’s the next big recruitment plan?
What’s the next big recruitment plan?

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How a laptop plunged the GMC into another PR crisis
How a laptop plunged the GMC into another PR crisis

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The ‘toxic’ BMA culture and how it affects grassroots GPs
The ‘toxic’ BMA culture and how it affects grassroots GPs

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Explainer: the draft changes to the GMC’s Good Medical Practice guide
Explainer: the draft changes to the GMC’s Good Medical Practice guide

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The UK GPs helping the Ukrainian people
The UK GPs helping the Ukrainian people

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Analysis: The funding implications for PCNs under new DES         
Analysis: The funding implications for PCNs under new DES         

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Pulse Q&A with Northern Ireland health minister: ‘GP model not offering work-life balance’
Pulse Q&A with Northern Ireland health minister: ‘GP model not offering work-life balance’

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The hospital GPs
The hospital GPs

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Updated 2 March: What next for the GP contract?
Updated 2 March: What next for the GP contract?

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Mythbuster: Are GPs issuing DNRs to teenage patients?
Mythbuster: Are GPs issuing DNRs to teenage patients?

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Will Covid signal the end of the road for overmedicalisation?
Will Covid signal the end of the road for overmedicalisation?

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What’s in store for GPs after CCGs?
What’s in store for GPs after CCGs?

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‘Disaster from start to finish’ or ‘incredibly supportive’: How the £250m GP access fund is working
‘Disaster from start to finish’ or ‘incredibly supportive’: How the £250m GP access fund is working

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Private providers making the most of the pandemic
Private providers making the most of the pandemic

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NICE depression guidelines signal move away from medication
NICE depression guidelines signal move away from medication

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GP pressures: ‘Everyone is exhausted and we don’t have a lot more to give’
GP pressures: ‘Everyone is exhausted and we don’t have a lot more to give’

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At a glance: All the temporary GP contract changes to support Covid boosters
At a glance: All the temporary GP contract changes to support Covid boosters

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Vaccination mandate may hit practice workforce
Vaccination mandate may hit practice workforce

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Advice and guidance to drive referrals crackdown
Advice and guidance to drive referrals crackdown

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A new hope? The priorities for the new GPC England chair
A new hope? The priorities for the new GPC England chair

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The unanswered questions about NHS England’s GP ‘support’ plan
The unanswered questions about NHS England’s GP ‘support’ plan

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Profiled: The two nominees for chair of the BMA GP Committee
Profiled: The two nominees for chair of the BMA GP Committee

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The plan that shook general practice
The plan that shook general practice

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Mythbusting the ‘rescue plan’
Mythbusting the ‘rescue plan’

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All the headlines from the GP support package
All the headlines from the GP support package

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One in six GP Covid returners ‘would consider staying on’
One in six GP Covid returners ‘would consider staying on’

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Truth is drowned out as media attacks intensify
Truth is drowned out as media attacks intensify

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No let-up in Covid vaccination push
No let-up in Covid vaccination push

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A better general practice
A better general practice

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Salaried, partnership or something else? Building a Better General Practice
Salaried, partnership or something else? Building a Better General Practice

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Data lowdown: Patients continued to escalate complaints during the pandemic
Data lowdown: Patients continued to escalate complaints during the pandemic

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GP recruitment and the pandemic aftershock
GP recruitment and the pandemic aftershock

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Data lowdown: one in five PCNs opted out of Covid vaccination programme
Data lowdown: one in five PCNs opted out of Covid vaccination programme

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Building a Better General Practice: What is the purpose of general practice?
Building a Better General Practice: What is the purpose of general practice?

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Big Brother’s big data grab: GPs caught up in patient records controversy
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Bosses call in the fire service … as the NHS burns

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Revealed: NHS funding splashed on holidays, games consoles and summer houses

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CQC admits errors and (almost) pulls its risk ratings

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Election pledges on reducing bureaucracy – do they add up?

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Election pledges on health and wellbeing – do they add up?

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Election pledges on integration – do they add up?
Election pledges on integration – do they add up?

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Election pledges on increasing GP numbers – do they add up?
Election pledges on increasing GP numbers – do they add up?

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Election pledges on NHS funding – do they add up?
Election pledges on NHS funding – do they add up?

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Election pledges on GP opening hours – do they add up?
Election pledges on GP opening hours – do they add up?

