Our waiting rooms are full of anxious parents, with children sitting listlessly on a lap or running around […]

NHS England has instructed the IT system suppliers EMIS and TPP not to switch on automatic patient access […]

Just at the moment, our GP surgery is in the happy position of having enough doctors. Our wait […]

When I chose to become a doctor all those years ago, I never imagined that my career would […]

The government must make retention of GPs as much of a priority as their recruitment, GP representatives have […]

As the UK’s new government sets its priorities, it does so in the middle of overlapping challenges including […]

Family doctors in Scotland are struggling to meet patient demands despite delivering around half a million appointments a […]

Back in 2010, in a move reminiscent of George Orwell’s Newspeak, sick notes were renamed “fit notes.”12 These […]

I’m reaching the age when my friends are discussing retirement, pensions, and the next stages of their lives. […]

There are certain questions I really hope patients don’t ask me these days in general practice. One is, […]