Talking General Practice

<p><br></p><p>The GPonline team talks about some of the challenges the NHS could face this winter and what all this means for general practice.</p><br><p>They also look at how the GP jobs crisis is affecting locum GPs - and discuss some worrying signs that the lack of detail on any support practices are likely to receive on employer’s national insurance is having a devastating impact on some practices.</p><br><p>And they talk about whether GPs in Wales and Scotland could be following their English counterparts and launching some form of industrial action in the push for a better GP contract.</p><br><p>This week’s good news story is about an ICB area in England that is bucking the trend and has seen a big fall in the number of patients per GP over the past two years and what they’ve done to achieve this.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower, deputy editor Nick Bostock and senior news reporter Kimberley Hackett. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-job-shortage-forces-locums-cut-fees-private-work/article/1898170" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP job shortage forces locums to cut fees and take on private work</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/arrs-jobs-not-solved-employment-crisis-newly-qualified-gps-trainers-warn/article/1898352" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ARRS jobs have not solved employment crisis for newly-qualified GPs, trainers warn</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gps-fear-domino-effect-practice-set-close-ni-hike/article/1898831" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPs fear 'domino effect' as practice set to close over NI hike</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/two-thirds-scottish-gps-ready-disrupt-services-industrial-action/article/1898104" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Two thirds of Scottish GPs ready to disrupt services through industrial action</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/welsh-gps-head-referendum-bma-rejects-2024-25-contract-offer/article/1894894" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Welsh GPs head for referendum after BMA rejects 2024/25 contract offer</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/part-england-bucked-national-trend-grew-its-gp-workforce/article/1898482" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How part of England bucked the national trend and grew its GP workforce</a></p><p> </p><br><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>NHS England has estimated that practices spend around 10-20% of their time on 'lower-value administrative work and work generated by issues at the primary-secondary care interface', so what can we do to address this?</p><br><p>This week Emma speaks to GP Dr Jonathan Griffiths the associate medical director for Primary Care at NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB about work he’s been doing in his area to solve some of these challenges.</p><br><p>In this conversation Jonathan explains some of the main problems that happen at the interface between primary and secondary care, how they are aiming to address these in Cheshire and Merseyside and the key things he’s learned through doing this work.</p><br><p>He also talks about why it is so important for the NHS to look at this as a system-wide issue and what the government and NHS England need to do centrally to help support local efforts to address these problems – as well as how this work applies to the interface with other sectors such as community services and mental health.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/latest/publications/plans-and-strategies/primary-and-secondary-care-interface/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Consensus on the Primary and Secondary Care Interface</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.rcgp.org.uk/getmedia/dbbcac28-b1c9-455a-b2b8-d6f0cd815258/Primary-secondary-care-interface-guidance.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP Primary-Secondary Care Interface Guidance - which is based on work in Cheshire and Merseyside</a></p><p>●     Academy of Medical Royal Colleges publication - <a href="https://www.aomrc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GPSC_Working_better_together_0323.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">General practice and secondary care: Working better together</a> - provides multiple examples of work that is aiming to improve working between primary and secondary care</p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week Nick and Emma discuss whether GPs are likely to step up collective action after GPs at last week’s England LMCs conference voted in favour of balloting the profession on ‘more significant’ industrial action. GPs at the event also voted to hold a special conference on the impact that the rise in employers' national insurance contributions, and Nick and Emma explain what that might mean and how it could affect collective action.</p><br><p>They also discuss some of the other debates that were of interest from the conference - on the GP jobs crisis and integrated neighbourhood teams. And they talk about the latest data from GPonline’s GP Workforce Tracker and what that tells us about the state of the GP workforce in England.</p><br><p>This week’s good news story is about a report that sets out the evidence to support the use of social prescribing from the National Academy of Social Prescribing.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and deputy editor Nick Bostock. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gps-back-call-ballot-profession-more-significant-industrial-action/article/1897342" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPs back call to ballot profession on 'more significant' industrial action</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/budget-threatens-collapse-general-practice-lmcs-back-special-conference/article/1897393" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Budget threatens 'collapse' of general practice as LMCs back special conference</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/practices-forced-switch-salaried-gps-locums-avoid-ni-costs/article/1897675" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Practices could be forced to switch salaried GPs for locums to avoid NI costs</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/england-patients-per-gp-rising-fastest/article/1897935" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Where in England are patients per GP rising fastest?