Kimberley Hackett

Neighbouring GP practices have rallied round to prevent a small rural village from losing its GP services altogether.

Heavy workload and underfunding have forced GP practices to breach their contracts by switching off online consultation forms within core hours, an LMC has warned.

Most locum GPs are not confident turning down low-paid shifts and have faced pressure to work beyond terms they have agreed, a sessional GP organisation has warned.

Patients have praised a GP practice in Cumbria for its swift response in re-directing services after a car crashed into its premises, injuring two people and forcing it to close temporarily.

Hospitals outsourcing triage of GP referrals or advice and guidance risk delays and duplication of work, GPs have warned.

The ‘Amazon-style’ approach to GP access is not fit for purpose, is driving unsustainable demand and prioritises the 'worried well' over the most clinically vulnerable, UK LMCs have warned.

Government action is needed to protect GPs and practice staff from patients who persistently harass them through email complaints and GMC referrals, LMCs have warned.

LMC leaders in part of England have been asked by their local ICB to identify struggling GP practices and support them with succession planning.

Some additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) GPs face redundancy or reduced hours as a PCN juggles budgets around this year's practice-level scheme - in a sign contract changes may fail to boost overall GP capacity.

Doctors’ leaders will vote on a call to block changes to advice and guidance that make it a core requirement of the GP contract, warning that it will lead to a transfer of work from consultants to GPs and uncertainty over medicolegal responsibility.