Nick Bostock

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.

Around half of growth in the GP workforce over the last financial year came from jobs created through the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS), NHS data suggest.

Resident doctors including GP registrars have called off strikes after voting to accept a government pay offer that delivers a 6.6% average pay uplift along with other reforms.

Seven in 10 GP practices have had to reinstate patients removed incorrectly during a list cleaning drive that has cut practice funding by up to six figures, pushed up workload and risks 'drastic patient harm', LMCs have warned.

Half of GPs are delivering some private work amid a surge in portfolio working, polling suggests.

Rollout of an AI triage tool that cut phone queues in a GP practice trial is being fast-tracked across England.

A proposed new CQC framework for inspection and monitoring of general practice brings some improvements, but the scope of demands and 'vague expectations' around how assessments will work could 'overwhelm' small practices, the RCGP has warned.

Fewer than 800 GP practices received premises upgrades from a £102m fund last year - despite a government promise that it would benefit 'more than 1,000 surgeries'.

Patient satisfaction with general practice has surged to its highest point in five years, the latest annual survey reveals.

Tens of millions of pounds removed from GP budgets through a list cleaning process that has stripped more than 500,000 patients from practice lists will 'remain within general practice', NHS England has said.