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-workforce-tracker-does-icb-compare/article/1847558" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP Workforce Tracker: How does your ICB compare?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/evidence-support-use-social-prescribing/article/1897121" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The evidence to support the use of social prescribing</a> - from GPonline</p><p><a href="https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/resources/new-report-shows-impact-of-social-prescribing-on-health-service-use-and-costs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">National Academy for Social Prescribing report</a></p><br><p><br></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week Emma speaks to Kent GP Dr Gaurav Gupta who is a member of the BMA England GP committee and the committee lead for premises.</p><br><p>In this conversation Gaurav talks about the terrible state of GP premises in England, how we’ve reached this point and why the government needs to invest in the primary care estate if it is serious about growing the workforce, improving the NHS and moving more care into the community.</p><br><p>He also explains what the new premises cost directions could mean for practices, the problems facing practices based in NHS Property Services buildings and why GP premises ownership should still have an important role in future plans for the primary care estate.</p><br><p>This episode is presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/gp-practices/gp-premises/nhs-property-services" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BMA information on the recent NHS Property Services legal cases</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/one-three-gps-say-premises-computers-not-fit-purpose/article/1892595" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">One in three GPs say their premises and computers are not fit for purpose</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gps-premises-developments-fully-funded-new-cost-directions-published/article/1872154" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPs could have premises developments fully funded as new cost directions published</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gpbusiness.co.uk/article/1872727/premises-costs-directions-2024-mean-practices" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What do the Premises Costs Directions 2024 mean for practices?</a> - from our sister site GP Business</p><br><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Emma and NIck discuss the fallout from the budget and what the increase in employer’s national insurance contributions will mean for GP practices, including looking at the results from our own survey on this issue.</p><br><p>They look ahead to next week’s England local medical committee conference and some of the topics that are up for debate and what they tell us about some of the key concerns facing the profession.</p><br><p>And they discuss salaried GP pay, after warnings that the GP jobs crisis is driving down levels of pay for salaried GPs.</p><br><p>This week’s good news story is about ONS survey data that suggests patient satisfaction with general practice is rising rapidly.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and deputy editor Nick Bostock. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/budget-threatens-wipe-half-2024-25-gp-contract-uplift/article/1895638" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Budget threatens to wipe out half of 2024/25 GP contract uplift</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/national-insurance-hike-cost-2m-gp-appointments-analysis-finds/article/1895526" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">National insurance hike could cost 2m GP appointments, analysis finds</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-jobs-crisis-driving-down-rates-pay-bma-warns/article/1894346" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP jobs crisis is driving down rates of pay, BMA warns</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/patient-satisfaction-general-practice-rising-rapidly-ons-data-suggest/article/1895633" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patient satisfaction with general practice rising rapidly, ONS data suggest</a></p><br><p><br></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week Emma speaks to GP Dr Becks Fisher who is director of policy and research at the health think tank the Nuffield Trust.</p><br><p>Becks has long been an advocate for overhauling GP funding so it better reflects deprivation and she explains why this is so important and how the government could go about doing this.</p><br><p>She also explains her views on the government’s plans to move care from hospitals to the community, create a neighbourhood NHS and incentivise continuity of care, discusses what the Nuffield Trust wants to see in the 10-year plan for the NHS, and offers advice to other GPs who might be interested in a career in policy work.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/patients-per-gp-deprived-areas/article/1890826" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How many more patients per GP are there in deprived areas?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/practices-deprived-areas-17-patients-per-gp-chronic-illness/article/1888880" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Practices in deprived areas have 17% more patients per GP and more chronic illness</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/rcgp-demands-overhaul-all-gp-funding-streams-cut-inequality/article/1873767" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP demands overhaul of 'all GP funding streams' to cut inequality</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Nuffield Trust</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nextgenerationgp.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Next Generation GP</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week the GPonline team looks at the GP workforce in England after latest figures show it has risen to a five-year high despite an ongoing jobs crisis that has left many GPs struggling to find work. They also discuss what’s happening with the GP additional roles reimbursement scheme jobs and why the RCGP is calling for a complete overhaul of the NHS long-term workforce plan.</p><p> </p><p>And they talk about this week's budget and what it means for general practice and the NHS more widely.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower, deputy editor Nick Bostock and senior news reporter Kimberley Hackett. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-workforce-hits-five-year-high-despite-ongoing-jobs-crisis/article/1893493" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP workforce hits five-year high despite ongoing jobs crisis</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/jobs-crisis-leaves-gp-universal-credit-registrars-failing-exams-deliberately/article/1893055" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jobs crisis leaves GP on universal credit and registrars 'failing exams deliberately'</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/emerging-arrs-jobs-newly-qualified-gps-look-like/article/1894069" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What do the emerging ARRS jobs for newly-qualified GPs look like?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/rip-nhs-workforce-plan-create-bold-gp-retention-strategy-demands-rcgp/article/1893596" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rip up NHS workforce plan and create bold GP retention strategy, demands RCGP</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/budget-risks-pushing-gps-towards-exit-practice-costs-rise/article/1894171" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Budget risks 'pushing GPs towards the exit' as practice costs rise</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/budget-delivers-real-terms-nhs-funding-boost-higher-costs-gp-practices/article/1894159" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Budget delivers real-terms NHS funding boost but higher costs for GP practices</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Emma speaks to GP Dr Simon Opher, who was elected as the Labour MP for Stroud in Gloucestershire in the general election in July this year. Simon was a GP in his constituency for 30 years before standing for parliament.</p><br><p>In this interview he talks about why he wanted to become an MP, what being an MP involves day to day and some of the challenges he’s faced in this new role – including going from being in one of the most trusted professions as a GP to the least trusted as a politician.</p><br><p>Simon also talks about what role he thinks general practice will play in Labour’s plans for a neighbourhood NHS, how he hopes general practice will improve over the course of this parliament and why he thinks the GP partnership model is the key to successful general practice.</p><br><p>And he explains why he sees standing up for general practice as central to his new job.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/government-opens-public-consultation-shape-10-year-nhs-plan/article/1892980" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Government opens public consultation to shape 10-year NHS plan</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/streeting-urges-gps-stop-collective-action-warning-patient-care-will-suffer/article/1891031" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Government plans to ‘bulldoze bureaucracy’ to free up GP time</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/search/articles?headlinesOnly=False#:~:text=Labour%E2%80%99s%20new%20GP%20MP%20says%20primary%20care%20will%20be%20prioritised%20for%20any%20new%20NHS%20funding" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Labour’s new GP MP says primary care will be prioritised for any new NHS funding</a></p><br><p><br></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>In this week’s episode Emma and Nick discuss the GP contract in England, where it could go next and what the BMA, the government and NHS England might all be hoping to achieve. And they talk about what could happen to the GP jobs that have been added to the additional roles reimbursement scheme in future.</p><br><p>They also explain the RCGP’s decision to say there is no role for physician associates in general practices and look at the college’s new guidance on scope of practice, induction and supervision for those PAs already in post. And they talk about assisted dying in light of the new bill that’s been introduced to the parliament in Westminster this week.</p><br><p>Our good news story this week is about improvements in patients’ experiences of contacting their practice.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and deputy editor Nick Bostock. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/bma-sets-terms-major-gp-contract-overhaul-2028/article/1891731" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BMA sets out terms for major GP contract overhaul in 2028</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/pcns-taking-part-nhs-england-gp-operating-model-pilot-named/article/1890007" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PCNs taking part in NHS England GP operating model pilot named</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/arrs-may-not-long-term-solution-growing-gp-jobs-nhs-official-suggests/article/1891791" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ARRS may not be long-term solution to growing GP jobs, NHS official suggests</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/rcgp-physician-associate-guidance-glance-catch-key-points/article/1891945" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP physician associate guidance at a glance: catch up on the key points</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/gps-practices-recognised-providing-excellent-end-of-life-care/article/1890981" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPs and practices recognised for providing excellent end-of-life care</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/green-shoots-hope-amid-rise-patients-say-contacting-gp-practice-easy/article/1891891" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'Green shoots of hope' amid rise in patients who say contacting GP practice is easy</a></p><br><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/2320b1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to our special podcast episode - Should assisted dying be legalised?</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Emma speaks to GP Dr Rik Fijten and consultant hepatologist Dr Kosh Agarwal about the NHS in England’s drive to eliminate hepatitis C.</p><br><p>The World Health Organization is aiming to eliminate Hepatitis C globally by 2030 and NHS England wants England to become the first country to do this, with a target to achieve this aim by next year.</p><br><p>In this podcast Rik and Kosh explains how the NHS is doing against this target and the important role that general practice has to play in helping to eliminate hepatitis C.