Soaring indemnity charges may deal another serious blow to general practice, it has been claimed. Doctors taking part in a survey have warned that the costs could lead them to quit the profession. GPs have been concerned for some time about the rising costs of indemnity – which can cost up to £30,000 a year.…

GP leaders hit out in dismay as the latest figures showed no significant improvement in the number of doctors working in their field. The NHS Digital figures show 46 fewer doctors working as GPs at the end of March compared with the beginning of January However practices gained marginally more doctor time – as the…

Politicians have a “callous disregard” for the problems of the NHS, a senior GP says today. Dr Chaand Nagpaul, chair of the British Medical Association’s GP committee, is due to launch his attack at the annual conference of local medical committees today. He will warn of the impact of growing GP shortages and say: “The…

Thank you for all of your questions on this thread for Roy Lilley. The whole interview can be seen below but if you’d like to skip to specific answers, please see the timings under the video. If you click on the timings it will take you to that part of the video in a new window. 1)…

Author: Lynda Cox The new reimbursement provisions, announced in February and effective (in England) from 1st April 2017, mean that practices can claim up to £1734.18 pw for the first 26 weeks of a GP’s sickness absence, falling to half in the second 26 weeks of absence. This doesn’t mean that practices can claim £1734 pw…

England lost around 400 full-time GPs in the last three months of last year, according to new figures. GP leaders said the figures showed that promises to recruit more doctors to the role were faltering. The NHS Digital figures are described as “experimental” and could reflect seasonal changes over the autumn. NHS Digital reported an…

As you’ve probably read by now, this week saw the publication of the new GP contract for 2017/18. Reading through the publication, it appears there’s some good news tempered, of course, by some bad. The headlines are that GPs will receive a pay rise of approximately 1% and the unplanned admissions DES will be scrapped,…