The General Practitioners’ Committee (GPC) has called on NHS England to review its payments for the new national pharmacy flu immunisation scheme, as under the current system, pharmacists could end up being paid more than GPs to administer the flu jab. Continue reading →

According to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, the British Medical Association (BMA) is “out of touch” with GPs’ wants and needs, as he says he has yet to meet a doctor who doesn’t want seven day working. Continue reading →

According to a recent report, GPs have saved the NHS around £7bn in the last 40 years by increasing generic prescribing rates, which have gone up by 20 per cent since 1976. However, it adds that costs are still being increased through over-diagnosing and inappropriate prescribing. Continue reading →