</p><br><p>Rik explains what his role as a hepatitis C GP champion involves and what GPs and their teams can do in their practices to contribute to this work, and Kosh discusses what advances in treatment mean for patients and the transformative impact they’ve had.</p><br><p>They also explain other aspects of the programme that has helped it become a real success story and discuss whether the approach NHS England has used for Hepatitis C could work for other conditions.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://hepctest.nhs.uk/en-gb/order-a-test" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NHS self-testing kits</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>GPonline is the media partner for the RCGP annual conference and this is our third and final special episode from the event.</p><br><p>In this episode we look at what health and social care secretary Wes Streeting had to say in his speech to the conference this morning, when he pledged to cut bureaucracy in general practice, called on the profession to step back from collective action and took questions from delegates.</p><br><p>Emma speaks to Professor Margaret Ikpoh, the RCGP’s vice chair for professional development, and Dr Steve Mowle, the college’s treasurer, for their views on what he had to say - as well as what they’re talking about in their own presentation at the end of the conference. And we also hear from delegates about what they thought about what the health and social care secretary said.</p><br><p>Emma also speaks to the RCGP First5 chair Dr Toyosi Adeniji about some of the key issues facing newly-qualified GPs and to Emma Walker the health information manager at CoopaFeel! about the charity’s work on breast cancer awareness and some of the resources they have to support GPs and other healthcare professionals.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and produced by Czarina Deen. Extra reporting by GPonline senior news reporter Kimberley Hackett.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p>●     For full coverage of all GPonline’s news from the RCGP annual conference visit <a href="https://www.gponline.com/rcgp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gponline.com/rcgp</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/health-social-care-secretary-wes-streeting-rcgp-conference-speech-full/article/1891122" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting: RCGP conference speech in full</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/funding-gp-arrs-jobs-will-continue-beyond-march-says-streeting/article/1891054" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Funding for GP ARRS jobs will continue beyond March, says Streeting</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/streeting-calls-gps-step-back-collective-action/article/1891031" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Streeting calls on GPs to step back from collective action</a></p><br><p><strong>Supported by CoppaFeel!</strong></p><p>These special episodes of Talking General Practice at the RCGP annual conference have been supported by Coppafeel!</p><br><p>CoppaFeel! are the UK’s only youth focused breast cancer awareness charity and they're on a mission to get every 18-24 year old checking their chest.</p><p> </p><p>They educate people on the signs of breast cancer and encourage them to check their chests monthly, so that if they notice something unusual for them they are empowered to contact their GP and advocate for themselves. They provide resources and e-learning to health professionals to support them in encouraging breast awareness with their patients.</p><p> </p><p>For more information visit <a href="http://coppafeel.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://coppafeel.org/</a></p><br><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>GPonline is the media partner for the RCGP annual conference and this is the second of three special episodes from the event in Liverpool this week.</p><br><p>In this episode Emma speaks to Dr Victoria Tzortziou Brown, the RCGP’s vice chair for external affairs and Dr Micahel Mullholland, the college’s honorary secretary about what went on at the conference this morning, in particular what RCGP chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne had to say in her speech. They also talk about health inequalities, continuity of care and what the college wants to see in the government’s 10-year plan for the NHS.</p><br><p>Emma also speaks to the college’s safeguarding lead Dr Joy Shacklock about the RCGP’s new safeguarding standards, which have been launched at the conference today, and what they mean for GPs and their teams. And she talks to Dr Catherine Millington-Sanders the college’s clinical lead for palliative and end-of-life Care about the RCGP and Marie Curie’s Daffodil Standards and how they can help practices improve end of life care.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p>●     For full coverage of all GPonline’s news from the RCGP annual conference visit <a href="https://www.gponline.com/rcgp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gponline.com/rcgp</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/view.php?id=819" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP safeguarding hub</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/devastating-inequality-gp-provision-growing-rcgp-chair-warns/article/1890804" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'Devastating inequality' in GP provision is growing, RCGP chair warns</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/professor-kamila-hawthorne-rcgp-conference-speech-full/article/1890773" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Professor Kamila Hawthorne: RCGP conference speech in full</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/gps-need-flexible-new-contract-build-services-around-patients-say-charities/article/1890897" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPs need a flexible new contract to build services around patients, say charities</a></p><br><p><strong>Supported by CoppaFeel!</strong></p><p>These special episodes of Talking General Practice at the RCGP annual conference have been supported by Coppafeel!</p><br><p>CoppaFeel! are the UK’s only youth focused breast cancer awareness charity and they're on a mission to get every 18-24 year old checking their chest.</p><p> </p><p>They educate people on the signs of breast cancer and encourage them to check their chests monthly, so that if they notice something unusual for them they are empowered to contact their GP and advocate for themselves. They provide resources and e-learning to health professionals to support them in encouraging breast awareness with their patients.