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MP guest blog: ‘GPs should take back control of out-of-hours services’
MP guest blog: ‘GPs should take back control of out-of-hours services’

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Politicians need to man up on men’s health
Politicians need to man up on men’s health

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Allowing GPs to work as physician associates could boost retention
Allowing GPs to work as physician associates could boost retention

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Expert analysis: How many new GPs have really been hired under ARRS?
Expert analysis: How many new GPs have really been hired under ARRS?

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AI is not the write stuff
AI is not the write stuff

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What do GPs really think of the assisted dying bill?
What do GPs really think of the assisted dying bill?

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In defence of the GP partnership model
In defence of the GP partnership model

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The not-so-feckless-and-idle scroungers on welfare
The not-so-feckless-and-idle scroungers on welfare

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GP premises need state investment
GP premises need state investment

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Evidence of Streeting credibility
Evidence of Streeting credibility

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What is the future of the sick note for GPs?
What is the future of the sick note for GPs?

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Copperfield: New QOF is LDhelL
Copperfield: New QOF is LDhelL

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RCGP chair: ‘General practice needs resources to standardise green prescribing’
RCGP chair: ‘General practice needs resources to standardise green prescribing’

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Chaand Nagpaul: ‘The Government’s NHS plans depend on supporting GP wellbeing’
Chaand Nagpaul: ‘The Government’s NHS plans depend on supporting GP wellbeing’

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The vision for a ‘doctor-lite’ service is a mistake
The vision for a ‘doctor-lite’ service is a mistake

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Dr Burnt Out’s five-point plan for a reformed GP partnership model
Dr Burnt Out’s five-point plan for a reformed GP partnership model

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Overdiagnosis is an underused word
Overdiagnosis is an underused word

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A constructive week in general practice
A constructive week in general practice

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‘Burnout has made general practice a race to survive’
‘Burnout has made general practice a race to survive’

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Dr Victoria Tzortziou Brown: Patient records need to reflect who treated them
Dr Victoria Tzortziou Brown: Patient records need to reflect who treated them

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Stephen Kinnock’s Pulse LIVE address: ‘Our relationship with GPs is bigger than the contract’
Stephen Kinnock’s Pulse LIVE address: ‘Our relationship with GPs is bigger than the contract’

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Not your average practice: The youngest patient population in England
Not your average practice: The youngest patient population in England

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Is this the beginning of the end for the tick-box culture?
Is this the beginning of the end for the tick-box culture?

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Is general practice next in Government’s bold NHS overhaul plan?
Is general practice next in Government’s bold NHS overhaul plan?

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‘The end of an era for the NHS’: All the reaction to the Government scrapping NHS England
‘The end of an era for the NHS’: All the reaction to the Government scrapping NHS England

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The only problem with the polypill is that it doesn’t go far enough
The only problem with the polypill is that it doesn’t go far enough

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Is this the beginning of the end for the tick-box culture?
Is this the beginning of the end for the tick-box culture?

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Is general practice next in Government’s bold NHS overhaul plan?
Is general practice next in Government’s bold NHS overhaul plan?

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‘The end of an era for the NHS’: All the reaction to the Government scrapping NHS England
‘The end of an era for the NHS’: All the reaction to the Government scrapping NHS England

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The only problem with the polypill is that it doesn’t go far enough
The only problem with the polypill is that it doesn’t go far enough

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MP guest blog: New houses need new GP practices
MP guest blog: New houses need new GP practices

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In memory of Covid’s D-Day
In memory of Covid’s D-Day

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New contract causes collective confusion
New contract causes collective confusion

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Trojan ARRS horse could create a two-tiered GP system
Trojan ARRS horse could create a two-tiered GP system

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The 2025/26 GP contract – A new dawn or another dead end?
The 2025/26 GP contract – A new dawn or another dead end?

