CPD
What is the General Practice Fellowship programme?
The General Practice Fellowship programme is a national commitment, announced in the NHS Long Term Plan, and restated in the February 2020 Update to the GP keep reading
NHS funding
Finance and funding
How funding for GMS practices is calculated
Since 2020 the core funding of all GMS practices has been paid based on the global sum allocation formula, or ‘Carr-Hill formula’. The minimum practice keep reading
Finance and funding
How has funding for English practices changed due to COVID?
A lot has changed in general practice since the start of the pandemic – to help you, here is a quick guide to cover some keep reading
Compliance
A ‘decade of renewal’ for health?
The budget is the opportunity for the government to follow through on its promises to turn the page on austerity and begin a ‘decade of keep reading
News
NHS Providers: ‘Time to come clean to the public about the scale of challenges the NHS faces’
NHS Providers is warning that a failure to present the public with the true scale of the challenges facing the NHS risks jeopardising public faith keep reading
Finance and funding
Mental health patients face increasing risks as NHS funding announcements neglect their care
NHS Providers has revealed that the government is continuing to neglect mental health services in its NHS capital investment programme, meaning patients are at an keep reading
Comment
An open letter to the next Prime Minister
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 keep reading
Finance and funding
NHS will lose £1bn in training funding
The NHS is expected to lose £1bn worth of funding for doctor and nurse education – a fact that an economist claims has been hidden keep reading
Management
RCGP urges health secretary to continue to strive for GP workforce boost
RCGP urges health secretary Jeremy Hunt to not to ‘give up’ on efforts to boost GP workforce following exclusive interview with The Guardian In an interview with The Guardian, keep reading
Finance and funding
Poll suggests public wants additional health and care funding to go to emergency and mental health services
New polling suggests that the public wants emergency services and mental health care to have first call on any extra funding for health and care keep reading