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Screening the masses: GPs set for contractual incentives to measure diabetes risk
Screening the masses: GPs set for contractual incentives to measure diabetes risk

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The big bang: CCGs seize control of GP funding
The big bang: CCGs seize control of GP funding

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Can GPs survive yet another pay cut?
Can GPs survive yet another pay cut?

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Accountant’s view: ‘Any gains from 2004 have been eroded’
Accountant’s view: ‘Any gains from 2004 have been eroded’

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How GP practice earnings have been outpaced by expenses

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Co-commissioning: Is your CCG taking over control of GP funding?
Co-commissioning: Is your CCG taking over control of GP funding?

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Are NICE guidelines becoming a ‘laughing stock’?

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Nuclear option: Rise in practices seeking to close or merge
Nuclear option: Rise in practices seeking to close or merge

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‘Thinking of returning to the UK?’

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GPs should just ‘let it go’

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Wanted: new GPs to work for the NHS

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Should patients be allowed to self-refer for cancer tests?

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‘The fitness-to-practise process may do more harm than good’

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Quick guide: Labour’s 10-year NHS plan

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What has been the reaction to Labour’s 10-year NHS plan?

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NHS England’s ten-point plan for GP workforce
NHS England’s ten-point plan for GP workforce

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‘Disappointment in primary care demanded highlighting’
‘Disappointment in primary care demanded highlighting’

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What responsibility will your CCG have for commissioning general practice?

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Will your practice survive 2015?

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Hospitals ready themselves for primary care takeover

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NICE to lower the bar for cancer referral
NICE to lower the bar for cancer referral

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‘Urgent cancer referrals should not be refused’
‘Urgent cancer referrals should not be refused’

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Is medical school ‘toxic’ for prospective GPs?
Is medical school ‘toxic’ for prospective GPs?

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GPs split over dementia diagnosis scheme
GPs split over dementia diagnosis scheme

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‘This is information overload’
‘This is information overload’

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Has your CCG given £5 per patient?

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Where has the promised £5 per patient gone?
Where has the promised £5 per patient gone?

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What the 2015/16 GP contract means for you

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GP antibiotic prescribing under the microscope

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Will publishing earnings backfire on GPs?

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Is the PM’s seven-day GP access plan deliverable?

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Giving GPs ‘cash for diagnoses’ is unethical
Giving GPs ‘cash for diagnoses’ is unethical

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Bringing general practice back from the brink

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What will the new-look CQC inspections involve?

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GP earnings drop for seventh year in a row
GP earnings drop for seventh year in a row

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Suspicious minds: Politicians are running out of time to win GPs’ trust
Suspicious minds: Politicians are running out of time to win GPs’ trust

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Bob Senior: The new contract provides some certainty but could give unwelcome results
Bob Senior: The new contract provides some certainty but could give unwelcome results

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What does the new GP contract include?
What does the new GP contract include?

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‘We are over-crowded and over-subscribed’

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Practice closures set to widen GP privatisation
Practice closures set to widen GP privatisation

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Ghost patient drive comes back to haunt GPs
Ghost patient drive comes back to haunt GPs

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Are more UK-trained doctors moving abroad?
Are more UK-trained doctors moving abroad?

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Aspirin in cancer: should GPs believe the hype?
Aspirin in cancer: should GPs believe the hype?

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Is the future for GPs written in the stars?
Is the future for GPs written in the stars?

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Taskforce proposes radical solutions to GP training crisis
Taskforce proposes radical solutions to GP training crisis

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Will all new GP contracts be thrown open to private companies?

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Scores of practices teetering on the brink of closure
Scores of practices teetering on the brink of closure

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The NHS fumbles around in the dark
The NHS fumbles around in the dark

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PMS practices face up to £400k losses
PMS practices face up to £400k losses

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Revealed: Patients at risk as mental health services deteriorate
Revealed: Patients at risk as mental health services deteriorate

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NICE sticks to decision to offer statins to millions more people
NICE sticks to decision to offer statins to millions more people

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Is rising antidepressant prescribing linked to the recession?
Is rising antidepressant prescribing linked to the recession?

