By Robert Campbell Some 20,000 GPs were thought to be working as locums in 2016 (National Association of Salaried GPs). In 2016, there were 41,985 GPs in England working in 7,613 practices. The number of salaried GPs has increased by 400% in the last decade (British Medical Association). There are thought to be some 20,000…

GP practice managers are hitting back at recent news stories stating that the NHS pays £543m a year to GPs for 3.6 million ‘ghost’ patients who don’t exist. A number of newspapers reported on the story first published by the Mail on Sunday that despite a crackdown launched three years ago on so-called ‘ghost patients’,…

GPs are widely suffering from mental health problems as pressure grows on the profession, according to the findings of a survey published today. As many as 40% of doctors reported facing personal mental health problems in the survey conducted by the charity Mind. Problems included depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. The survey…

Nearly 40% of GPs want to quit the profession within five years, a major national study reports today – highlighting the massive pressures on the service. GP leaders said the figure – the highest during 20 years of the same survey – showed the measures to improve retention in general practice are still not working.…

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Trainee GP Dr Luke Ong will not face further court action over Home Office attempts to deport him, it was reported this afternoon. Dr Ong, based in Manchester, faced deportation after missing a visa renewal application by less than three weeks last year. He won a court appeal – but then faced a Home Office…