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Streeting passes first GP test but the next few months will be pivotal
Streeting passes first GP test but the next few months will be pivotal

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Dr Amanda Doyle: ‘Extensive talks were held to find a fair GP contract deal’
Dr Amanda Doyle: ‘Extensive talks were held to find a fair GP contract deal’

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Frankly, the patients can just fob off
Frankly, the patients can just fob off

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Dr Burnt Out: GPs are suffering with collective Stockholm syndrome
Dr Burnt Out: GPs are suffering with collective Stockholm syndrome

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‘We are jeopardising the careers of a whole generation of new GPs’
‘We are jeopardising the careers of a whole generation of new GPs’

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We’re all doom looped
We’re all doom looped

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A radical solution to the workforce crisis
A radical solution to the workforce crisis

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Change, change… please change the record Wes
Change, change… please change the record Wes

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‘It is too soon to call rural recruitment scheme a failure’
‘It is too soon to call rural recruitment scheme a failure’

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‘Seven-month CQC results delay caused immense damage to our GP practice’
‘Seven-month CQC results delay caused immense damage to our GP practice’

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Trigger warnings need a trigger warning
Trigger warnings need a trigger warning

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Less of the paperchase, more of the appraisal
Less of the paperchase, more of the appraisal

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BMA locum leader: ‘GP unemployment is unacceptable and bizarre’
BMA locum leader: ‘GP unemployment is unacceptable and bizarre’

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Letter: ‘GP A&G payment risks being a perverse incentive’
Letter: ‘GP A&G payment risks being a perverse incentive’

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Coast to coast
Coast to coast

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The pulse keepers: a poem
The pulse keepers: a poem

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Not ‘coasting’, but drowning Wes
Not ‘coasting’, but drowning Wes

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Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer letter to Wes Streeting: ‘Coasting GPs accusation deeply hurtful’
Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer letter to Wes Streeting: ‘Coasting GPs accusation deeply hurtful’

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NHS England’s plan for general practice reveals it has no plan whatsoever
NHS England’s plan for general practice reveals it has no plan whatsoever

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The Traitors is over, but the treachery isn’t
The Traitors is over, but the treachery isn’t

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‘Standardised referral criteria’? Gawd help us all
‘Standardised referral criteria’? Gawd help us all

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It is at times like this I can truly appreciate health workers
It is at times like this I can truly appreciate health workers

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A primary care approach to bereavement
A primary care approach to bereavement

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2025 – Time for solutions not resolutions
2025 – Time for solutions not resolutions

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Reform plan? No scan do
Reform plan? No scan do

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Not your average practice: Caring for homeless populations
Not your average practice: Caring for homeless populations

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Total triage as an antidote to selfish patients
Total triage as an antidote to selfish patients

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Why are GPs more prone to compassion fatigue?
Why are GPs more prone to compassion fatigue?

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Is £20 for A&G a good deal?
Is £20 for A&G a good deal?

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Practice Tips: Exploring the role of non-GP partners in general practice
Practice Tips: Exploring the role of non-GP partners in general practice

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The patients are revolting, or they should be
The patients are revolting, or they should be

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Should GP collective action become the new norm?
Should GP collective action become the new norm?

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Dr Burnt Out’s 2025 preview for general practice
Dr Burnt Out’s 2025 preview for general practice

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All I want for 2025 is some common sense
All I want for 2025 is some common sense

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‘To my family doctor, whoever that is’
‘To my family doctor, whoever that is’

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Letter: Copperfield is wrong – GPs do need women’s health training
Letter: Copperfield is wrong – GPs do need women’s health training

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How GP partnership in a broken system left me in financial ruin
How GP partnership in a broken system left me in financial ruin

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Patients need to know GPs pump the life blood of the NHS
Patients need to know GPs pump the life blood of the NHS

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Women’s health report is insulting bollocks
Women’s health report is insulting bollocks

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Communication breakdown: Approaching GP colleagues struggling with burnout
Communication breakdown: Approaching GP colleagues struggling with burnout

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Imposter syndrome in general practice
Imposter syndrome in general practice

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The kids aren’t alright – GPs must lead debate on social media ban
The kids aren’t alright – GPs must lead debate on social media ban

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Finance diary: How to provide a tax efficient Christmas for your practice
Finance diary: How to provide a tax efficient Christmas for your practice

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Wes makes ballsy attempt to distract us from NHS chaos
Wes makes ballsy attempt to distract us from NHS chaos

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GPs do too many diagnostic tests – but we can take a more rational approach
GPs do too many diagnostic tests – but we can take a more rational approach

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Dr Burnt Out on assisted dying: The meaning of neutrality
Dr Burnt Out on assisted dying: The meaning of neutrality

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Beastly attempt at rewriting GP face-to-face row history, Hancock
Beastly attempt at rewriting GP face-to-face row history, Hancock

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The dystopian future of general practice – the hubs won’t work
The dystopian future of general practice – the hubs won’t work

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On PAs and car mechanics: Just wait until you hire an amateur…
On PAs and car mechanics: Just wait until you hire an amateur…

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Against assisted dying – are you having a laugh?
Against assisted dying – are you having a laugh?

