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NHS England backtracks on >£150k name-and-shame list a day before deadline.

New GP notes on record will be visible to patients via the NHS App from December onwards.

A group of doctors overpaid pensions tax to the tune of £11m, a financial advisory firm reports.

GPs gave more than 28m consultations in England during the month.

Average hourly and daily rates remained static, poll of 441 GPs reveals.

Should this ballot for industrial action go ahead, eligible BMA members will be able to use this opportunity to make their voices heard.

GP locums have been offered a range of fully-funded services for the next two years, thanks to local support.

At best, Liverpool CCG has one GP for every 1,614 people, but Fylde and Wyre CCG has 2,833 people for every GP.

Dr Fieldhouse warned PoliticsHome that £250m access fund ignores workforce crisis.

GP locums can now book a booster via an NHS service.

67% more 'Instant' bookings in September than August, stats show.

NASGP is already working with GPs in the West Country to enable GPs outside the area to support their practices remotely.

GP locums are becoming increasingly frustrated by the new PCSE pensions portal, NASGP founders told PCSE in an email this week.

'This remote service can support practices and patients in areas that have struggled to recruit or retain GPs,' Dr Fieldhouse said.

Public outcry over GP-bashing in UK parliament and media has led Dr Chaand Nagpaul, BMA chair, to request an urgent meeting with the prime minister.

Dr Richard Fieldhouse, a GP locum and NASGP chair, wrote: 'This is a welcome clarification from the MPS.'

NASGP members get half-price registration.

GP locums can now work with over 2,000 GP practices in the UK on LocumDeck after the independent booking system saw its total reach new heights last week.

Early figures suggest LocumDeck bookings will double month on month in September 2021, compared with August.

A new GP locum champion role is being advertised in Shropshire to offer a point of contact and support newly-qualified GPs who start work as GP locums.

GPs must not order blood tests unless they are clinically urgent, NHS England warned.

NASGP fully supports the fight for salaried GPs to be remunerated fairly.

Dr Richard Fieldhouse, chair of NASGP, said: 'It is always good to see more evidence for ways for groups of GPs to support each other in making their work safer and more efficient.'

GPs urge caution as order for people to self-isolate after COVID contact ends.