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Update: GP whistleblowers ‘should be protected’ says judge
Update: GP whistleblowers ‘should be protected’ says judge

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GP contract carve-up: How CCGs are taking control of practice funding
GP contract carve-up: How CCGs are taking control of practice funding

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The nationwide PMS contract review, and what it means for you

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Sick Notes: GP bashing? That was so last week

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The training crisis that is engulfing the profession
The training crisis that is engulfing the profession

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NICE disregards GP warnings over divisive ‘bundled’ diabetes indicator
NICE disregards GP warnings over divisive ‘bundled’ diabetes indicator

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Why the GP training crisis matters
Why the GP training crisis matters

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What does the NICE atrial fibrillation guidance hold for GPs?
What does the NICE atrial fibrillation guidance hold for GPs?

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Why is NHS England cracking down on in-hours closing?
Why is NHS England cracking down on in-hours closing?

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Letter: GPs feel this guidance is a step too far
Letter: GPs feel this guidance is a step too far

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Sick Notes: Poetry in an LMC motion

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Crisis point: GP partner shortage hits practices
Crisis point: GP partner shortage hits practices

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Investigation: GPs given notice before LESs are put out to tender
Investigation: GPs given notice before LESs are put out to tender

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Are older patients being overtreated?
Are older patients being overtreated?

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Pulse campaign wins occupational support pledge for every GP
Pulse campaign wins occupational support pledge for every GP

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Update: GPs face renewed crackdown on prescribing costs
Update: GPs face renewed crackdown on prescribing costs

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Analysis: QOF devaluation leaves practices out of pocket

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Sick notes: CQC sends GPs back to school
Sick notes: CQC sends GPs back to school

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Analysis: PM pushes GP access to its limits
Analysis: PM pushes GP access to its limits

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Analysis: Where next for the MRCGP exam?
Analysis: Where next for the MRCGP exam?

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Investigation: Child mental health cuts to pile pressure on GPs

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Sick Notes: Happiness is… a dancing GP
Sick Notes: Happiness is… a dancing GP

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Analysis: Where have all the drugs gone?

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Analysis: GPs face stark drop in take-home pay after ‘kick in the teeth’ on funding

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Analysis: How managers seized control of commissioning

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Sick Notes: Prangs, tweets and a cold yak steak

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Analysis: Has NICE gone a step too far on statins?

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Take Pulse’s February survey

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In full: GP survey on payment problems
In full: GP survey on payment problems

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Analysis: Will the unplanned admissions DES work?

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Analysis: GPs gearing up for ‘Ofsted-style’ ratings

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Investigation: GPs face battle to retain LES income
Investigation: GPs face battle to retain LES income

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Analysis: What does the 2014 contract really mean for GPs?
Analysis: What does the 2014 contract really mean for GPs?

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Nimble footwork earns GPC negotiators a score draw
Nimble footwork earns GPC negotiators a score draw

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In full: GP contract survey findings
In full: GP contract survey findings

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The 2014 GP contract deal: what we know so far
The 2014 GP contract deal: what we know so far

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Analysis: Can GPs allow their patients’ data to be shared?

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Analysis: Hunt’s plans to reform primary care take shape
Analysis: Hunt’s plans to reform primary care take shape

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Expert analysis: ‘There could be Section 75 challenges in the courts’

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Analysis: ‘Conflicts of interest come round reasonably often at meetings’
Analysis: ‘Conflicts of interest come round reasonably often at meetings’

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Analysis: The vanishing options for chronic pain
Analysis: The vanishing options for chronic pain

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Update: NHS England’s plans to reform primary care
Update: NHS England’s plans to reform primary care

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Analysis: CCGs left struggling to cope with budgetary uncertainty

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Investigation: The GP brain drain
Investigation: The GP brain drain

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Investigation: Practices left on a knife edge as payments chaos bites

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Update: What next for QOF?
Update: What next for QOF?

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Analysis: The CQC is the regulatory body, not the contracting body
Analysis: The CQC is the regulatory body, not the contracting body

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Analysis: Is primary prevention with statins worth the effort?
Analysis: Is primary prevention with statins worth the effort?

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Analysis: Contract rewrite looms for out-of-hours care
Analysis: Contract rewrite looms for out-of-hours care

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Dr Richard Vautrey: ‘Simplistic summary scores will not help inform patients’
Dr Richard Vautrey: ‘Simplistic summary scores will not help inform patients’

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Analysis: Can GPs really ‘make every contact count’?
Analysis: Can GPs really ‘make every contact count’?

