Conservative conference: GPs stretched too thin, warns RCGP
General practice is in a 'precarious state' because the primary care workforce is spread dangerously...
Conservative conference: nine-to-five general practice won't wash
GP practices must open seven days a week because a nine-to-five weekday service simply 'will not was...
Conservative conference: Hunt warns primary care faces 'very big change'
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned primary care is heading for a 'very big change' when GPs bec...
Conservative conference: GPs unlikely to be paid more for 24-hour elderly duty
Practices are unlikely to be handed any extra money for co-ordinating 24-hour care of the frail elde...
NHS England urges GP pay freeze despite 5% efficiency this year
GP pay must not rise by more than 1% in 2014/15 despite an 'efficiency gain of around 4.68%' from th...
Hackney GPs win back control of out-of-hours service
A not-for-profit GP group has won its bid to take back control of out-of-hours care from a private f...
GP pay rise unnecessary and unaffordable, says NHS Employers
Morale among doctors is satisfactory and there is 'no pressing recruitment and retention issue' to j...
GMC defends MRCGP exam as row erupts over report findings
The GMC has launched a strong defence of the MRCGP exam after an independent report found the method...
More than 600 GPs could lose their licence over revalidation, GMC warns
More than 600 GPs face losing their licence to practise in the UK because they have failed to provid...
GP funding stationary despite extra workload
Workload passed from hospitals to primary care is not being adequately resourced, the GPC has said, ...
