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Mashup Score: 2
A GP partner served with contract termination notices after refusing to co-operate with a PCN has won a legal appeal with significant implications for general practice.
Source: www.gponline.comCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet
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Mashup Score: 2Most GPs believe PA roles in general practice should be phased out - 1 month(s) ago
More than half of GPs think existing physician associate (PA) roles in general practice should be phased out, according to a GPonline poll.
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Mashup Score: 3
GMC regulation of physician associates (PAs) will begin from next week – and critics of the plans should recognise ‘that ship has sailed’, the regulator’s chief executive has said.
Source: www.gponline.comCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet
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Mashup Score: 0
A charity that supports GPs facing financial hardship has helped 15% more people in the first 10 months of 2024 than in the whole of last year, as many qualified GPs continue to struggle to find work.
Source: www.gponline.comCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet
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Mashup Score: 5NHS primary care prescribing costs rise to £10.7bn a year - 2 month(s) ago
Total primary care prescribing costs in England rose to £10.7bn in 2023/24 – with around £1 in every £7 spent on drugs used in diabetes, official NHS data reveal.
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Mashup Score: 10
Thousands of qualified GPs will be lost to the NHS unless the government rips up its long-term workforce strategy and draws up a ‘bold plan to improve GP retention’, the RCGP has warned.
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Mashup Score: 3RCGP votes to oppose physician associate roles in general practice - 3 month(s) ago
The RCGP has said it opposes any role for physician associates (PAs) working in general practice, following a vote by its governing council on Friday 20 September.
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Mashup Score: 1
Plans to introduce a ‘neighbourhood NHS’ will not mean scrapping the GP partnership model, the health and social care secretary has said.
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Mashup Score: 0
General practice should be re-shaped into a ‘hub and spoke’ model as part of a shift to a new neighbourhood NHS system, according to an ‘oven-ready’ reform plan that is deeply critical of the independent contractor model – and has been welcomed by the government.
Source: www.gponline.comCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet
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Mashup Score: 2AI will never be a replacement for a highly-qualified GP, warns RCGP - 4 month(s) ago
Artificial intelligence (AI) should never be considered a replacement for a highly-qualified GP, the RCGP has warned – but the college said it would welcome the chance to help develop AI-driven health analytics to support the profession.
Source: www.gponline.comCategories: General Medicine News, Hem/OncsTweet
Court victory for @HealthierNWL GP who refused to join @NHSEngland PCN opens new legal window for practices https://t.co/QiOCAvYM7x via @nickbostock