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Two portfolio GPs elected to new 2025 RCGP council
Dr Alice Hodkinson and Dr Deepthi Lavu, both portfolio GPs, were elected to RCGP council in the 2025 elections held this week.
GP contract wording initiates BMA audit, vote of no confidence
A contract variation notice published last month told practices they must be available to patients throughout core hours.
NASGP nominated for two awards to be decided by public vote
The NASGP has been nominated not once but twice for this year’s General Practice Awards 2025 by Cogora, the publishers behind the leading GP news titles, Pulse.
Lexacom founder Dr Andrew Whiteley to present AI talk for GPs
Dr Andrew Whiteley – formerly a GP and now founder and managing director of Lexacom – joins us for NASGP’s next webinar.
GP contract ‘slowed recruitment for salaried and locum GPs’: NASGP
Direct recruitment of GPs by practices may have slowed down following the 2025/26 GP contract deal despite substantial new investment, NASGP chair Dr Richard Fieldhouse told GPOnline last week.
Men ‘overtreated’ under current guidelines, cancer charity warns
The news emerged ahead of a talk on best practice on prostate cancer by a GP expert on Thursday 4 September, 1-2pm.
Nearly half of GPs now struggling with workload, GMC survey finds
Of GPs polled, 44% are struggling, 46% report being dissatisfied and six out of 10 GPs found it difficult to provide sufficient patient care at least weekly.
Over 4,000 new GPs to join profession as sessional unemployment worsens
Some 47% more GPs will complete clinical training (CCT) this year compared with 2019.
Sessional GPs ‘have so much insight’, Londonwide LMCs CEO tells podcast
Sessional GPs ‘have so much insight about what works and what doesn't work’, the CEO of Londonwide LMCs told the NASGP in a new podcast.
GPs could strike if no new funding emerges by September, GPC warns
The GPC warned that the union would ballot GPs on industrial action again if their demands are not met by 18 September.
Sessional GPs fear ‘neighbourhood’ schemes could lock them out
Lack of detail on Health Plan, and new funding for secondary care, has some GPs concerned.
GPs ‘must get ARRS money’, plus extra, BMA GP committee demands
Chair of the GPC has warned that GPs need ‘emergency’ funding, as well as ARRS, to retain underemployed colleagues.
Charge patients £20 per GP appointment, former health sec says
Former health secretary Sir Sajid Javid wrote a foreword for a paper which supports an idea he first floated in 2023.
RCGP: Dr Victoria Tzortziou Brown to be made IMG GP chair in November
The new chair will take up office in November for a three-year term when Professor Kamila Hawthorne steps down.
Leng review: GPs welcome new physician associate findings
Physician associates should be renamed ‘assistants’ and banned from working without supervision and diagnosing untriaged patients, an independent review has found.
GP registrars schedule five-day strike following residents’ ballot
Talks with the Health Secretary last Thursday hinted at the possibility of averting strikes, for example through changes to residents doctors’ student loan debt.
Ten-Year Plan ‘could undermine general practice as we know it’: BMA
'The plan points to potentially profound changes that, in some instances, could seriously undermine the current practice model,' chair said.
GPs in Northern Ireland vote for collective action over patient care
The vote passed with 98.7% in favour, based on participation of almost 80% of GP partners in the devolved nation.
New GP contracts and AI tools among 10 Year Health Plan initiatives
GP practices and GPs will continue to be the backbone of the NHS reforms according to the newly-released ‘10 Year Health Plan’.
GP prostate cancer update launched with Dr Bunmi Olajide
NASGP members can attend a talk on best practice on prostate cancer in our September webinar, ‘GP update: Prostate cancer’, scheduled for Thursday 4 September, 1-2pm.
BMA chair calls for ‘clueless’ GMC to be replaced as doctors’ regulator
Prof Banfield used his opening speech for this year’s Annual Representative Meeting to launch the bold new campaign to abolish the GMC’s role in GPs’ lives.
GPs told to forgo pay after private out-of-hours provider closes
Vocare’s parent company, Totally PLC, recently entered administration and was taken over by PHL Group Ltd.
Sessional GPs ‘could do 700k more appointments in Scotland alone’: BMA
Almost 160 full-time equivalent sessional GPs are currently looking for work north of the border, Pulse reports.
Most sessional GPs ‘up for another decade or more’, NASGP poll finds
Some 39% of GPs say they plan to work ‘more than 10 more years’ in general practice, with a further 8% say they will work five to 10 more years.