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In the judgement for Dr Hannah Dahwa’s case, the judge ruled that she was a worker at the time she worked for the OOH service.

eHarley Street has handed back four more contracts in Wales due to financial challenges, Pulse reports.

General practice faces a ‘ridiculous situation’, member GPs told NASGP’s chair and CEO at a workshop event last week.

Rachel Ainley, the head of research at Crohn’s and Colitis UK, joins lead nurse Pearl Avery for another free members-only webinar next month.

GPs are being pushed our of the NHS by low pay and persistent workforce problems, the co-chair of the GP registrars committee told GP Online.

More than 40 GPs were affected by issues related to the company, with two alleging that they were owed ‘in excess of £300,000’.

In 2015, the salaried GP workforce was just 70% of the size of the GP locum workforce; in 2024, it was 104%.

More than one in four GPs are ‘looking for work’ despite GP partners and practice managers reporting shortages, a new large-scale survey by Pulse has found.

Physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) may receive an enhanced scope of practice following the Leng Review, the Government announced this week.

The Welsh Government has said it is ‘very concerned’ about GPs not being paid.

NASGP chair Dr Richard Fieldhouse will host a virtual workshop at 7.30pm on Wednesday 5 February, collate responses from the workshop and feed them back to the Department for Health and Social Care, who are leading the ‘Change NHS’ project.

Leading BMA, GPC and RCGP GPs will lead a virtual rally on the problem of sessional GP unemployment.

Experienced nurse Claire Coughlan, clinical lead for Bowel Cancer UK, will present the NASGP’s second webinar of the year at 1pm on Thursday 6 February.

GPs can put questions to an experienced specialist medical accountant at NASGP’s first members event for 2025.

Doctors of the World UK is the UK chapter of the global Médecins du Monde network, an international human rights organisation made up of 17 chapters around the world working on both domestic and international health projects.

Andy Pow, accountant and AISMA board member, said: ‘GPs locums whose income has reduced or who have changed to salaried roles may well be dreading their January 2025 tax bills.’

GPs were owed £32,000 in unpaid invoices.

Practices are considering making salaried GPs work as locums to eliminate the cost of national insurance, a leading specialist accountant has said.

GP speaker Dr Varun Anand will present ‘Physical activity for long-term conditions’ for NASGP’s last webinar of 2024.

Physician associates will be the subject of a new independent review ordered by health secretary Wes Streeting, the government has announced.

Some 19% need locums because they don’t have enough staff, and the majority (40%) use a booking platform like LocumDeck to book GPs.

Helen Holmes-Fogg has now joined NASGP as its new chief executive officer.

Only 13 primary care networks have hired GPs locums using Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme funding.

The majority of practices in England (70%) are now taking some form of collective action, including limiting patient contacts to 25 a day, stopping any rationing of referrals, investigations and admissions, and offering voluntary services to plug local commissioning gaps.