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GP partner exodus during five-year contract, drug shortages, fit note reform
Season 4 Episode 38
In our regular news review the GPonline team looks at what’s happened to the GP workforce over the course of the five year contract, in particular th…
2 years, 6 months ago
Rethinking access in general practice
Season 4 Episode 37
Emma speaks to Jake Beech, a policy fellow from the think tank the Health Foundation, about why we need to change the way we think about access in ge…
2 years, 6 months ago
Untapped locum GP capacity, NHS evidence on GP pay, NHS U-turn on mental health support
Season 4 Episode 36
This week the GPonline team talks about how untapped capacity among GP locums could help deliver hundreds of thousands of extra GP appointments every…
2 years, 6 months ago
What do patients want from general practice?
Season 4 Episode 35
Emma speaks to Jacob Lant, the chief executive of National Voices, a coalition of more than 200 health and social care charities in England about wha…
2 years, 6 months ago
GPs reject contract in referendum, plus is general practice moving to a ‘GP-lite’ model?
Season 4 Episode 34
This week Nick and Emma explain the results of the BMA’s referendum on the GP contract for England in 2024/25 and what happens next. And they talk ab…
2 years, 7 months ago
Taking a different approach to GP retention
Season 4 Episode 33
This week Emma talks to GP Dr Lucy Henshall and healthcare consultant and former practice manager Penny Flack about their initiative Welcome Back to …
2 years, 7 months ago
Defining physician associate roles, a GP Uber driver, Welsh GPs near industrial action
Season 4 Episode 32
Emma and Nick discuss the debate that’s raging about the use of physician associates in the NHS after the BMA issued new guidance on the tasks PAs sh…
2 years, 7 months ago
Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer on the GP contract and the fight for a better deal for general practice
Season 4 Episode 31
Emma talks to BMA England GP committee chair Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer about the impact the GP contract for 2024/25 will have, the BMA’s referendum on…
2 years, 7 months ago
GP contract 2024/25 - are GPs in England heading for industrial action?
Season 4 Episode 30
This week the GPonline team discusses the GP contract for England for 2024/25.
They look at how the contract deal will affect practice finances, as w…
2 years, 8 months ago
Making the case for an NHS budget refocused on primary care
Season 4 Episode 29
This week Emma speaks to Beccy Baird, senior fellow at health think tank the King’s Fund.
Beccy is the lead author of a report the King’s Fund publish…
2 years, 8 months ago