Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has announced that he is thinking of implementing a new programme that would see more patient services being moved to GP practices from hospitals, in a move to sending the NHS ‘back to basics’. Continue reading →

The number of GP trainees is up across the UK for the 2016/17 year and even hard-to-recruit areas, such as the North-East, are feeling the benefit, although targets are still being missed. Continue reading →

It was suggested to GPs attending the recent Royal College of General Practitioners’ (RGCP) family doctor conference that they could earn extra cash by treating private patients on their smartphones. Continue reading →

NHS England has announced the overhaul of its ‘Induction and Refresher scheme’ to encourage GPs to return to the profession by offering them a monthly bursary of £3,500 while they retrain. Continue reading →

NHS Pensions has admitted that thousands of GP pension statements are ‘potentially incorrect’ and has removed access to the records, meaning that GPs are unable to look at them. Continue reading →