On an unusually introspective day, I read this article. It led me to thinking about this in the context of my life. I am a bit of a perfectionist. I don’t always succeed in perfection, but I am always striving to do my best. It’s what, arguably has made me a good PM over the…

Health secretary Sajid Javid is facing double anger from doctors after threatening new steps to require practices to increase face to face appointments. The Royal College of GPs accused him of failing to tackle a chronic shortage of GPs while the British Medical Association accused him of being “far removed from reality.”The BMA was also…

The British government is set to press on with additional COVID-19 vaccination today in spite of experts questioning the benefits of booster campaigns. Yesterday the government decided to offer vaccines to children aged 12 to 15 while today it is expected to announce a booster campaign for over-50s. The Lancet yesterday published an expert review…

The government has launched a new consultation on compulsory vaccination for practice staff working in England, it has been announced. It is considering making both COVID and flu vaccination compulsory for all frontline health staff, including those working in the NHS and GP practices. Currently 12% of NHS staff have not had two doses of…

I wrote a number of CQC-themed blogs during the pandemic; the first focused on the ever-changing CQC environment followed by continuing to sail on the sea of CQC change. Coincidence? Perhaps not, as at the time of writing this blog, the CQC remains in a state of change. The new monitoring approach, piloted in the…

Talks are to resume on next year’s practice contracts following a boycott because of the growing row about access in the months following the pandemic. GP leaders are to return to talks with government officials after the three month boycott following a row about “damaging communications.” The British Medical Association suspended relations with NHS England…

Practices are facing the cancellation of thousands of flu vaccine appointments as the programme became the latest to be hit by the UK’s logistics crisis. Vaccine company Seqirus has warned deliveries may be delayed by up to two weeks because of “freight challenges.” GP leaders and practice managers reacted in dismay, warning that the delays…