Nick Bostock

'We won't really know how many patients have been wrongly removed from their GP practice until they pitch up expecting to be seen, because they think they're still patients,' warns Gateshead GP Dr Paul Evans.

The General Practice Defence Fund (GPDF) has rejected resolutions that would have frozen funding for the BMA GP committee.

Health organisations have told the government to pause its long-delayed refresh of the NHS workforce plan - expected to be published imminently - warning that it risks falling 'significantly short' of delivering the workforce boost the health service needs and is over-reliant on unproven assumptions about artificial intelligence (AI).

GP access will remain a key NHS target, health and social care secretary James Murray has said, despite warnings that the government has focused too much on this at the expense of continuity.

The BMA has begun legal action against the government over a planned U-turn on stripping the GMC of its power to appeal medical tribunal decisions.

'I've had sleepless nights,' says London GP Dr Tina Agrawal, a partner whose exceptionally popular practice faces a six-figure income cut thanks to list cleaning. 'We're in trouble.'

GP leaders have questioned the validity of an 'alarming' list cleaning drive that has slashed more than 300,000 patients from practice lists over the past year.

The BMA has advised GP registrars to back the government's latest pay offer in an ongoing referendum that closes this week.

GP partners could see profits drop in 2026/27 because rising costs are outstripping income, a leading specialist accountant has warned.

Millions of patients who use online prescription services could be at risk because of poor communication between these services and NHS GPs, a report warns.