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GPs told to continue local collective action following private special LMC conference
The BMA has told GPs to continue tackling local commissioning gaps, while outcomes from the LMC conference on collective ...
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Clinical conundrum: Care home demanding sedation for a dementia patient
Dr Peter Bagshaw considers how to handle this clinical conundrum in which a care home is demanding sedation for a dementia ...
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NHSE abolition is an ‘opportunity’ to progress GP contract reform, says BMA
NHS England has been 'stopping' GP contract reform and its abolition could be an 'opportunity', the BMA's council chair has ...
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NHS told to stop issuing new records to young patients who change gender
The NHS has been instructed to put on hold any issuing of new patient records to children who have changed gender, for safety ...
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GPs to report eight additional notifiable diseases to enhance surveillance
Plans to add eight new conditions to the list of diseases that doctors will be required to report will come into force on 6 ...
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ARRS GP figures to be released in April
The number of GPs employed through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) is to be released by NHS England ...
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Has ARRS created a two-tier pay system?
In the almost seven years since the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) was introduced there has been a dramatic ...
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Pulse journalist wins prestigious award for GP campaigning
Pulse senior reporter Anna Colivicchi has won a prestigious award for her investigations on hospital trusts failing to send ...
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GP role in fit-note process ‘questionable’, suggests Government review
The ability of GPs to issue fit notes and deal with work and health issues is ‘questionable’, according to a ...
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Dr Burnt Out’s five-point plan for a reformed GP partnership model
With all this in mind, and there being a current vogue for plans/announcements/white papers etc, below is a five-point plan ...
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NHS App saved 400,000 hours of GP time last year, NHS England claims
GP time equivalent to more than 400,000 hours was saved through the use of the NHS App last year, NHS England has claimed.
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Smoking rates increasing in parts of England, experts warn
Smoking appears to be on the rise once more in some parts of England, warn researchers who have been tracking trends over two ...