Doctors who want to support the health service by caring for colleagues in need are being urged to sign up to the BMA peer support service This is an edited version of an article that [read more]

Following a major independent review of cancer screening in England, GP practices and primary care networks could be incentivised to increase uptake of cancer screening This is an edited version of an article first published [read more]

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published their annual State of Care report highlighting the overall quality of health and social care in England. Things are improving but we have a long way to go [read more]

‘Gaming disorder’ is now deemed a diagnosable mental health problem and GPs will be able to refer young people suffering from the condition This is an edited version of an article first published by The [read more]

Dyspraxia may be one of those overtly medical terms you’ve heard of, but don’t know much about. It is, in fact, a condition affecting physical co-ordination that can disrupt a person’s fine motor skills and [read more]

GPs, their teams and patients have been offered RCGP Bright Ideas Awards by the Royal College of General Practitioners for their ground-breaking ideas developed in the high-pressure environment of primary care This is an edited [read more]

Persistent underfunding of general practice has left practices struggling to attend to the increasing demands of their patients and improve services, the British Medical Association (BMA) GP committee chair has warned This is an edited [read more]

Two companies that provided personal care services have been fined £4000 because they were not registered with Care Quality Commission (CQC) as required by law This is an edited version of an article first published [read more]

A cake sale and raffle held at an Exmouth GP surgery has raised a significant sum for a suicide bereavement charity This is an edited version of an article first published by the Exmouth Journal. [read more]

Primary care network (PCN) clinical directors who put CCG meetings before spending time with local practices and patients have the wrong priorities, NHS England’s medical director for primary care has warned. This is an edited [read more]

A survey suggests that one in four patients with secondary breast cancer had to visit their GP three or more times before they got a diagnosis This is an edited version of an article first [read more]

An inquiry report produced by academics at London South Bank University (LSBU) advises to ‘boost local social prescribing to lower dependency on GP services’ Plans for social prescribing, currently being rolled out across primary care [read more]

Terrifying findings suggest that a fifth of UK doctors and other medical staff have experienced or witnessed sexual harassment at work in the past three years This is an edited version of an article that [read more]

Chair of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) says primary care clinicians are highly competent in spotting cancers, but limited resources and time pressure threaten early diagnosis This is an edited version of an article [read more]