Staff face daily abuse in many practices across the UK, according to an alarming new survey. The survey of GPs found that 40% reported daily abuse against them or their staff. As many as 74% reported facing weekly abuse in their practice, according to the Pulse survey. 45% said that all their staff would experience…

Practice managers have joined doctors in expressing alarm at the Labour party’s proposals for general practice. The Institute of General Practice Management wrote this week to Labour leader Keir Starmer and his health spokesman Wes Street after Starmer spoke at the weekend about abolish GP partnerships and enabling patient self-referral to patients. Starmer’s account of…

Labour leader Keir Starmer unveiled his party’s latest proposals for general practice yesterday – amid bewilderment and criticism from doctors. Starmer repeated his party’s proposals to allow patients self-referral to specialists and to abolish GP partnerships. He cited as examples persistent back pain and “internal bleeding”. He said this would release GPs to focus on…

With the constant demands and pressures you are under, social media is likely to be one of the last things on your mind! Whilst keeping your social media channels updated is really important for maintaining engagement with your patients and keeping them informed, it can be challenging to find the time to research current trends…

The drift towards hospitals taking over the running of GP practices has been reversed after two struggling practices were handed back to partnerships. The Abbey Meads Medical Group and Moredon Medical Centre in Swindon had been run by the Great Western Hospitals NHS Trust after being rated “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission. The practices,…

GP leaders have reacted in dismay to a proposal from Labour to scrap the partnerships in general practice. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting also wants to allow the public to refer themselves to specialists, bypassing GPs and saving them time, he said. He confirmed at the weekend that his party would run a public consultation…

Practices in London are being asked to provide hundreds of clinicians to maintain services during an ambulance strike next week, it has been revealed. NHS England has asked for more than 300 doctors and nurses to be made available during the strike next Wednesday, the Health Service Journal reported. In a letter to integrated care…