DDRB pay uplift The BMA is hugely disappointed by the Government’s announced 3% pay uplift for doctors. As we have come to expect from...

Update on GPC England resolution At the last GPC England meeting in May, the committee passed a vote of no confidence in the senior...

Patient survey results The annual GP patient survey results were published yesterday, and with 83% of patients rating their overall...

New Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Following the resignation of Matt Hancock MP last week, Sajid Javid MP has been...

New PCSE pay and pension system update (England) We have grown increasingly concerned about the volume of issues being raised about the...

GP appointment data (England) The GP appointment data for April in England was published yesterday, with revised data so that it now also...

Delay in roll-out of patient data sharing programme (GPDPR) It was announced in the Parliamentary health questions earlier this week that...

BMA calls for delay in roll-out of patient data sharing programme (GPDPR) for England Today the BMA issued a press release calling on NHS...

Unsustainable, unsafe, and unfair: General Practice in crisis Key Facts (attached) Number of appointments in March 2021: 28,4 million...

Vote of no confidence in NHS England leadership As lockdown measures are easing to various extents across the UK this week, and the BMA...

Face-to-face appointments As I said to the UK LMC Conference which was held this week, general practice has been through a hard and...

BMA survey – GP workload pressures The BMA has published its 13th COVID-19 survey, which clearly demonstrates how the pandemic has had a...

GP appointment figures and workload pressures (England) The latest GP appointment figures in England were published yesterday which show...

COVID-19 vaccination programme In his oral statement to Parliament this week, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt...

COVID-19 vaccination programme This week, as lockdown restrictions are beginning to ease in varying ways across the UK, those aged 45 and...

HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh We are saddened to hear that HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has died. He passed away...

GMS/PMS regulations - pandemic amendments (England) NHSE/I has confirmed that the temporary changes to the GP contract under the pandemic...

COVID-19 one year on This week marks one year since the first UK lockdown was introduced in order to combat the spread of COVID-19 and...

£120m additional funding for general practice (England) Following significant pressure from GPC England we have now secured an additional...

COVID-19 vaccination programme (England) Amended COVID-19 Vaccination Programme specification We have now agreed amendments to the CVP...