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GPC votes to ‘phase out’ physician associates from general practice
‘We need to be sure that staff who see patients are suitably trained and competent to see them unsupervised’, GPC chair said.
Extend January 2025 tax deadline for doctors, accountants urge
The position emerged following a survey by the AISMA in which almost 90% of members who responded identified errors on statements.
Physician associates can practise for two years unregistered: GMC
PAs can continue to practise without registration until December 2026 according to a new timeline laid out by the GMC.
Employment for salaried GPs and locums could end collective action
‘A comprehensive substantive longer-term solution’ for unemployed and underemployed GPs could end collection action, authors of a new BMA document promise.
GPs barred from ARRS scheme if qualified for two years or more
GPs who have been ‘substantively employed’ before are ruled out, as are GPs ‘employed in a temporary capacity i.e. locums’.
Over 6,000 sessions booked on LocumDeck last month
More sessions were booked on LocumDeck last month than in March, April or May.
Consultant’s leukaemia webinar for GPs open for booking
Consultant haematologist Steve Knapper of leading charity Leukaemia Care will present a lunchtime overview session for primary care doctors on managing patients with blood cancer.
One in five GPs already use AI tools like ChatGPT for daily work
Around a third of them use AI to generate documents after appointments or suggest differential diagnosis.
GP funding deserves ‘fundamental strategic shift’, Darzi review finds
Since then, RCGP chair Dr Kamila Hawthorne has called for emergency GP funding in the autumn budget.
GP locums urged to register with HMRC by 5 Oct
Any GP earning over £1,000 in self-employed income must file a tax return.
Free webinar with ophthalmology consultant launched for GPs
Nigel Davies works at St Thomas's Hospital in London, with a specialist interest in medical retinal disease.
GPs poised for ‘painful’ autumn budget and possible tax hikes
In its analysis the BBC speculated over lower pension tax relief, higher fuel duties and a possible capital gains tax hike.
RCGP: Half of soon-to-qualify GP registrars ‘still looking for work’
Registrars struggling to find a role reported applied for an average 13 roles each.
Sessional GPs may bear the brunt of ‘workload dump’, doctors warn
GPs have criticised a Local Medical Committee after it published a list of tasks for members to decline.
Thousands of GPs’ pension records ‘missing’ under Capita, BMA alleges
A new campaign against ‘out of date and inaccurate pension records’ focuses on ‘missing years’.
‘Unlikely’ all GPs will see 7.4 percent global sum uplift, accountants warn
Uplift of just over 7% to the global sum will 'not necessarily' fund a 6% pay increase for all practice staff.
Hours per GP session up while session number falls, new BJGP study shows
The increase in the numbers of hours worked per session over the last decade may lead to a relative decline in GPs’ hourly salary, authors warned.
Sessional GPs working an average of ‘a day a week’ less than 2022
Some 84% of GPs responding wanted to work more sessions, a new BMA survey on the sessional GP workforce crisis has revealed.
HMRC cancels 36,000 fines for late self assessment taxpayers
Thousands of self assessment taxpayers who missed a deadline saw their penalties cancelled by HMRC last year as the service struggled to cope with customer service queries.
GP accountant to field questions from sessional GPs next month
Tori Ferguson, a tax manager at the specialist medical firm Honey Barrett, will take questions from sessional GPs ahead of her talk to NASGP members on Thursday 5 September.
Six percent practice funding ‘not enough’, BMA warns salaried GPs
The BMA understands that the recommended uplift is 4.1% inclusive of the 1.9% GPs received from core practice contracts from April.
GPs vote overwhelmingly for collective action over funding
During the ballot, the BMA published nine proposals for actions that GPs could take, including limiting patient contacts to 25 a day per GP.
GPs to be added to ARRS scheme amidst calls for core funding
GPs and practice managers warned that ARRS funding at most PCNs has already been spent, is short-term, and that sessional GPs should be paid through core funding.
Locums unemployed during access crisis ‘absurd’, GPs tell Health Sec
Some 9,765 GPs, registrars and retired GPs have signed a new open letter from the RCGP.