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Not your average practice: The oldest patient population in England
Not your average practice: The oldest patient population in England

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What you don’t know about… emergency medication in schools
What you don’t know about… emergency medication in schools

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League tables will not plug the hospital funding black hole
League tables will not plug the hospital funding black hole

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AI will save us – by destroying everything else
AI will save us – by destroying everything else

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Dr Burnt Out: The general practice ‘phantom zone’
Dr Burnt Out: The general practice ‘phantom zone’

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Is this budget the last straw for general practice?
Is this budget the last straw for general practice?

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The more things change…
The more things change…

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Finance diary: Working with PCNs to ensure that funding is maximised
Finance diary: Working with PCNs to ensure that funding is maximised

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I’m sick of awareness campaigns
I’m sick of awareness campaigns

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Help stop the deepfake doctors putting patients’ lives at risk
Help stop the deepfake doctors putting patients’ lives at risk

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GP partners are ‘working people’ too – but for how much longer?
GP partners are ‘working people’ too – but for how much longer?

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Is this the dumbest thing a health secretary has ever said?
Is this the dumbest thing a health secretary has ever said?

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ARRS for GPs? What a load of ARRS
ARRS for GPs? What a load of ARRS

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Communication breakdown: Dealing with racism
Communication breakdown: Dealing with racism

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How high do GPs need to jump for sustainable funding?
How high do GPs need to jump for sustainable funding?

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How our GP practice became a topic at the UN General Assembly
How our GP practice became a topic at the UN General Assembly

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Why should PAs be the only ones feeling the heat?
Why should PAs be the only ones feeling the heat?

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Dr Amanda Doyle: ‘GPs have an opportunity to shape a better, sustainable future’
Dr Amanda Doyle: ‘GPs have an opportunity to shape a better, sustainable future’

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Is the system really ‘broken’? 
Is the system really ‘broken’? 

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Why we set up women’s health hubs in Liverpool
Why we set up women’s health hubs in Liverpool

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The Government is choosing welfare gimmicks above systemic improvement
The Government is choosing welfare gimmicks above systemic improvement

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My new role: GP with a special interest in death
My new role: GP with a special interest in death

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We’re terrible with names
We’re terrible with names

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Writing competition winner: K’s birthday cake
Writing competition winner: K’s birthday cake

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Physician associate regulation – a simple solution
Physician associate regulation – a simple solution

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Well done, RCGP, for showing the pointlessness of the PA project
Well done, RCGP, for showing the pointlessness of the PA project

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Lord Darzi observed what GPs already knew
Lord Darzi observed what GPs already knew

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Sam’s plans
Sam’s plans

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The first whistleblower in general practice
The first whistleblower in general practice

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Have PAs been scopegoated?
Have PAs been scopegoated?

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‘I want to be white’
‘I want to be white’

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Pulse writing competition: Read our top 12 entries
Pulse writing competition: Read our top 12 entries

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A lesson in humanity
A lesson in humanity

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‘Go back to Syria’
‘Go back to Syria’

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The PA debate must be silenced with a statutory scope of practice
The PA debate must be silenced with a statutory scope of practice

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Pulse Writing Competition: The patient that taught me
Pulse Writing Competition: The patient that taught me

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The ‘clinic clichés’ that stop us in our tracks
The ‘clinic clichés’ that stop us in our tracks

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It’s not deep
It’s not deep

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The flicker: one more day
The flicker: one more day

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I’m more resident than the juniors
I’m more resident than the juniors

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A sixth sense
A sixth sense

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Pulse Writing Competition: Gut feelings
Pulse Writing Competition: Gut feelings

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Unfulfilled hope – a memorable patient
Unfulfilled hope – a memorable patient

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The Government should read Lord Darzi’s report
The Government should read Lord Darzi’s report

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Pulse Writing Competition: The big ideas
Pulse Writing Competition: The big ideas

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Scrap waiting rooms for calm spaces
Scrap waiting rooms for calm spaces

