GPs are facing great challenges in providing continuity of care, according to the Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Professor Martin Marshall. In a keynote address to the RCGP Annual Conference today, Professor Marshall will highlight the effects of intense workload and workforce pressures facing GPs and their staff. The conference is held…

Doctors have renewed calls for radical action in protest at changes imposed on the general practice without agreement. Practices should withdraw from primary care networks and plan for “industrial action” until NHS England withdraws unpopular contractual impositions, the British Medical Association conference resolved yesterday. The vote, passed with 57% support, means the BMA has a…

Practice staff should get self-defence training to prepare them for attacks by patients or members of the public, doctors have stated. The training should be routinely available to all clinical staff, the British Medical Conference decided yesterday. The proposal was part of a package to tackle the rising tide of abuse against health workers and…

Practices have lost a landmark legal battle over charges levied by an NHS landlord, it has been revealed. Practices have been refusing to pay service charges levied by NHS Property Services and had mounted a legal challenge against the agency. They claim that charges have been frequently miscalculated and also disputed the nature of their…

GPs are increasingly laying plans to quit the profession – risking a mass exodus over the next few years, according to a major survey published today. Nearly 19,000 GPs and GP trainees could quit the profession over the next five years because of the growing pressure on doctors working in the area, the Royal College…

The switch to remote appointments in the NHS is playing a key role in helping to reduce carbon emissions, a senior NHS official has said. More than a third of GP practice appointments are now classified as remote, mostly conducted over the phone. Now the NHS head of sustainability, Dr Nick Watts, has said they…

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