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Prof Field: ‘General practice is the jewel in our crown and we're undermined by a small percentage of GPs.' Pic: Jason Heath Lancy

CQC warns inspections could leave 200 practices facing closure

Up to 200 practices in England could face closure in the wake of CQC inspections, as pilots found 2%...

Harvey Ward wants the NHS to truly reach from the cradle to the grave

Chairman of the RCGP patients and carers partnership group, Harvey Ward, wants to improve the patien...

The alcohol DES will be scrapped, although practices will still need to identify and manage at-risk patients (Photo: UNP)

Enhanced services to be overhauled in new GP contract

The avoiding unplanned admissions enhanced service will be extended for a further year under the new...

(Photo: Jason Heath Lancy)

Named GP for all patients as new GP contract announced

Every patient in England will have a named GP by March 2016 and practices will be forced to publish ...

Cameron: patients should have seven-day access to their GP (Photo: PR Week)

David Cameron pledges seven-day access to GPs by 2020

Everyone in England should have seven-day access to a GP from 2020, the prime minister has announced...

Waiting room: proposal for GP appointment system overhaul (Photo: JH Lancy)

Scrap GP appointment system, urges health expert

Appointment systems in general practice should be 'abolished altogether' to curb rising dissatisfact...

Professor Nigel Sparrow: CQC checks will be fair

Exclusive: CQC ratings threat to GP practices

CQC plans to rate all GP practices by April 2016 could undermine general practice capacity and put t...

Petition: Dr Maureen Baker (left) and Patricia Wilkie (Photo: RCGP/Grange Photography)

RCGP unveils 300,000-signature petition demanding GP investment

More than 75% of British people believe the NHS needs more GPs, an RCGP poll has found, as the colle...

Exclusive: Contract talks may halve value of QOF

The proportion of GP income linked to quality targets could be slashed to 10% under plans mooted by ...

How the new GMS pay uplift was wiped out for GPs

Since the new GMS contract took effect in 2004, official data have charted the steady erosion of GP ...

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