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Desperate times call for annual patient appraisals 
Desperate times call for annual patient appraisals 

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Government puts brakes on Darzi’s U-turn
Government puts brakes on Darzi’s U-turn

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Finance diary: Making the most of property reimbursements 
Finance diary: Making the most of property reimbursements 

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A Pretty Meagre Solution
A Pretty Meagre Solution

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The very definition of a GP
The very definition of a GP

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How we established our consultant-led surgery
How we established our consultant-led surgery

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Spotting the early signs of burnout: A guide for GPs
Spotting the early signs of burnout: A guide for GPs

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Those two doctors
Those two doctors

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A guide to the new medical examiner system
A guide to the new medical examiner system

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Will Generation Z save the NHS?
Will Generation Z save the NHS?

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Professor Kamila Hawthorne: ‘GP employment paradox must be resolved’
Professor Kamila Hawthorne: ‘GP employment paradox must be resolved’

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A GP in Gaza: Delivering care in disaster zones
A GP in Gaza: Delivering care in disaster zones

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They’ll screen and screen until I’m sick
They’ll screen and screen until I’m sick

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Fighting for general practice: the key to a net zero health service
Fighting for general practice: the key to a net zero health service

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I actually have sympathy with Streeting over his ARRS plans
I actually have sympathy with Streeting over his ARRS plans

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We need to be better at reaching out to burnt out colleagues
We need to be better at reaching out to burnt out colleagues

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How female GPs are disproportionately affected by the employment crisis
How female GPs are disproportionately affected by the employment crisis

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What you don’t know about… S2 funding
What you don’t know about… S2 funding

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Finance Diary: How GPs can make the most out of childcare funding
Finance Diary: How GPs can make the most out of childcare funding

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Collective action means goodwill games are over
Collective action means goodwill games are over

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Communication Breakdown: ‘I’m making a complaint!’
Communication Breakdown: ‘I’m making a complaint!’

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2+2 equals a kick up the ARRS
2+2 equals a kick up the ARRS

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Writing medicolegal reports on asylum seekers
Writing medicolegal reports on asylum seekers

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Concerns are not ‘legitimate’ if GPs are closing early for their safety
Concerns are not ‘legitimate’ if GPs are closing early for their safety

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How would I improve the NHS? Well, I wouldn’t start from here
How would I improve the NHS? Well, I wouldn’t start from here

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Pulse Writing Competition: Could you be our next blogger?
Pulse Writing Competition: Could you be our next blogger?

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Dr Amanda Doyle: ‘We have ensured ring-fenced funding for GP recruitment’
Dr Amanda Doyle: ‘We have ensured ring-fenced funding for GP recruitment’

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Why shouldn’t this collective action be the norm?
Why shouldn’t this collective action be the norm?

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First, do some harm
First, do some harm

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Learn the lesson from vets: we cannot replace GPs
Learn the lesson from vets: we cannot replace GPs

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Dr Burnt Out: The first weeks of August will determine the profession’s future
Dr Burnt Out: The first weeks of August will determine the profession’s future

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It’s time for central accountability for failing NHS IT
It’s time for central accountability for failing NHS IT

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Dr Brian Balmer: How Essex GPs coped with missing letters backlog
Dr Brian Balmer: How Essex GPs coped with missing letters backlog

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We may be safe – but patients aren’t 
We may be safe – but patients aren’t 

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Professor Clare Gerada and Dr Phil Hammond: Why we are performing at the Fringe
Professor Clare Gerada and Dr Phil Hammond: Why we are performing at the Fringe

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PAs: a symptom of NHS leadership groupthink and echo chambers
PAs: a symptom of NHS leadership groupthink and echo chambers

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Understanding the GP locum conundrum 
Understanding the GP locum conundrum 

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NHS computer systems – The modern-day emperor’s new clothes
NHS computer systems – The modern-day emperor’s new clothes

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Darzi could send ARRS to the dogs
Darzi could send ARRS to the dogs

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GMC case in focus: Should breaking the law always result in suspension?
GMC case in focus: Should breaking the law always result in suspension?

