It wasn’t too many years ago that the humble medicine cabinet simply contained some plasters and aspirin. Nowadays, it seems to be bulging at the seams with all kinds of tablets and a variety of home diagnostic equipment. During the pandemic, we all know it became harder to see a clinician. So, many a household…

The average number of patients under the care of every fully qualified GP has reached 2,200 – with numbers per doctor reaching 3,000 in one town, according to an analysis published today. The numbers have increased by a tenth in the last five years, according to the analysis by the Liberal Democrats, published in the…

Practices are responding to public pressure by delivering more face to face appointments and home visits in spite of falling numbers of fully qualified doctors, according to the latest data. In total, practices in March delivered 27.1 million appointments of which 18.3 million were face to face, according to the NHS Digital data published yesterday.…

Over 250 people joined us this week for the Gender Identity Toolkit Launch Webinar. The toolkit is a project the IGPM have been working on with Indigo, the LGBT Foundation Pride in Practice, and Practice Index for some time. This work has resulted in a document that we think is highly relevant to practices, and…

GPs are to vote on returning practices to normal working hours as part of a series of measures aimed at tackling overwhelming workloads. The proposal is to be considered in a special debate at the conference of local medical committees next month. GPs will discuss it exclusively with the proposal being tabled by the Avon…

As many as 75% of GPs report increased verbal abuse and aggression from patients, according to an alarming new survey. Some 38% of doctors said there had been a “significant” increase in abuse towards them and their practice staff in the survey of 2,000 doctors conducted by the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland.…

Primary care is strongest in the south west of England – and weakest in the south east, according to a new analysis. The south west region has significantly more GPs, employing significantly more clinical staff, per head of population than other regions, according to the Health Service Journal analysis. The numbers may reflect the ageing…