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Scottish GP locum sounds the alarm on burnout
Dr Small warns workforce pressures hitting patient care.
Locums to be asked to work Saturdays from October
9am-5pm on Saturdays and 6.30pm-8pm on weekday evenings will soon be a reality.
PCSE under review ahead of 2025 contract expiry
Nearly 20,000 errors may affect NHS England’s assessment.
Third of GPs plan to quit within five years, survey finds
Latest national survey predicts major change.
Free menopause webinar added to NASGP’s free education series
GPs can learn about best practice and new research about the menopause during a lunchtime event on 5 May.
Funded membership launches for GPs in Gloucestershire
Local GPs eligible for two years' fully-funded membership as part of CCG partnership.
Ten-week Locum Form B rule to restart in October 2022
Locum B admin holiday comes to an end.
GPs running out of LFTs as many stay off sick with Covid-19
GPs are short of tests just as demand for sickness cover rises.
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.