New data shows there are not enough practice staff to meet “escalating” patient need, GP leaders have warned. GPs carried out more than 31 million appointments in March, according to the latest GP data from NHS Digital. The Appointments in general practice report says 70.1% of March’s appointments were face to face – up from…

The number of GP appointments that are booked or cancelled using the NHS app have fallen for the third consecutive month, the Health Service Journal has revealed. Its analysis has found the use of the app dropped to 212,954 in March – a 15% decrease from January and a fall of 28% since October last…

Is there a way to avoid the dreaded 8am rush of calls into a GP practice? According to one practice – St Lawrence Surgery in Worthing – the answer is a resounding yes! Thanks to a new triage system, the practice is now able to see more patients, has freed up GPs to deal with…

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GP leaders have given a mixed welcome to a major Government commissioned review of the primary care system. Former Labour minister Patricia Hewitt has called for a reduction in targets and more flexibility for practices together with a total rethink of GP contracts. She said the NHS should focus more on outcomes rather than targets…

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Health Secretary Steve Barclay was under pressure today after the British Medical Association offered to allow the arbitration service ACAS to oversee talks on the trainee doctor pay dispute. An agreement to go to ACAS would almost certainly mean the immediate suspension of this week’s strikes – the hardest hitting walk-out the NHS has ever…