</p><p> </p><p>For more information visit <a href="http://coppafeel.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://coppafeel.org/</a></p><br><p><em> </em></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>In the first of three daily episodes we’re producing from the RCGP annual conference Emma speaks to college chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne.</p><br><p>Kamila talks about the RCGP council’s recent vote to oppose a role for physician associates in general practice, why funding for general practice needs to change to better reflect deprivation and the current challenges new GPs are facing finding work.</p><br><p>She also explains her views on whether the new Labour government will make a positive difference to general practice, what the college wants to see happen to improve GP retention and whether incentives for continuity of care are a good idea.</p><br><p>GPonline is the media partner for the RCGP annual conference, which takes place in Liverpool on 3-4 October. For all the latest news from the event visit<a href="https://www.gponline.com/rcgp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> www.gponline.com/rcgp</a></p><br><p><strong>Supported by CoppaFeel!</strong></p><p>These special episodes of Talking General Practice at the RCGP annual conference have been supported by Coppafeel!</p><br><p>CoppaFeel! are the UK’s only youth focused breast cancer awareness charity and they're on a mission to get every 18-24 year old checking their chest.</p><p> </p><p>They educate people on the signs of breast cancer and encourage them to check their chests monthly, so that if they notice something unusual for them they are empowered to contact their GP and advocate for themselves. They provide resources and e-learning to health professionals to support them in encouraging breast awareness with their patients.</p><p> </p><p>For more information visit <a href="http://coppafeel.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://coppafeel.org/</a></p><br><p><em>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</em></p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/rcgp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full coverage from the RCGP annual conference</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/rcgp-votes-oppose-physician-associate-roles-general-practice/article/1889464" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP votes to oppose role for physician associates in general practice</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/details-gp-arrs-plans-revealed-updated-network-contract-des/article/1890184" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Details of GP ARRS plans revealed in updated network contract DES</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>GPonline editor Emma Bower and deputy editor Nick Bostock discuss the review of the NHS by Lord Ara Darzi, the government’s response to the report and what happens next - including what might be in the new NHS long-term plan.</p><br><p>They also look at another report Lord Darzi was involved with - the IPPR think tank’s final report from its Commission on Health and Prosperity and what that could mean for general practice and the NHS.</p><br><p>And they’re talking about health and social care secretary Wes Streeting’s war of words with the BMA over collective action.</p><br><p>Our good news story this week is also very good news for the government as junior doctors - who are now called resident doctors - voted to accept the new pay offer which brings to an end 18 months of industrial action.</p><p> </p><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and deputy editor Nick Bostock. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/darzi-report-glance-read-summary-key-findings-advice/article/1888078" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Darzi report at a glance: read a summary of the key findings and advice</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/hardwire-nhs-finances-lock-in-expansion-gp-services-says-darzi-review/article/1888104" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hardwire NHS finances to 'lock in' expansion of GP services, says Darzi review</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/streeting-welcomes-oven-ready-nhs-reform-plan-criticises-gp-model/article/1888767" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Streeting welcomes 'oven-ready' NHS reform plan that criticises GP model</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/streeting-hits-gp-sabre-rattling-unnecessary-threat-collective-action/article/1888279" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Streeting hits out at GP 'sabre-rattling' and 'unnecessary threat of collective action'</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/four-five-gp-practices-already-taking-collective-action-bma-says/article/1888406" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Four in five GP practices already taking collective action, BMA says</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/collective-action-sets-nhs-winter-plan-clash-gps-told-avoid-hospital-admissions/article/1889027" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Collective action sets up NHS winter plan clash as GPs told to 'avoid hospital admissions'</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Emma speaks to Alex Matheson from the LGBT Foundation about the charity’s Pride in Practice programme, which helps GP practices improve the experiences of LGBTQ+ people accessing primary care services.</p><br><p>In this conversation Alex talks about the health inequalities experienced by LGBTQ+ people, in particular around access to services and the discrimination some people experience, and how that ultimately impacts on outcomes for this group of patients.</p><br><p>She also explains how the Pride in Practice programme can help GP practices to improve the care for their LGBTQ+ people, including the importance of training for staff and recording patients’ sexual orientation and gender identity.</p><br><p>This episode is presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://lgbt.foundation/pride-in-practice-for-healthcare-professionals/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Pride in Practice programme</a></p><p><a href="https://lgbt.foundation/help/hidden-figures-lgbt-health-inequalities-in-the-uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hidden Figures: LGBT health inequalities in the UK</a> - the LGBT Foundation’s report</p><p><a href="https://dashboard.igpm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Gender-identity-toolkit-for-general-practice-Template-2.0.