An independent think tank has suggested that patients should pay £10 for appointments with their GP, with the funds raised being put towards opening at weekends. Continue reading →

The new contract deal for GPs will see practices receiving around 40 per cent less next year but will increase the value of the global sum, create a new emergency admissions DES and oblige GPs to publish their net pay. Continue reading →

Despite saying recently that cuts to the minimum practice income guarantee (MPIG) were out of MPs’ hands, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has encouraged campaigners by accepting that rural practices could be detrimentally affected by the withdrawal of MPIG top-ups to core pay. Continue reading →

GP practices have been threatened with breach of contract notices if they fail to open from 8am to 6.30pm on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve and they have also been told that they may not sub-contract the services during these periods. Continue reading →