Since I’ve been working at Urban Village Medical Practice, with a specialist Homeless Healthcare service for Manchester’s homeless population, I’ve been amazed at the number of patients who come to us from outside the city looking for help because they’ve been refused access to their local practice. A couple of weeks ago, when a young…

A GP leader has criticised Government plans to send patients directly for cancer tests without practice appointments. Health Secretary Steve Barclay revealed yesterday that his staff are working on plans for patients to be sent directly to diagnostic centres for cancer tests. Later on, NHS England announced details of its changes to cancer diagnosis and…

NHS England has explained its winter vaccination plans after facing criticism for delaying the main programme until October. It said it wants practices and pharmacies to focus on seeking to deliver joint flu and COVID vaccination to ensure eligible patients get both vaccines. It wants services to focus on vaccinating children against flu in September,…

Just one in 20 GPs in Scotland believe their practice is sustainable in the long term, according to a stark new survey. About a third of doctors said their practice is already in a “precarious” situation in the survey conducted by the British Medical Association and published yesterday. The survey involved more than 850 doctors…

GPs in England have elected a leading doctor to lead them following the controversial ousting of their previous leader. The new chair of the British Medical Association’s GP committee for England is Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer, chair of the UK conference of local medical committees since 2019 and chief executive of the Cambridgeshire local medical committee.…

Practices may struggle to deliver COVID vaccination after a 25% cut in fees, GP leaders in England have warned. NHS England says the new fee of £7.54 a vaccination is “sufficient” to cover the cost of a five minute procedure. The British Medical Association says that COVID vaccination takes twice as long as flu vaccination.…

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