With workplace-related stress and mental health issues becoming an increasing concern across the country, it’s no surprise that the Westfield Health’s Wellbeing Index found that over a quarter (28%) of working adults have experienced stress [read more]

The government is currently consulting with doctors on how the NHS pension scheme can be made more flexible Matt Hancock is asking consultants, GPs and other senior clinicians for their views on proposals to change NHS pensions. [read more]

A voluntary pact with the food industry to curb salt content in England has been linked to thousands of extra heart disease/stroke and stomach cancer cases Since the introduction of the voluntary pact the UK [read more]

The BMA has responded to the news that doctors will see their pay rise by just over two per cent The BMA has criticised the pay awards announced today, saying the increase of just over [read more]

Chief Executive of The King’s Fund, Richard Murray, has written an open letter to the final two candidates in the race to become Prime Minister outlining the issues he believes require political action in order [read more]

Every GP practice exists under the NHS banner – one of the world’s most recognisable brands – but is it enough? Lawrie Jones at Practice Business spoke to some graphic designers to get their views [read more]

As reported by the BBC, a new app is being created to save GP time by helping women diagnose UTIs at home A new app is being developed to help women diagnose UTIs. The aim [read more]

Finding show that soothing music has a similar effect to midazolam in relieving anxiety before regional anaesthesia Music may offer an alternative to the use of a drug routinely used to calm the nerves before [read more]

A new survey suggests that workplace satisfaction – like red wine – gets better with age. A survey of over 10,000 people from 131 countries found that older employees were much more satisfied with their [read more]

The BMA has written to the public health minister to express growing concerns over the impact of alcohol on the nation’s health The BMA and other leading healthcare organisations have written to the public health [read more]

The BMA has reiterated that Capita should be stripped of its GP contract The BMA is, once again, calling for Capita to be stripped of its primary care contract following new admissions of errors. Capita [read more]

The appointment of the GMC as a regulator for physician and anaesthesia associates must not adversely impact doctors, the BMA has said Responding to the announcement that the Department of Health and Social Care has asked [read more]

Across the NHS, in January 2019, the average NHS absence rate was 5%. While the NHS doesn’t actively record the absence rates of GP practices, if we consider the rates to be similar, that’s a [read more]

A new report shows that around six per cent of patients are affected by preventable harm in medical care Around one in 20 (six per cent) patients are affected by preventable harm in medical care, [read more]