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National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · 11d

For GPs wanting to broaden their reach:

#TeamGP #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare

National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · 23d

Want to connect with more local practice managers and partners? Our latest members-only resource is a template letter for you to share with local practice managers, to connect with and introduce yourself.

Live now: www.nasgp.org.uk/resource/gp-...

#TeamGP

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National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · 23d

Want to connect with more local practice managers and partners? Our latest members-only resource is a template letter for you to share with local practice managers, to connect with and introduce yourself.

Live now: www.nasgp.org.uk/resource/gp-...

#TeamGP

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National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · 17d

Vote for us!

For the #GPAwards 2025:
-Digital Solutions Provider of the Year
-Recruitment or Staffing Provider of the Year

NEW deadline 8 October: cogora.swoogo.com/supplier-vot...

@pulsetoday.bsky.social #TeamGP #GeneralPractice #GPAwards2025

National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · 17d

Good news! The vote stays open until Wednesday 8 October. If you haven't voted yet, we'd love you to take part :)

National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · 23d

Want to connect with more local practice managers and partners? Our latest members-only resource is a template letter for you to share with local practice managers, to connect with and introduce yourself.

Live now: www.nasgp.org.uk/resource/gp-...

#TeamGP

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National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · 27d

Like what we do? We'd love your vote! cogora.swoogo.com/supplier-vot...

#TeamGP #GeneralPractice #GPAwards #GPAwards2025

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Prostate Cancer UK Professionals @prostateukprofs.bsky.social · Sep 14

🎧 Tune in to our new @nasgp.bsky.social podcast with Dr Bunmi!

Everything primary care needs to know on prostate cancer:
🔵 Epidemiology & risk factors
🔵 Health inequalities
🔵 NICE NG12 & PSA thresholds
🔵 mpMRI, DRE & the TRANSFORM trial

➡️ Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/4maj9ME

Early detection of prostate cancer in primary care

NASGP · Episode

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National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · Sep 12

Say hi to our chair Dr @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social at this free event for GPs on Wednesday: events.cogora.com/pulsenewcast...

#pulse365
@pulsetoday.bsky.social

National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · Sep 8

So sorry to hear about that, Dr Hassn

National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · Sep 5

Coming to Pulse Live Newcastle? Say hi to our chair Dr @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social at this FREE event for GPs on Wednesday 17 September: events.cogora.com/pulsenewcast...

#pulse365 @pulsetoday.bsky.social

National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · Sep 4

Vote for us!

For this year’s #GPAwards 2025:
-Digital Solutions Provider of the Year
-Recruitment or Staffing Provider of the Year

Deadline 1 October: cogora.swoogo.com/supplier-vot...

@pulsetoday.bsky.social #TeamGP #GeneralPractice #GPAwards2025

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National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · Sep 4

Three main reasons for this. A useful study for GPs

The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · Sep 3

Pragmatic prescribing: why GPs offer beta-blockers for anxiety, despite guideline gaps.

📈 Prescribing of propranolol for anxiety has increased in UK primary care, even though national guidelines don’t recommend it.

This new study asked GPs why. 🧵

#Anxiety #PrimaryCare #BetaBlockers #Prescribing

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National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · Aug 21

Essential reading! Join us in two weeks to learn more about prostate cancer screening in primary care: www.nasgp.org.uk/clinical/can...

#ProstateCancer #PrimaryCare #TeamGP

Margaret McCartney @mgtmccartney.bsky.social · Nov 22

open access, BMJ about celebrity stories and PSA screening

www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Chris Hoy and cancer screening: is celebrity campaigning a bad way to make policy?

The response to the Olympian’s call for wider access to prostate cancer screening has been largely uncritical, Margaret McCartney finds Media coverage has been rightly sympathetic to Chris Hoy, one o...

www.bmj.com

National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · Aug 14

Great topic! Looking forward to reading

National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · Aug 7

Sessional GPs ‘have so much insight about what works and what doesn’t work’, Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell, CEO of @londonwidelmcs.bsky.social, told us in a new podcast: www.nasgp.org.uk/podcast/sess...

#TeamGP #PrimaryCare #GeneralPractice #10YearHealthPlan

Sessional GPs ‘have so much insight’, Londonwide LMCs CEO tells podcast | NASGP

Sessional GPs ‘have so much insight about what works and what doesn't work’, the CEO of Londonwide LMCs told the NASGP in a new podcast. Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell, who has worked as a salaried GP, said ...

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · Jul 15

Exclusive: £84m in ARRS cash lost to general practice in 2024/25
@thedauk.bsky.social GP spokesperson @drstevetaylor.bsky.social said the underspend should be reinvested in general practice to create jobs for thousands of GPs struggling to find work.

£84m in ARRS cash lost to general practice in 2024/25

Exclusive: Almost £84m in unclaimed additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) cash - enough to hire hundreds more GPs - was retained by NHS England in 2024/25 and lost to general practice,…

www.gponline.com

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Dr Mohammad Sharif Razai @mohammadrazai.bsky.social · Aug 3

📢 New publication in the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP)

I explore AI scribes in general practice and what we risk losing in the name of efficiency.

🩺📄 DOI: bjgp.org/content/75/757…#AIinHealthcarer#GeneralPracticec#PrimaryCarer#healthcarer#AIscribeses

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · Jul 19

This this this
Washing hands and wiping down surfaces will not do much to protect children from a deadly, highly infectious, airborne virus. Vaccinate and ventilate.

Prof Cath Noakes @cathnoakes.bsky.social · Jul 19

While infection control and cleaning is always a good thing, it’s not going to cut it for measles. Measles is airborne and highly contagious. The best approach is vaccination, and local infection control should focus on ventilation and air cleaning www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Nurseries in England bring in Covid-style protocols as measles cases rise

Staff deploy infection controls and step up cleaning as cases pass 500 for year to date and after one child dies

www.theguardian.com

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National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · Jun 12

The top five Extended Roles for GPs, according to 167 GPs.

Unfortunately, there’s no funding yet for these roles. One GP told us: “We have to literally create the spaces where we want to work.”

How could GPwER be more accessible?

#TeamGP #PrimaryCare #GeneralPractice #GPwER

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National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · Jul 7

Good news – NHS BOB ICB has offered to fund another year of membership for NASGP members in our local partnership area: www.nasgp.org.uk/bob-frimley/

#TeamGP #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #GPsky

National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · Jul 7

We definitely need more detail!

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National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · Jul 7

Our analysis of what the ‘10 Year Health Plan’ means for sessional GPs: www.nasgp.org.uk/gp-locum-wor...

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NHS 10 Year Health Plan: NASGP reaction

GP practices and GPs will continue to be the backbone of the NHS reforms according to the newly-released ‘10 Year Health Plan’.

www.nasgp.org.uk

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National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · Jul 4

...GP locums especially need to be actively involved from the outset – ensuring these new neighbourhood systems genuinely understand, integrate, and value the unique flexibility, skills, and perspectives locums bring to the NHS front line.

National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · Jun 27

"...objections have been around for many years, preceding the advent of their adoption of Physician Associates. Indeed, it was a doctors-only GMC that made this decision.
So to repeat the same exercise ... and expect different results may not be the wisest solution."

National Association of Sessional GPs @nasgp.bsky.social · Jun 20

GPs fortunate enough to have jobs are overworked, potentially leading to inefficiencies and underperformance. Meanwhile, those without jobs are left in limbo, jeopardizing their well-being and the future of general practice itself.

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