A guide to young workers’ rights, and the workplace benefits they can bring. Do you still remember your first-ever job? Go on, take a moment to remember those days… Perhaps you were nervous? Perhaps you hadn’t a clue what you were doing? Perhaps you had a boss who inspired you? My first jobs, as a…

The Government hopes to complete the rollout out of its troubled patient record access project this month, Health Secretary Steve Barclay said yesterday. Earlier this week two major suppliers suspended implementation of the Citizens’ Access project while GP leaders have warned that many practices are not ready. The project is intended to give patients access…

There’s a dichotomy between the resources that are being put into general practice and the national messages that are being given about the service. Is this deliberate, and is general practice the victim of some elaborate plot against it? Or is it simply the ineptitude and lack of understanding of those making the decisions? The…

Many practices are not ready for a launch next week of a new patient record access system, GP leaders have warned. The British Medical Association last night told GPs not to take part if they are not ready, setting out guidance on how to opt out. The “accelerated citizens’ access” will allow patients to access…

GPs and their practice staff have been asked to evaluate a pioneering new resource aimed at helping them make decisions about patient genetic issues. Genomic notes for clinicians – GeNotes – has been developed by Health Education England and is now to be extended to primary care. It will enable clinicians to decide when to…

The government and NHS leaders are ignoring evidence on the importance of continuity of care between GPs and their patients – while general practice remains a profession in crisis, MPs warn today. A new report on the future of general practice, published by the Health and Social Care Committee, says ministers and NHS England must…

Hundreds of staff and associate specialist doctors should be licensed to work in general practice, helping to solve the shortage of GPs, the General Medical Council said today. The General Medical Council says the SAS and locally employed workforce is growing six times as fast as the general practice workforce. In its annual report on…