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gender identity toolkit </a>- developed by the Institute of General Practice Management in partnership with the LGBT Foundation</p><p><a href="https://lgbt.foundation/help/monitoring-sexual-orientation-and-trans-status/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Monitoring sexual orientation and trans status</a></p><p>MIMS Learning's Tackling Health Inequalities campaign includes <a href="https://www.mimslearning.co.uk/pages/health-inequalities" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">free CPD on transgender and LGBTQ+ healthcare</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p><em>Please note: In this episode, we mention that the RCGP allows four attempts at GP exams - but in fact the college allows five in exceptional cases.</em></p><br><p>The GPonline team looks at how much GPs are earning after figures for 2022/23 were published, as well as the uplift to this year’s GP contract and what that could mean for GP partner pay.</p><br><p>They also discuss a report from the Tony Blair Institute - a think tank set up by the former prime minister - about AI and the NHS and what that had to say about general practice.</p><br><p>And they talk about a legal ruling last week that could lead to a change in the rules for RCGP exam resists for GP registrars who are disabled.</p><br><p>Our good news story this week is about a group of practices who are downsizing their PCN.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower, deputy editor Nick Bostock and senior news reporter Kimberley Hackett. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/real-terms-gp-partner-income-fell-17-2022-23-official-data-reveal/article/1886524" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Real-terms GP partner income fell 17% in 2022/23, official data reveal</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-contract-uplift-detail-confirmed-updated-statement-financial-entitlement/article/1886620" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP contract uplift detail confirmed in updated statement of financial entitlement</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/bring-ai-doctors-strip-gp-practices-sole-data-controller-role-says-blair-think-tank/article/1885581" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bring in AI doctors and strip GP practices of sole data controller role, says Blair think tank</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/landmark-legal-ruling-overturns-exam-resits-rule-disabled-gp-registrars/article/1886329" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Landmark legal ruling overturns exam resits rule for disabled GP registrars</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/practices-downsize-smaller-pcn-sharpen-localised-preventative-care/article/1886508" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Practices downsize to smaller PCN to sharpen localised, preventative care</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><br><p><br></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week Emma speaks to GP and co-chair of the Society of Academic Primary Care Dr Duncan Shrewsbuy about the role academia has to play in primary care – both in terms of teaching and research.</p><br><p>Duncan explains why we need more research in primary care, how practices can get more in research or start smaller-scale research projects in their own practice, as well as some of the issues around sharing data from the GP patient record for large-scale research projects.</p><br><p>They also explain how changes to the way undergraduates are taught is starting to shift the perception of general practice among medical students and other branches of medicine and offer advice to GPs on how to develop a career in research or teaching.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://sapc.ac.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Society for Academic Primary Care</a></p><p><a href="https://www.rcgp.org.uk/representing-you/research-at-rcgp/how-rcgp-support-your-research" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP Research Ready information</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cprd.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">More information on CPRD</a> - Clinical Practice Research Datalink</p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/rcgp-sets-steps-achieve-parity-esteem-general-practice/article/1865888" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP sets out steps to achieve 'parity of esteem' for general practice</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/half-gp-practices-england-took-part-clinical-research-last-year/article/1882855" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">More than half of GP practices in England took part in clinical research last year</a></p><br><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week Emma and Nick discuss the additional uplift to the GP contract for 2024/25, how it is being applied and what it means for GP practices, GP pay and staff salaries.</p><br><p>They also talk about the government’s emergency intervention that will see £82m added to the additional roles reimbursement scheme this year so that primary care networks can employ newly qualified GPs and what we know about how that will work.</p><br><p>And they look at this year’s GMC State of Medical Education and Practice report and what it tells us about how GPs feel about their job and the number of hours they work, as well as a new study in the British Journal of General Practice that says we need to move away from using ‘sessions’ as a way to define how many hours GPs work.</p><br><p>Our good news story this week is about very low calorie diets and diabetes remission.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and deputy editor Nick Bostock. