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GPonline https://www.gponline.com is the website for UK GPs and primary care teams with news, education and careers advice and the home of the Talking General Practice podcast https://podfollow.com/talking-gp
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 2h
Ahead of the #RCGPAC, Royal College of General Practitioners chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne appeared on the Talking General Practice podcast and raised her concerns about losing the partnership model and if it will be preserved. To listen to the full episode click here: lnkd.in/e8wGE4qB
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 2h
Government launches review of 'not fit for purpose' GP funding formula
Government launches review of 'not fit for purpose' GP funding formula
The government has announced a six-month review of the Carr-Hill GP funding formula - admitting it is 'not fit for purpose' - in a move that could drive a long overdue shift in practice funding.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 3h
Practices facing heavy workload and urgent requests as online access fears come true
Practices facing heavy workload and urgent requests as online access fears come true
GP practices say fears about controversial changes to online access from this month have proven correct - with practices reporting being overwhelmed by work and receiving urgent queries - including…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 4h
Professor Kamila Hawthorne: RCGP conference speech 2025 in full
Professor Kamila Hawthorne: RCGP conference speech 2025 in full
In her final RCGP conference speech as college chair, Professor Kamila Hawthorne spells out the pressures GPs face, what government must do to support them - and urges the profession to 'keep faith'…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 6h
GPs face unsafe workload and fear neighbourhoods will make it worse, RCGP warns
GPs face unsafe workload and fear neighbourhoods will make it worse, RCGP warns
Three in four GPs say heavy workload is compromising patient safety and most fear neighbourhoods will make it worse, according to polling by the RCGP ahead of its 2025 annual conference.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 23h
BMA condemns Tory plan to ban doctors from going on strike
BMA condemns Tory plan to ban doctors from going on strike
Doctors' leaders have condemned Conservative plans to ban doctors from going on strike - as the party's leader Kemi Badenoch blamed industrial action for long NHS waits.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 1d
Podcast: Professor Kamila Hawthorne on GP retention, partnerships and three years as RCGP chair #RCGPAC
Podcast: Professor Kamila Hawthorne on GP retention, partnerships and three years as RCGP chair
In the first of two special episodes of Talking General Practice from the RCGP annual conference this week, college chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne reflects on her three years in the role and some…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 1d
Next steps in GP industrial dispute could include contract breach
Next steps in GP industrial dispute could include contract breach
BMA GP leaders have set out next steps in the profession's industrial dispute with government including a potential escalation to actions that could breach practice contracts.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 1d
Government must do more to save GP partnerships, warns RCGP chair
Government must do more to save GP partnerships, warns RCGP chair
The government would be ‘crazy’ to turn its back on the GP partnership model and should take active steps to ensure it is able to thrive, the outgoing chair of the RCGP has said.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 2d
LMC voice lost in neighbourhood selection process
LMC voice lost in neighbourhood selection process
LMCs say they have had limited or no involvement in applications for the government's flagship neighbourhood programme, despite wanting to offer support and represent local medical perspectives.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 2d
First-year doctors back strikes over jobs crisis
First-year doctors back strikes over jobs crisis
First-year resident doctors have overwhelmingly backed strike action in a ballot that ramps up pressure on the government to address a chronic shortage of specialist training posts.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 2d
Why the UK could be facing a severe flu season
Why the UK could be facing a severe flu season
GPs have been urged to push hard to drive up flu vaccination rates amid rising cases in England at the start of winter - as experts pointed to soaring flu rates in Australia this year as a 'stark…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 3d
Online access change could make patients wait 'many months' for GP appointments
Online access change could make patients wait 'many months' for GP appointments
Online access changes imposed by the government could lead to some patients waiting 'many months' for GP appointments as practices bring in waiting lists to manage demand, BMA guidance suggests.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 6d
MPTS banding system to decide sanctions in fitness to practise cases
MPTS banding system to decide sanctions in fitness to practise cases
Sanctions for doctors facing fitness to practise tribunals will be determined by a new banding system from November, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) has said.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 6d
GPs fear for their safety following far-right marches
GPs fear for their safety following far-right marches
GPs from ethnic minorities have reported feeling scared and intimidated following far-right marches in the UK and a rise in right-wing rhetoric.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 6d
@emmabower.bsky.social and @nickbostock.bsky.social discuss the BMA's decision to re-enter industrial dispute and what the government thinks about this, what needs to be included in a new NHS workforce plan, and the dire state of practice premises. Full episode: www.gponline.com/podcast-why-...
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 6d
This week @emmabower.bsky.social and @nickbostock.bsky.social talk about the BMA’s decision to re-enter dispute with the government in England, the online access plans that have led us to this point and what both the BMA and the government have to say about all of this.
Podcast: Why online access triggered a new GP dispute, workforce plan priorities, GP premises crisis
The GPonline team discusses the BMA's decision to re-enter industrial dispute and what the government thinks about this, what needs to be included in a new NHS workforce plan, and the dire state of…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 6d
Online consultation system hit by outage on day two of GP access change
Online consultation system hit by outage on day two of GP access change
Hundreds of GP practices’ eConsult systems were down on the morning of 2 October - day two of the 2025/26 contract change requiring practices to keep online consultation systems open throughout core…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 7d
GPs in one of England's most underdoctored areas issue 10-year plan warning
GPs in one of England's most underdoctored areas issue 10-year plan warning
GPs in one of England’s most underdoctored areas say they will struggle to meet the 10-year health plan’s ambitions unless the government steps up support for general practice.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 7d
GPs are standing up for patient safety by declaring dispute, says BMA
GPs are standing up for patient safety by declaring dispute, says BMA
Changes to online access to general practice pose a 'real and present danger' to patients that could cost lives, the BMA has warned as GPs re-entered dispute with the government.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 7d
Government 'mystified' over GP stance on online access
Government 'mystified' over GP stance on online access
Primary care minister Stephen Kinnock has claimed the government is 'mystified' by GPs' decision to return to industrial dispute - and doubled down on plans to expand online access.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 9d
Streeting dismisses GP fears over online access as 'forces of conservatism'
Streeting dismisses GP fears over online access as 'forces of conservatism'
Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has ignored GP safety warnings over online consultation changes and hit out at 'forces of conservatism' who want to 'turn the NHS into a museum of 20th…
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 9d
Inadequate government safeguards on online consultations 'risk tragedy', say GPs
Inadequate government safeguards on online consultations 'risk tragedy', say GPs
Inadequate safeguards proposed by the government 'risk tragedy' as practices open online consultation systems throughout core hours from 1 October, GP leaders have warned.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 10d
Judge orders practice manager to pay back thousands stolen from GP surgery
Judge orders practice manager to pay back thousands stolen from GP surgery
A former practice manager has received a two-year suspended prison sentence and been ordered to pay back around half of £49,000 she stole from a GP surgery.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 10d
Streeting has 48 hours to avoid dispute as GPs fear 'online triage tsunami'
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Streeting has 48 hours to avoid dispute as GPs fear 'online triage tsunami'
BMA GP leaders have warned health and social care secretary Wes Streeting he has 48 hours to avoid a return to industrial dispute with general practice.
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