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ARRS has ‘ostracised’ sessional GPs amidst locum rate falls: NASGP data
NASGP chair Dr Richard Fieldhouse made a call for support for GPs in the trade title for general practice, GP Online.
GPs ‘working for free’ to stay on Performer’s List, registrars warn
Leading GP registrars Dr Victoria McKay and Dr Cheska Ball warned that GPs were working in low-paid roles or seeking unemployment benefits due to the workforce shortage in the UK, in an exclusive new interview for Pulse.
New NHS pension ‘date worked’ feature on NASGP locum platform
‘Date worked’ feature is added alongside summaries of pensionable day, employer and employee contributions, and pensionable days service.
Expert GP to present on physical activity for long-term conditions
In a rare one-off event, this webinar will be open to members and non-members alike.
ICB could cut GP out-of-hours by £1.5m by closing walk-in centre
The integrated care board says that the closure of their walk-in centre could save £1.78m a year, but this decision may hit sessional GPs who rely on out-of-hours work.
Sessional GPs ‘live in fear’ of low-volume appraisal concerns
GPs have warned that scarcity of locum work has left them worried about surviving appraisal.
Out-of-hours GP calls for GPs to be employed as physician associates
The GP behind the petition that opened ARRS to GPs is now calling on the government to allow GPs to work as PAs, Pulse reports.
Hundreds of PCNs in England yet to hire a single ARRS GP, analysis shows
Over 1,500 GPs have been employed using additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) funding but hundreds of PCNs have refused to take part, GP Online reports.
More than half of GPs ‘want to work more’, 2025 BMA survey finds
Some 56% of GPs say they want to work more hours in the NHS but cannot find suitable opportunities.
More than half of GPs in England missing vital pension data
An FOI to NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) revealed that 18,575 GPs in England had missing NHS Pensions records.
One in four GPs did fewer sessions due to pension tax, BMA finds
Findings emerged as a result of a BMA survey of more than 5,000 doctors, including 907 GPs, about how taxes on the tapered annual allowance (AA) were affecting doctors’ decisions about how much to work.
Clinical psychologists to give GP talk on ADHD and autism outcomes
NASGP members are invited to a new talk, 'Better outcomes for patients with ADHD and autism', by Dr Alesia Moulton-Perkins and Dr Jessie Gough.
Update: New 2025/26 NHS pension forms for GPs now live on LocumDeck
NASGP has launched new NHS Pension Scheme forms on LocumDeck for 2025/26.
Self-employed GPs handed harsher late tax fees after Spring Statement
GPs must pay higher costs for late payments on tax returns, HMRC announced following the Spring Statement 2025 delivered yesterday.
Employers face £4m fines after investigation into rate-setting
Investigators have called for employers to pay out £4 million after looking into rate-setting in the media.
Primary care minister ‘absolutely committed’ to GP partnership model
The minister made comments as part of Pulse’s LIVE event, which NASGP chair Dr Fieldhouse also spoke at.
GPs reeling as Government abolishes NHS England overnight
Reorganisation may enable GP practices having more autonomy to provide more appointments.
Four in 10 GPs ‘disappear’ after qualifying, new NHS data suggests
Some 40.3% of GPs who qualified in 2022 and 2023 did not take up substantive roles in UK general practice, Pulse found.
‘Talent will be lost’, GPs warn after 2025 contract announcement
In particular, GPs voiced concern and cynicism over the continuation of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS), and the impact this may have on the wider profession.
Majority of GP locums not on WhatsApp booking groups: NASGP poll
Some 40% of GP locums say they are not on WhatsApp booking groups, an NASGP poll of 111 GPs has revealed.
Ophthalmologist Nigel Davies to present on loss of vision in GP
Consultant from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital London to present on fast and slow symptoms of vision loss to NASGP members in April.
GPs to get extra £889m funding in new 2025/6 contract from 1 April
But ARRS will continue to be limited to those within two years of their CCT date and who have not been previously substantively employed as a GP in general practice.
NASGP chair to join industry panel on workforce crisis
Dr Richard Fieldhouse will join Pulse editor Jaimie Kaffash at a panel next month.
One in five GPs ‘will change career’, BMA workforce survey of 1,400 finds
Of the 47% ‘expecting to make changes’, 43% plan to leave to take clinical jobs outside the NHS, 40% may work abroad and 38% plan to leave clinical work altogether.