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, […]

From 1 November patients were supposed to have access to their electronic GP record and to be able […]

The head of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has defended going public about the current crisis […]

Before 1979, being a GP required no postgraduate training. After completing medical school and a year of hospital […]

Power cuts were thrilling in the 1970s: the schools closed early, we cooked on a Primus stove, and […]

Internal guidance from NHS England—as reported by the Health Service Journal1—indicates that patients who decline two dates for […]