Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a review by NHS England that will reduce the amount of bureaucracy faced by GPs, as well as the development of a number of tools that will help to reduce the “mountain” of inappropriate workload they are currently burdened with. Continue reading
GPs in England have been offered a “new deal” by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt – as long as they sign up to seven-day opening of surgeries. Proposals for the package, which will provide help for under-pressure services, include the recruitment of 5,000 new GPs and another 5,000 support staff, including practice nurses. Continue reading
With plans for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to work towards covering the cost of its own regulation ‘over a reasonable period of time’, GP practices fear that their own fees to the regulator could double. Continue reading
Delegates at the annual British Medical Association (BMA) local medical committees conference rejected calls to abandon pay negotiations through the Doctors and Dentists Review Body (DDRB) but ruled against a return to direct pay negotiations, contracts and conditions with the NHS. Continue reading