Nick Bostock

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.

GP leaders have warned that rural practice closures 'will harm patients', as doctors who stepped in to save a North Yorkshire surgery earlier this year warned their intervention was no more than a 'temporary fix'.

Fitness to practise concerns flagged to the GMC surged by 25% in 2025 compared with the previous year - with GP concerns rising slightly faster, data from the regulator shows.

In an open letter to new health and social care secretary Yvette Cooper, County Durham GP Dr Kamal Sidhu calls for a neighbourhood reset built on trust in general practice.

NHS England wants a 'major expansion' of advice and guidance this year after making it part of routine clinical practice for GPs from April. But most GPs say the shift is adding to workload - and GPonline polling shows concerns go far wider.

Aggressive list cleaning that has knocked around 500,000 patients off GP practice lists in recent months is part of a 'four-year rolling programme' - and funding cut from practices as a result could be reinvested this year partly through premises improvements, GPonline understands.