The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has warned that GP services are under so much pressure that A&E units are having to pick up the strain because patients cannot get appointments at surgeries. Continue reading
The redistribution of funding to general practice, to the tune of £0.5bn, could see some GPs worse off as the Government strives to equalise pay across primary care. Continue reading
GPs operating as a personal medical services (PMS) organisation could be facing a tax bill that is 13.8 per cent higher than normal under new legislation coming into force on April 6. Continue reading
A recent report has found that a number of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) could either end up in deficit or just breakeven at the end of the 2013/14 financial year, with the knock-on effect that they would not be awarded quality premium payments worth up to £30,000 per GP practice. Continue reading