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Pay restraint eased recruitment, says health secretary
Pay restraint has been ‘challenging’ but has allowed the NHS to recruit more staff, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said In a written statement to keep reading
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‘Peppa Pig’ highlights great GP care, but we must remember real-life pressures facing general practice
The RCGP has responded to an article in the BMJ which suggested that Peppa Pig encourages inappropriate use of primary care services Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair of keep reading
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MPS sets out key asks to government to ensure new indemnity scheme meets GP’s needs
The government should aim to provide absolute clarity on what and who will be covered in the new state-backed indemnity scheme for GPs in England, keep reading
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Doctors accuse Scottish Government of ‘nationalising’ general practice
CREDIT: This story was first seen in The Scotsman A group of GPs from the Highlands have accused the Scottish Government and the British Medical keep reading
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Doctors surgery manager wins top award for improving staff morale and patients’ health
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the Lancashire Telegraph A doctors surgery practice manager has been recognised at a top awards do, the Lancashire keep reading
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Rising numbers forced to take time off work to see a GP, poll finds
CREDIT: This story was first seen in The Telegraph Rising numbers of people are being forced to take time off work to see a GP, keep reading
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Stark warning of staffing crisis within Suffolk general practice by 2020
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the Ipswich Star Urgent action is being taken to recruit and retain clinicians within GP surgeries in Ipswich keep reading
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Scotland: Polling opens for GP contract
The BMA announces that polling on the proposed contract for Scottish GPs is open The leader of Scotland’s GPs has called on the profession to keep reading
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Sheffield GP practices to team up across 16 areas
CREDIT: This story was first seen in The Yorkshire Post Sheffield GP practices to team up across 16 areas as NHS bosses respond to closure keep reading
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More funding demanded to address workload pressure
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the Eastern Eye Philip Hammond’s autumn budget offered ‘little solution’ to the crisis of staff recruitment and retention in keep reading