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We are in danger of losing the sacrosanctity of the GP role
We are in danger of losing the sacrosanctity of the GP role

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An invitation to Wes Streeting
An invitation to Wes Streeting

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GPCE chair to new health secretary: ‘Let’s work together to rebuild general practice’
GPCE chair to new health secretary: ‘Let’s work together to rebuild general practice’

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Streeting’s election encapsulates Labour MPs’ dilemma
Streeting’s election encapsulates Labour MPs’ dilemma

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The final manifesto – a prescription for general practice
The final manifesto – a prescription for general practice

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Acute care doesn’t always go with the flowchart
Acute care doesn’t always go with the flowchart

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Being a ‘slow’ GP isn’t all bad
Being a ‘slow’ GP isn’t all bad

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What you don’t know about… doctor apprenticeships
What you don’t know about… doctor apprenticeships

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We need to talk about the GP partners who game the system
We need to talk about the GP partners who game the system

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It’s a thin line between PAs and AI physio
It’s a thin line between PAs and AI physio

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Patience and planning – the next Government must think long-term
Patience and planning – the next Government must think long-term

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Why our high-performing practice in a deprived area had to close
Why our high-performing practice in a deprived area had to close

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PAs aren’t the enemy – this is a systemic issue
PAs aren’t the enemy – this is a systemic issue

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Pain killers don’t exist – so how can we help patients in pain?
Pain killers don’t exist – so how can we help patients in pain?

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Debate: Will AI replace clinicians?
Debate: Will AI replace clinicians?

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How PAs can be a successful part of an MDT
How PAs can be a successful part of an MDT

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The NHS is circling the drain – the care merry-go-round is exasperating
The NHS is circling the drain – the care merry-go-round is exasperating

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More Rons tasked with saving primary care – who do I vote for?
More Rons tasked with saving primary care – who do I vote for?

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Drexit: Moral injury is destroying the foundation of our NHS
Drexit: Moral injury is destroying the foundation of our NHS

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The paradox of plenty – where have all the jobs gone?
The paradox of plenty – where have all the jobs gone?

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‘LMCs can choose to separate themselves from same-day hubs, or get involved’
‘LMCs can choose to separate themselves from same-day hubs, or get involved’

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GP trainee recruitment requires more than half-baked commitments
GP trainee recruitment requires more than half-baked commitments

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Time to put action into words
Time to put action into words

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Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer: ‘We need to prepare for undated resignations’
Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer: ‘We need to prepare for undated resignations’

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The Carr-Hill formula is getting old
The Carr-Hill formula is getting old

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Can the LMC conference revive general practice across the UK?
Can the LMC conference revive general practice across the UK?

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Infected blood scandal: ‘Have I killed more patients than I have saved?’
Infected blood scandal: ‘Have I killed more patients than I have saved?’

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When technology and triage aren’t enough – we need money to pay for GPs
When technology and triage aren’t enough – we need money to pay for GPs

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Life in the slow lane: ‘Women’s work’
Life in the slow lane: ‘Women’s work’

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Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer: ‘Leadsom fails to acknowledge general practice is in crisis’
Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer: ‘Leadsom fails to acknowledge general practice is in crisis’

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If the college was in touch with GPs, it wouldn’t delight in trying to improve them
If the college was in touch with GPs, it wouldn’t delight in trying to improve them

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Andrea Leadsom: ‘I will fight to protect the principles of general practice’
Andrea Leadsom: ‘I will fight to protect the principles of general practice’

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Unsustainable workloads will drive GPs extinct
Unsustainable workloads will drive GPs extinct

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We need to blow our own trumpets more – GPs do an amazing job
We need to blow our own trumpets more – GPs do an amazing job

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The CQC is a symptom of ministers’ lack of trust in doctors
The CQC is a symptom of ministers’ lack of trust in doctors

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The trial that is GP life – how workload dump is hitting new lows 
The trial that is GP life – how workload dump is hitting new lows 

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Debate: Should we close doors as part of industrial action?
Debate: Should we close doors as part of industrial action?

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What is the point of the GMC?
What is the point of the GMC?

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Improving the lot of GP trainees
Improving the lot of GP trainees

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Because we’re worth it – it’s time to invest in GPs
Because we’re worth it – it’s time to invest in GPs

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Are your spidey senses tingling about that one patient?

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We (still) need radical solutions

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Pulse ça change

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Better get a better mission statement

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Burnout: ‘I didn’t want to talk to anyone’

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This is a funding crisis

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Big interview: What is the future of England’s biggest GP practice?

