A petition launched earlier this year by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has gained 300,000 signatures and was handed in to Downing Street last week. Continue reading →

According to the Social Health and Social Care Information Centre, contractor GP’s income fell for the seventh successive year during the last tax year, falling to £102,000 in 2012/13 before tax from its peak of £110,000 in 2005/06. Continue reading →

GPs in Yorkshire and Humber are to be offered overseas placement sabbaticals and funding to do their MBAs as part of a plan by a Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to alleviate the recruitment crisis in the profession locally. Continue reading →

GP practices will have to pay half the cost of essential support for when they are placed in ‘special measures’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), in a move described by GP leaders as the ‘final straw’ for many practices. Continue reading →

The National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) is calling on the Government to rethink NHS England’s review of private medical services (PMS) and is holding a summit on the matter on 1 October to debate the funding issues faced by practices as a result of it. Continue reading →