CCG claims 7,000 practice hours saved through productivity programme
Practices in Bury have freed up around 7,000 hours of clinical and administrative time by implementi...
BMA conference votes to oppose charges for GP appointments
The BMA has voted to oppose charging patients to see a GP or for missing an appointment....
STPs will deliver extra funding to GPs, says senior NHS England GP
General practice will receive increased funding through sustainability and transformation plans (STP...
Social prescribing used regularly by one in five GPs
The vast majority of GPs are open to social prescribing, with one in five practices regularly referr...
CQC rates one in four online primary care services as unsafe
All nine services offering video GP consultations and online prescriptions that have been rated by t...
Tory-DUP alliance votes down Labour plan to end NHS pay cuts
The Conservative-DUP alliance voted last night to continue real-terms pay cuts for NHS staff by defe...
BMA to develop GP 'black alert' system for practices facing unsafe workload
The BMA will develop a system for GP practices to declare hospital-style 'black alerts' when they re...
Weakened government's seven-day GP plans and austerity can be stopped, says BMA chair-elect
The general election result is a mandate to overturn government austerity and the promise of seven-d...
CQC ratings should reflect practice funding and 'context', warns BMA
The BMA has called on the CQC to take 'the context and resource in which services are delivered' int...
Locum GPs fear being left in limbo as payment deadline looms
Locum GPs who have been promised payment this week by an agency that owes doctors thousands of pound...
