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New online GP access rules already risking patient harm, practices warn

New rules that force general practices in England to accept online queries from patients during core working hours […]

November 21, 2025 General practice / family medicine, UK

Fact a third of GP partners earn more than Keir Starmer makes online appointments row “not credible,” government says

Ministers are trying to “drive a wedge” between patients and GPs by comparing salaries of partners and the […]

November 5, 2025 General practice / family medicine, UK

GP online requests are rising, but usage varies hugely across England

The number of requests for an online consultation submitted to general practices in England rose by almost 50% […]

November 4, 2025 General practice / family medicine, UK

GPs to see 90% of urgent cases on same day—what else is in NHS England’s “most ambitious plan in a generation”?

What is the plan?NHS England’s Medium Term Planning Framework for 2026-27 to 2028-29, published on 24 October,1 says […]

October 29, 2025 General practice / family medicine, UK

GP tax hike: As the government mulls a levy on wealthy professionals, who may be affected?

As the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, reportedly considers a £2bn tax rise among wealthy professionals1 to help plug an […]

October 28, 2025 General practice / family medicine, UK

Online consultations: BMA accuses NHS England of using controversial GP letter “sent in error” to create “division”

Discontent between the GP profession and the government is becoming more evident as sparks fly over how reforms […]

October 14, 2025 General practice / family medicine, UK

Helen Salisbury: GPs versus hairdressers? Streeting has no idea

The row about online access to GP services continues.1 In April it was agreed that GPs would keep […]

October 8, 2025 General practice / family medicine, UK

GPs give government 48 hours to avoid dispute over “online triage tsunami”

The doctors’ union the BMA has given the health secretary, Wes Streeting, until Wednesday 1 October to prevent […]

September 29, 2025 General practice / family medicine, UK

Mouldy waiting rooms and crumbling walls: GP surgeries in England are “not fit for purpose,” survey finds

Hundreds of GP surgeries in England are not fit for purpose and cannot meet growing patient demand, the […]

September 24, 2025 General practice / family medicine, UK

Streeting: GP “laggards” need to “get with the 21st century” instead of entering dispute

Health secretary Wes Streeting has slammed what he called extraordinarily naive and self-defeating” general practitioners in a speech […]

September 16, 2025 General practice / family medicine, UK

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