Surgery Advice
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Prescriptions covering just 28 days are not based on 'sound' evidence and could be increased for stable conditions, a new study has suggested.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dr David Wrigley urges GPs to support organisations in their fight against threats to NHS general practice.
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Every GP-registered patient is now able to access seven-day services in London, in the largest rollout to date.
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A Pulse survey has found over a third of practice may end up not accepting new patients in the future.
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Pulse Today has learnt commissioners are reserving a set proportion of GP appointments for NHS 111 direct booking.
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The Scottish Government has announced plans to invest £100m next year to implement the proposed new contract for GPs in Scotland.
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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.
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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.
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Specialist medical accountant James Gransby explains how GPs can minimise the impact of new tax charges on their pension
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The RCGP has created a resource bringing together a range of advice and information for overseas GPs considering a career in the UK.
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Surrey GP Dr Sohail Butt explains how GPs can counter the risks of becoming overburdened at work by being appropriately assertive
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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.
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Shifting sands of seaside practices
12/09/2017
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.
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GP trainees are set to work fewer sessions than the eight previously considered full time, Pulse's survey of trainees has revealed.
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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?
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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.