Funding of varying amounts is to be made available to over 1,000 GP practices across the country for premises projects during the 2015/16 tax year, either for new buildings or improvements to existing facilities. Continue reading →

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has confirmed that mental health services in England will receive £1.25bn in next week’s Budget, mainly to help vulnerable children and young people. Continue reading →

A Freedom of Information Act request by Pulse magazine has revealed that there has been a 500 per cent rise in practices approaching NHS managers for advice on closing or merging their practices over the past year. Continue reading →

NHS England said last month that it will cover the indemnity costs of GPs working out-of-hours shifts until April as part of a pilot scheme, after the body admitted that costs are ‘often a barrier to recruit’. Continue reading →