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NHS England needs to rethink its vision for general practice

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GP partners must play their part in alleviating this crisis

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Contract negotiations about as redundant as GPs

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Doctors need to be ready for the assisted dying law to change

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How can I even think about morals when I have a bladder the size of a space hopper?

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New year, new GP retention plan?

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It’s a Christmas miracle

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It’s about time we had GP trainees undertaking primary care mental health posts

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Schrödinger’s recruitment crisis

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We need to talk to patients about quality, not quantity, of life

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LMC decision not to send off acute care is short-sighted

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We are now all in this together

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Why running late has us running on empty

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To Labour: The point

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Remote consultations are the future

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Open surgery: Super hubs

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A perfect Christmas storm

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The NHS is dead, long live the NHS

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My Christmas message to journalists

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Open surgery: The naughty list

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This year is an opportunity lost

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The options open to GPs to support patients with gambling addictions

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There is no cavalry coming to save us

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The health system isn’t failing – it has failed

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Now GPs can prescribe heating, will we get cheaper energy tariffs?

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Capita is indicative of our acceptance of slow deterioration
Capita is indicative of our acceptance of slow deterioration

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Simple ideas are usually the best

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‘We must ensure any new contract puts continuity above targets’

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GPs are paid well – embrace it

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End the dysfunctional primary-secondary care interface to improve GP access

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Medical professionals may not hold the answers

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How to help improve medicines safety for everyone

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Just scan this
Just scan this

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A&E is playing with fire

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Who can stop this crazy treadmill? Look in the mirror

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This CQC gimmick is outstanding
This CQC gimmick is outstanding

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We have medicalised normal life and it’s destroying the NHS

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Working life: Improving healthcare for veterans

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Citizens’ record lack of access

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We are suffering from second victim syndrome

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If Barclay outlasts a course of Amoxil, he should sort out respiratory hubs
If Barclay outlasts a course of Amoxil, he should sort out respiratory hubs

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Is the Government serious about levelling up?

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Campaigning for rural practices

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Whose notes are they anyway?

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Removing barriers or building new ones?

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Who dares wins

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Enough of this merging nonsense

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Let’s be cautious of knee-jerk reactionary medicine

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Not FIT for purpose
Not FIT for purpose

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Three toe curls and two high intensity cringes

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Why GP trainees are going part time

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Trying to improve prescribing? Give us a McCall

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Babylon exit shows NHS general practice is no easy picking

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Open surgery: Another NHS winter crisis

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Coffey’s policies: Targets, GPs

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Not everything that counts can be counted

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One week in medicopolitics, two weeks in the bin

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Coffey, no sugar

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Open surgery: Covid boosters
Open surgery: Covid boosters

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The criticism of GP access is unfair

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Breaking barriers for research in primary care

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It’s almost as if the access plan hasn’t been thought through

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All the reaction to the health secretary’s GP access plan

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Dr Coffey’s announcement is not a plan
Dr Coffey’s announcement is not a plan

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Why we set up Pulse Reference

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PCN roundtable: Health inequalities, part 1

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General practice is a business

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A pseudo-symptom of a broken system

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Practices need urgent support to mitigate climate change effects

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Crushed by complaints

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The undaunted Prime Minister

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Unhappy headlines because of the stupid ARRS

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If they don’t listen now, when will they?

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‘We’re planning for a £50,000 increase in costs this winter’
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The end of GANFYD?

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All doctors are equal, but some are more equal than others

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Food banks and crowdfunding: the reality for some medical students

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So long, Covid clinics

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Man the lifeboats, this ship is sinking

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Toxic emissions are overheating Planet Primary Care

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Practices are not businesses
Practices are not businesses

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‘Removing atypical funding was the last straw’

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Good medical practice changes will not open the floodgates to investigations
Good medical practice changes will not open the floodgates to investigations

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The ‘part time’ fallacy
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Too much and not enough

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Letter: ‘GMC changes are making GPs more vulnerable to disciplinary action’

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Letter: QOF inequality doesn’t align to ‘NHS values’
Letter: QOF inequality doesn’t align to ‘NHS values’

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Crisis, what crisis? (Redux)

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Workload dump prevention causes loads of work

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‘My imprisonment won’t stop me protesting against climate change’

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Letter: Racism remains at all levels of general practice
Letter: Racism remains at all levels of general practice

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The temporary health secretary
The temporary health secretary

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Open Surgery: Give me something

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Too much medicine, too little time
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Have you tried to get through to another public service recently?
Have you tried to get through to another public service recently?