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/global-sum-rise-74-2024-25-final-detail-gp-contract-revealed/article/1884911" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Global sum to rise 7.4% in 2024/25 as final detail of GP contract revealed</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/contract-uplift-wont-deliver-promised-6-pay-rise-gp-partners-accountant-warns/article/1884980" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Contract uplift won't deliver promised 6% pay rise for GP partners, accountant warns</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/bma-warns-gps-now-not-time-waver-collective-action/article/1885081" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BMA warns GPs 'now is not the time to waver' over collective action</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/new-gp-model-pilots-trap-practices-pcn-des-says-bma/article/1884825" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New GP model pilots could trap practices in PCN DES, says BMA</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-arrs-plan-start-october-nhs-officials-confirm/article/1883102" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP ARRS plan to start from October, NHS officials confirm</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-soup-shake-referrals-put-type-2-diabetes-remission-one-three-patients/article/1883297" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP 'soup and shake' referrals put type 2 diabetes in remission for one in three patients</a></p><br><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week Emma speaks to Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer, chair of the BMA England GP committee, about collective action by GPs, what it means for practices and what the BMA is hoping it will achieve.</p><br><p>In this conversation Katie explains why she believes collective action is necessary to achieve a better deal for general practice, what action will involve and how the profession can keep patients on side while it takes this step.</p><br><p>She also explains how the BMA’s safe working guidance can help practices and even improve things for patients, the key changes that she believes are necessary in both the shorter and longer term to ensure a sustainable future for general practice and her view on the new government’s approach.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.bma.org.uk/our-campaigns/gp-campaigns/contracts/gp-contract-202425-changes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BMA advice on collective action</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bma.org.uk/our-campaigns/gp-campaigns/patients/gps-are-on-your-side" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BMA GPs are on your side patient facing campaign</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/does-collective-action-mean-gp-practices/article/1882925" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What does collective action mean for GP practices?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/why-gps-ready-press-ahead-collective-action/article/1882949" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why GPs are ready to press ahead with collective action</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/contract-uplift-82m-arrs-plan-first-steps-sustainable-general-practice-streeting-tells-gps/article/1882982" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Contract uplift and £82m ARRS plan 'first steps' to sustainable general practice, Streeting tells GPs</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week Emma speaks to Dr Adrian Hayter, the Royal College of GPs medical director of clinical policy and a GP in Windsor, about the college’s new clinical priority - preventive medicine.</p><br><p>In this conversation Adrian explains why the college has chosen to focus on prevention, some of the work it will be doing on this issue and the role general practice has to play in preventing ill health.</p><br><p>He also talks about how addressing health inequalities feeds into this work, the resources the college hopes to produce to support GPs in practice and his previous role as NHS England’s national clinical director for older people and personalised care - and what this involved during the pandemic.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><p> </p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week the GPonline team discusses the BMA’s vision for how to rebuild general practice in England, what both the BMA and the RCGP want from the new government and how the BMA’s ballot on collective action – which closes on Monday – plays into all of this.</p><br><p>They also talk about what happens next for physician associates in general practice after a new poll shows public confusion of the role and the RCGP called for a halt to recruitment of PAs in general practice last month.</p><br><p>Our good news story this week is about a GP who was awarded the contract to run her practice after a three-and-a-half year battle.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonlne editor Emma Bower, deputy editor Nick Bostock and senior reporter Kimberley Hackett. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.bma.org.uk/media/eh2nupm5/bma-safety-stability-hope-a-vision-to-rebuild-general-practice-in-england-comms-final-web-1.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BMA vision to rebuild general practice</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-leaders-unveil-blueprint-fix-general-practice-end-unemployment-crisis/article/1881647" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP leaders unveil blueprint to 'fix general practice' and end unemployment crisis</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/icbs-told-prepare-knock-on-impact-gp-collective-action/article/1881812" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ICBs told to prepare for knock-on impact of GP collective action</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/half-patients-know-difference-doctors-physician-associates/article/1881712" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Only half of patients know the difference between doctors and physician associates</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/rcgp-demands-halt-recruitment-physician-associates-amid-safety-fears/article/1877810" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP demands halt to recruitment of physician associates amid safety fears</a></p><br><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Dr Emma Ryan, a GP in South East London and the Royal College of GPs clinical champion for gambling harms, explains the role general practice can play in tackling problem gambling and gambling harms.</p><br><p>In this conversation Emma talks about the impact problem gambling can have on individuals and their families, recommendations from NICE’s new guidance on gambling harms and why GPs should ask patients about their gambling habits.</p><br><p>She also talks about the support available for patients, a new educational resource on gambling that she’s developed for the RCGP, and what support practices themselves can provide to patients.