Nick Bostock

LMCs have called for clear limits on workload in general practice - warning that current pressure on practices is unsafe for patients and GPs.

Recruiting and retaining more GPs must be a 'central priority' in a revamped NHS workforce plan expected in the coming months, experts have warned.

GPs across England will pilot new approaches to fit notes from this summer, after the government promised a 'radical overhaul' of a system it said is currently broken.

Locum GPs already working in practices can be paid to provide additional sessions under the £292m practice-level GP reimbursement fund for 2026/27 - but the extra work must be on a salaried contract, NHS England has confirmed.

GP practices will take action around medicines optimisation and prescribing from 1 June as the profession ramps up pressure on the goverment over the imposed 2026/27 contract.

GP leaders have flagged 'increasing' safety concerns over mandatory advice and guidance as a health watchdog investigating the issue said it reserved the right to trigger NHS safety measures to protect patients.

GPs in England will be balloted on a 'Plan B' alternative to the current GP contract that would expand options for providing private services to patients, in a landmark move confirmed by the BMA.

GPs fear concerns about a single patient record risk being 'brushed under the carpet' as MPs prepare to debate the new Health Bill.

A second phase of GP collective action starting from 1 June 'will be expensive for ICBs', BMA leaders have warned.

Health Bill legislation should clarify how funding will follow services out of hospital as part of neighbourhood NHS reforms, the RCGP has warned.