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Analysis: NHS 111 debacle piles pressure on GPs
Analysis: NHS 111 debacle piles pressure on GPs

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Analysis: Restricting access is a reasonable compromise
Analysis: Restricting access is a reasonable compromise

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Analysis: What the changes to the premises rules mean for your practice
Analysis: What the changes to the premises rules mean for your practice

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Analysis: ‘Target interventions to the most motivated’
Analysis: ‘Target interventions to the most motivated’

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Analysis: What power will GPs really have in the new NHS?
Analysis: What power will GPs really have in the new NHS?

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Analysis: Is telehealth a busted flush?
Analysis: Is telehealth a busted flush?

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In brief: How the imposition has changed
In brief: How the imposition has changed

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Analysis: This offer is not even close to the rise in the cost of living

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Analysis: ‘The easiest way to demonstrate compliance is through full competitive tender’
Analysis: ‘The easiest way to demonstrate compliance is through full competitive tender’

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The new era of Any Qualified Provider
The new era of Any Qualified Provider

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Timeline: the evidence so far on telehealth, telecare and telemedicine

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Analysis: What next for telecare?
Analysis: What next for telecare?

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Analysis: General practice is value for money
Analysis: General practice is value for money

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Workforce and recruitment dominate GP concerns
Workforce and recruitment dominate GP concerns

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What kind of a beast are CSUs?
What kind of a beast are CSUs?

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Case-study: ‘The LMC’s involvement was crucial’
Case-study: ‘The LMC’s involvement was crucial’

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Investigation: Why has recruiting GPs become so hard?
Investigation: Why has recruiting GPs become so hard?

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Analysis: Will earlier dementia diagnosis harm patients?
Analysis: Will earlier dementia diagnosis harm patients?

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Investigation: PMS practices squeezed as funding reviews bite
Investigation: PMS practices squeezed as funding reviews bite

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What went wrong with commissioning in Mid Staffs?
What went wrong with commissioning in Mid Staffs?

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Analysis: ‘This is going to exacerbate the problem’
Analysis: ‘This is going to exacerbate the problem’

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Dr Clare Searle: ‘It is important to be clear about success rates at older ages’
Dr Clare Searle: ‘It is important to be clear about success rates at older ages’

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Timeline: The PMS journey so far
Timeline: The PMS journey so far

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Investigation: The ‘ghost patients’ who never were
Investigation: The ‘ghost patients’ who never were

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Debate: Can GPs monitor hospitals?
Debate: Can GPs monitor hospitals?

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Can CCGs curb emergency admissions?
Can CCGs curb emergency admissions?

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Analysis: Does the row over the CSA have any basis?
Analysis: Does the row over the CSA have any basis?

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In summary: What’s next for immunisation?
In summary: What’s next for immunisation?

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Analysis: How immunisations are set to change
Analysis: How immunisations are set to change

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Analysis: UK countries go their own way on the GP contract
Analysis: UK countries go their own way on the GP contract

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Monitor explained in 500 words
Monitor explained in 500 words

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Analysis: Is QOF about improving quality or saving money?
Analysis: Is QOF about improving quality or saving money?

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Has the QOF lost its way?
Has the QOF lost its way?

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Timeline: Chequered history of CSA
Timeline: Chequered history of CSA

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Revealed: How GPs are split on migrant health provision
Revealed: How GPs are split on migrant health provision

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Investigation: GP practices at breaking point
Investigation: GP practices at breaking point

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Analysis: New QOF proposals include the most complex indicator ever suggested
Analysis: New QOF proposals include the most complex indicator ever suggested

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Analysis: ‘Adjusting patient services is the only way forward’
Analysis: ‘Adjusting patient services is the only way forward’

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Analysis: CCGs must be involved in hospital closures
Analysis: CCGs must be involved in hospital closures

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Ten ways CCGs can engage practices
Ten ways CCGs can engage practices

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Health and wellbeing boards explained in 500 words
Health and wellbeing boards explained in 500 words

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Q&A: What next in the battle over the GP contract?
Q&A: What next in the battle over the GP contract?

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Analysis: CCG board members are playing a dangerous game
Analysis: CCG board members are playing a dangerous game

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Analysis: Another step in the drive for patient choice
Analysis: Another step in the drive for patient choice

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Practice boundaries: Can we stop the policy now?
Practice boundaries: Can we stop the policy now?

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Analysis: GMC is dealing with its image problem
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