According to the latest figures from NHS Digital, GP partner earnings rose by almost two per cent in the 2014/15 tax year, hitting an average of £101,500, while the income of salaried GPs dropped by almost the same percentage to £53,600. Continue reading
The British Medical Association (BMA) and NHS England have confirmed that possible changes aimed at making GP funding fairer will not be implemented before the 2018/19 contract in a bid to save practices from financial instability. Continue reading
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked the doctors’ and dentists’ pay review body (DDRB) to consider the salaried GP model in its next report, specifically asking for its observation on the factors affecting their ‘recruitment, retention and motivation’. Continue reading
According to a recent Freedom of Information (FoI) request, a number of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are ploughing millions of pounds into general practice in a move that equates to £195m of new local contracts for practices. Continue reading
NHS England says that GP practices will lose the funding they currently receive for so-called ‘ghost patients’, who have either died or moved away from the area. Continue reading
Half the surgeries in London are suffering staff shortages and a third have at least one GP vacancy, meaning that many patients are turning to their nearest A&E instead, causing huge difficulties in local hospitals. Continue reading
According to a recent survey, medical indemnity fees rose for 93 per cent of GPs in the last year and more than a quarter of those polled had to fork out more than 20 per cent more than they did the year before. Continue reading
New rules brought in to keep guns out of the hands of people who are medically unfit to hold a firearms licence will place undue burdens on practices, according to the British Medical Association (BMA). Continue reading
GP leaders have insisted that seven-day GP access is only successful through ‘significant, additional, short-term funding’ after a study finds that it significantly reduces A&E visits by patients at participating pilot practices. Continue reading
According to recent research, one in eight practice nurse places in the UK remain vacant and there are fears that the shortage may get worse if the Government implements plans to make nurses pay for their own training from August next year. Continue reading