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Strike only when the iron is hot

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A retrograde step for women’s reproductive rights
A retrograde step for women’s reproductive rights

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To B12 or not to B12
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Just a GP…

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RIP EBM
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Is that a complaint in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?

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‘The BMA’s behaviour principles are making a positive difference’

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It’s enough to drive me away from retirement
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What if Capita was a GP practice…

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BMA’s full response to Pulse investigation into sexism and culture

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Stocktake or pisstake

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If bigger isn’t better, scaling up GP could prove disastrous

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The GMC on trial

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Hoodwinking the profession

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The [insert specialty here] referrals crisis

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United we stand, divided we fall: Why GPs are stronger together

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No HRT, no problem

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A vision developing from the RCGP
A vision developing from the RCGP

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Copperfield at Pulse Live: Lessons on gambling disorder

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Refinding the joy in general practice

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GP practices are paving the way with Covid research studies

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The QOF is increasing health inequalities
The QOF is increasing health inequalities

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Do they really want to reduce health inequalities?
Do they really want to reduce health inequalities?

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Another dissatisfied customer
Another dissatisfied customer

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Debate: Was it the right decision to remove Covid restrictions?

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Government sows, GPs reap
Government sows, GPs reap

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I’ll handle the genitals if secondary care can face some patients
I’ll handle the genitals if secondary care can face some patients

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We survive or fail based on the competence of secondary care
We survive or fail based on the competence of secondary care

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Rescued by a reception revolution? 
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This is a significant step for PCNs
This is a significant step for PCNs

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Our core is killing us
Our core is killing us

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RIP efficient patient notes, FFS
RIP efficient patient notes, FFS

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Are we seeing a bit of radicalism from the RCGP?

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Serious violence: GPs as part of the healing process
Serious violence: GPs as part of the healing process

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I left general practice after burning out – and I am happier for it

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Sajid’s speech promises fewer patients more cake
Sajid’s speech promises fewer patients more cake

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We need radical solutions, but do we want them?
We need radical solutions, but do we want them?

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We need to pull our finger out over cancer diagnosis. Or stick it in

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Why I removed my contribution to the future of general practice report
Why I removed my contribution to the future of general practice report

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Pharmacists saving 50 million appointments? It doesn’t add up
Pharmacists saving 50 million appointments? It doesn’t add up

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When Saturday comes

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‘The imposed deal must be legally tested’: All the reaction to 2022/23 GP contract

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Let me refer you to my previous answer
Let me refer you to my previous answer

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Thank you, all

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Want to fix hospital waiting lists? Fund general practice
Want to fix hospital waiting lists? Fund general practice

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How to advise and guide your patients

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Is the NHS unfit for purpose?
Is the NHS unfit for purpose?

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Transparently wrong
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Miracles while you wait
Miracles while you wait

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Letter: Vaccinate the world
Letter: Vaccinate the world

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Open Surgery: Government figures

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Trust the process?

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Continuity of despair

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GMC needs to clarify policy on GP use of social media

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‘The silence on industrial action is deafening’
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Open Surgery: Unvaccinated staff

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The prickly issue of the vaccine mandate

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Human touch medicine
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Is autonomy dead?

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Dump and dumper

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The NHS won’t ‘collapse’        
The NHS won’t ‘collapse’        

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Open Surgery: New Year’s Resolutions

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I hate defensive notes so sue me
I hate defensive notes so sue me

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Previews of the year: More of the same, I’m afraid

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The real privatisation

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Previews of the year: All hail our sentient coronavirus virion leader

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Preview of the year: Join another online team…
Preview of the year: Join another online team…

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Open Surgery: Party time?
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Look who has come crawling back

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This funding drop feels worse than in 2015
This funding drop feels worse than in 2015

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I forecast income protection with some squalls

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If you want my advice…
If you want my advice…

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A short-term boost
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Medicopolitics is the art of the risible
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The GPC chair’s top priority? Remind people why we exist

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It’s not just cricket

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CPD: Making primary care greener

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If NHS England was serious about patient access…
If NHS England was serious about patient access…

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We need to talk
We need to talk

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