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GPonline https://www.gponline.com is the website for UK GPs and primary care teams with news, education and careers advice and the home of the Talking General Practice podcast https://podfollow.com/talking-gp
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Quarter of practices face 'unsustainable' demand following online access change, LMC warns
Quarter of practices face 'unsustainable' demand following online access change, LMC warns
Almost a quarter of GP practices have warned they are facing unsustainable demand following changes to online access introduced this month, an LMC survey has revealed.
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@plaidcymru.bsky.social pledges to double GP funding if it wins Welsh election
Plaid Cymru pledges to double GP funding if it wins Welsh election
Plaid Cymru has pledged to almost double the proportion of NHS funding general practice receives and increase the GP workforce if it wins next year's Senedd elections.
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Partnership model allows GPs to be 'world experts' at responding to change, says RCGP president
Partnership model allows GPs to be 'world experts' at responding to change, says RCGP president
The GP partnership model has enabled NHS general practices to become 'world experts at responding to change', the outgoing RCGP president has said.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 1d
GP flu consultations double in a fortnight as winter pressure builds
GP flu consultations double in a fortnight as winter pressure builds
GP consultations for flu-like illness have more than doubled in the past fortnight as flu and COVID-19 cases continue to rise - raising fresh concerns that the UK could be in line for a severe flu…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 1d
How GPs can break down the barriers that cause health inequity
How GPs can break down the barriers that cause health inequity
Dr Aziza Sesay, GP educator and honorary senior clinical lecturer, outlined six key barriers that can cause health inequity when she spoke at the RCGP annual conference - and offered tips on how GPs…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 1d
ICBs should support practices to become visa sponsors, GPs told
ICBs should support practices to become visa sponsors, GPs told
ICBs should support practices to become visa sponsors so that international medical graduate (IMG) GPs have more options for finding work, which in turn would help boost the workforce in…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 3d
Want to know what went on at this week's Royal College of General Practitioners annual conference? Listen to our special episode of Talking General Practice.
Podcast: RCGP conference - Minister rejects online access fears, securing GP investment, valuing GP continuity
Talking General Practice looks at what health minister Stephen Kinnock had to say at the RCGP annual conference and speaks to the college's vice chairs Professor Margaret Ikpoh and Dr Thomas…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 4d
Shift to larger practices with more locums 'natural change', says Welsh health secretary
Shift to larger practices with more locums 'natural change', says Welsh health secretary
Larger practices with more GPs in locum and salaried roles are a 'natural change' as the health service moves away from a focus on hospitals, the Welsh health and social care secretary has claimed.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 4d
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Health minister describes online consultation dispute as ‘phoney war’
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Health minister describes online consultation dispute as ‘phoney war’
Health minister Stephen Kinnock has described the current dispute between the BMA and the government over online consultations as a ‘phoney war’ and accused the union of ‘whipping up the issue’.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 4d
How GPs can use data to drive a shift to sustainable healthcare
How GPs can use data to drive a shift to sustainable healthcare
General practice can secure improved funding and become more sustainable through GPs using data to influence health leaders’ decisions as care moves out of hospitals, the RCGP 2025 conference has…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 4d
Making the evidence-based case for kindness in healthcare
Making the evidence-based case for kindness in healthcare
Evidence shows kindness is key to high-quality healthcare - but factors like this are missing from the 10-year health plan, an NHS consultant paediatrician and leader of a global movement on kindness…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 4d
Ahead of the #RCGPAC, Royal College of General Practitioners chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne appeared on the Talking General Practice podcast and raised her concerns about losing the partnership model and if it will be preserved. To listen to the full episode click here: lnkd.in/e8wGE4qB
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 4d
Government launches review of 'not fit for purpose' GP funding formula
Government launches review of 'not fit for purpose' GP funding formula
The government has announced a six-month review of the Carr-Hill GP funding formula - admitting it is 'not fit for purpose' - in a move that could drive a long overdue shift in practice funding.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 4d
Practices facing heavy workload and urgent requests as online access fears come true
Practices facing heavy workload and urgent requests as online access fears come true
GP practices say fears about controversial changes to online access from this month have proven correct - with practices reporting being overwhelmed by work and receiving urgent queries - including…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 5d
Professor Kamila Hawthorne: RCGP conference speech 2025 in full
Professor Kamila Hawthorne: RCGP conference speech 2025 in full
In her final RCGP conference speech as college chair, Professor Kamila Hawthorne spells out the pressures GPs face, what government must do to support them - and urges the profession to 'keep faith'…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 5d
GPs face unsafe workload and fear neighbourhoods will make it worse, RCGP warns
GPs face unsafe workload and fear neighbourhoods will make it worse, RCGP warns
Three in four GPs say heavy workload is compromising patient safety and most fear neighbourhoods will make it worse, according to polling by the RCGP ahead of its 2025 annual conference.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 5d
BMA condemns Tory plan to ban doctors from going on strike
BMA condemns Tory plan to ban doctors from going on strike
Doctors' leaders have condemned Conservative plans to ban doctors from going on strike - as the party's leader Kemi Badenoch blamed industrial action for long NHS waits.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 5d
Podcast: Professor Kamila Hawthorne on GP retention, partnerships and three years as RCGP chair #RCGPAC
Podcast: Professor Kamila Hawthorne on GP retention, partnerships and three years as RCGP chair
In the first of two special episodes of Talking General Practice from the RCGP annual conference this week, college chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne reflects on her three years in the role and some…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 5d
Next steps in GP industrial dispute could include contract breach
Next steps in GP industrial dispute could include contract breach
BMA GP leaders have set out next steps in the profession's industrial dispute with government including a potential escalation to actions that could breach practice contracts.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 5d
Government must do more to save GP partnerships, warns RCGP chair
Government must do more to save GP partnerships, warns RCGP chair
The government would be ‘crazy’ to turn its back on the GP partnership model and should take active steps to ensure it is able to thrive, the outgoing chair of the RCGP has said.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 7d
LMC voice lost in neighbourhood selection process
LMC voice lost in neighbourhood selection process
LMCs say they have had limited or no involvement in applications for the government's flagship neighbourhood programme, despite wanting to offer support and represent local medical perspectives.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 7d
First-year doctors back strikes over jobs crisis
First-year doctors back strikes over jobs crisis
First-year resident doctors have overwhelmingly backed strike action in a ballot that ramps up pressure on the government to address a chronic shortage of specialist training posts.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 7d
Why the UK could be facing a severe flu season
Why the UK could be facing a severe flu season
GPs have been urged to push hard to drive up flu vaccination rates amid rising cases in England at the start of winter - as experts pointed to soaring flu rates in Australia this year as a 'stark…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 7d
Online access change could make patients wait 'many months' for GP appointments
Online access change could make patients wait 'many months' for GP appointments
Online access changes imposed by the government could lead to some patients waiting 'many months' for GP appointments as practices bring in waiting lists to manage demand, BMA guidance suggests.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 10d
MPTS banding system to decide sanctions in fitness to practise cases
MPTS banding system to decide sanctions in fitness to practise cases
Sanctions for doctors facing fitness to practise tribunals will be determined by a new banding system from November, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) has said.
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