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GP practices in Scotland are emphasising their social side in job adverts in an attempt to attract new talent amid a severe workforce shortage.

There is a backlog of hundreds of thousands of pieces of clinical correspondence that have not been directed to GPs as a result of NHS England's failure to resolve problems associated with their contract with Capita, Government auditors have found.

EXCLUSIVE There was a 26% increase in the number of serious incidences reported by GP out-of-hours services to commissioners last year, with GP leaders warning that they are no longer a 'safe pace of work' and that there is an 'urgent crisis' in the service, a Pulse investigation has revealed.

Dr David Wrigley urges GPs to support organisations in their fight against threats to NHS general practice.

Every GP-registered patient is now able to access seven-day services in London, in the largest rollout to date.

A Pulse survey has found over a third of practice may end up not accepting new patients in the future.

Pulse Today has learnt commissioners are reserving a set proportion of GP appointments for NHS 111 direct booking.

The Scottish Government has announced plans to invest £100m next year to implement the proposed new contract for GPs in Scotland.

Health education bosses have recruited the highest ever number of GP trainees, but still fell short of the long-standing target of 3,250 graduates a year.

New European legislation will ban GPs from charging for providing personal data, in a move that could cost practices into the tens of thousands a year.

Specialist medical accountant James Gransby explains how GPs can minimise the impact of new tax charges on their pension

The RCGP has created a resource bringing together a range of advice and information for overseas GPs considering a career in the UK.

Surrey GP Dr Sohail Butt explains how GPs can counter the risks of becoming overburdened at work by being appropriately assertive

A £130,000-a-year salaried GP post is being offered at a struggling practice that was taken over by a hospital trust last year.

The dramatic collapse of general practice in resort towns should be a wake-up call for the rest of the UK, warns Dr Eamonn Jessup

Dr Samira Anane advises training practices on the new contract.

GP trainees are set to work fewer sessions than the eight previously considered full time, Pulse's survey of trainees has revealed.

I am a junior partner and I am finding a senior partner’s attitude towards me and other staff dogmatic, and bordering on bullying. How should I respond?

Almost half of locum and salaried GPs previously worked as a GP partner, with many citing they had turned to sessional work to regain control of their workload, a BMA survey of sessional GPs has found.