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PCNs hiring ‘portfolio’ salaried GPs to work across practices
PCNs have begun hiring GPs to work across practices in ‘portfolio’ roles, Pulse reports.
New locum prescribing study needs context, GPs advise
Dr Fieldhouse said: 'This paper raises many questions, and insightful feedback from our members shows that more research needs to be done.'
Practices ‘should not pay “pension included” rates’
Practices that pay a rate inclusive of pension contributions ‘shouldn’t be doing so’, specialist medical accountants advised this week.
£10m of locum funding unspent
GPs and commissioners have been urged to submit last-minute proposals to access these funds.
More remote consultations for Wales, minister tells LMCs
Minister promises a step change.
Free lunchtime CPD series for locums launches in April
Sessional GPs can learn advanced practice tips about risk management in the first of a new series of CPD webinars from NASGP.
Majority of GPs should be employed by trusts, reports says
'At Your Service' has a foreword by Sajid Javid.
UK GPs organise for Ukraine
Doctors across the UK and the island of Ireland have spoken out and organised funding in solidarity with Ukraine.
GPs face Saturday opening in new contract imposition
GPs in England must open at weekends, according to 2022/3 contract.
BMA: ‘No requirement’ for locums to use flexible pools
Dr Richard Fieldhouse, chair of NASGP, said: 'As the BMA quite rightly warns, these banks must not strip GPs of the security and autonomy that are so essential to the workforce.'
GP Type 2 deadline extended
PCSE has pushed the deadline to 7 March.
Salaried GPs should get 2% uplift, DDRB advises
Salaried GPs could get a pay uplift of 2% for 2022/23.
GPs speak out against proposals to stop free lateral flow tests
Dr Richard Fieldhouse, NASGP chair, said: 'Until the NHS is free of the risks of its workforce coming in to work with COVID, lateral flow tests must remain free.'
GP pension changes delayed by six months
On 1 October top rates will fall from 14.5% to 12.5% over the course of two years, reducing contribution costs for GPs.
GPs compensated £1.5m for pension errors
Dr Richard Fieldhouse, NASGP chair, said: 'The biggest issue that the NHS faces is the welfare and resilience of its workforce, and a properly administered pension scheme that is simple to use and access will go a long way to supporting that.'
New LocumDeck ‘switch’ hides Availability Requests
NASGP acted on feedback from locums about the high volume of requests for sessions that NASGP members face at the moment.
HMRC deadline extended for self-assessment
But specialist medical accountants warn against waiting.
Locums won’t be ‘corralled’ into flexible pools
Speaking to Emma Bower for GP Online, Dr Richard Fieldhouse said flexible pools were in principle ‘a fantastic idea’, but warned that colleagues would not give up the flexibility of locuming to operate in a new model.
NASGP urges locums to add Covid pass on LocumDeck
GPs working in practices in England should show compliance with the NHS’s new vaccine mandate, NASGP has advised members.
Funded membership launches for Hants and Isle of Wight GPs
GPs can post their own availability and see availability requests from HIOW practices as part of the offer.
‘Sustained fatigue’ new factor in FTP cases
GMC will consider pressure on doctors in mitigation.
Record cancer referrals in November, data shows
GPs made close to quarter of a million urgent referrals the month before Christmas.
LocumDeck bookings ‘highest ever’, NASGP reports
January 2022 figures are now on track to beat November’s.
Fully-funded membership scheme launches for Berks, Bucks, Oxon and Frimley
GPs can post their own availability and see availability requests from over 270 practices as part of the offer.