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p>●     <a href="https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/view.php?id=734#section-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP Gambling Harms Hub</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/viewpoint-why-gps-front-line-fight-against-gambling-harm/article/1874409" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why GPs should be on the front line of the fight against gambling harm</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/gps-routinely-ask-patients-gambling-says-draft-nice-guidance/mental-health/article/1839647" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPs should routinely ask patients about gambling, says draft NICE guidance</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ng10210/documents" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NICE’s draft guidance on harmful gambling</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week Emma talks to Tim Gardner, assistant director of policy at the Health Foundation think tank, about what a new Labour government could mean for general practice and the rest of the NHS.</p><br><p>They discuss Labour’s plans to shift a greater share of NHS funding to primary care and what that could mean for general practice, what the government needs to do to bring down the NHS waiting list, and whether it can do anything to avert collective action by GPs.</p><br><p>Tim also explains where the new government might look to for quick wins on the NHS to show progress in its first 100 days, what improvements could be delivered through reform alone and whether Labour’s spending plans during the election will add up to make the changes that are needed to the health service.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/streeting-commits-increasing-general-practice-share-nhs-funding/article/1880054" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Streeting commits to increasing general practice share of NHS funding</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/bma-calls-gp-funding-rise-15-nhs-budget-new-family-doctor-charter/article/1880022" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BMA calls for GP funding to rise to 15% of NHS budget and new 'family doctor charter'</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/rcgp-calls-government-overhaul-nhs-workforce-plan-boost-gp-numbers/article/1880250" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP calls on government to overhaul NHS workforce plan to boost GP numbers</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gps-england-back-taking-collective-action-poll-suggests/article/1880130" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Most GPs in England back taking collective action, poll suggests</a></p><br><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>The podcast is out a bit early this week because of the election.</p><br><p>In this week’s episode Emma and Nick discuss the BMA ballot on collective action, and look at the case of a practice in Cambridge that has handed back its contract despite having high patient satisfaction scores to explain why funding for general practice is now a critical issue. Nick also explains what action practices could take if the ballot is successful.</p><br><p>They also talk about new NHS England pilots, which will be looking at how PCNs can develop new ways of working in general practice.</p><br><p>And Emma speaks to GP and Green Party health spokesperson Dr Pallavi Devulapalli who is standing in this week’s general election in South West Norfolk, a seat currently held by former Conservative prime minister Liz Truss.</p><br><p>Our good news this week is about some inspiring GPs - as we look at the winners of the RCGP’s Inspire Awards.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and deputy editor Nick Bostock. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gps-standing-mps-general-election/article/1875277" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The GPs standing to be MPs</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/devastated-partners-highly-rated-gp-practice-hand-back-contract/article/1876776" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'Devastated' partners at highly-rated GP practice hand back contract</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/better-paid-apms-provider-pilot-new-care-model-partners-hand-back-contract/article/1877656" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Better-paid APMS provider to pilot new care model after partners hand back contract</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-appointments-cap-will-underpin-collective-action-general-practice/article/1878118" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP appointments cap will underpin collective action in general practice</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/rcgp-demands-halt-recruitment-physician-associates-amid-safety-fears/article/1877810" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP demands halt to recruitment of physician associates amid safety fears</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/rcgp-recognises-achievements-members-its-annual-inspire-awards/article/1878846" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP recognises achievements of members in its annual Inspire Awards</a></p><br><p><br></p><br><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Emma speaks to Labour’s shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting about the party’s plans for general practice if it wins next week’s general election.</p><p> </p><p>Mr Streeting discusses what Labour would do to address the GP jobs crisis – which has seen thousands of GPs struggling to find work – and why Labour believes general practice should receive a greater share of the NHS budget.</p><p> </p><p>He also explains his views on the GP partnership model, how he hopes to avert possible collective action by GPs this summer and why he thinks general practice has a lot to look forward to if Labour forms the next government.</p><p> </p><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/labour-promises-investment-reform-bring-back-family-doctor/article/1878497" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Labour promises 'investment and reform' to bring back family doctor</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/general-election-parties-pledges-general-practice/article/1877112" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">General election: The parties' pledges on general practice</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/election2024" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">See all of GPonline’s coverage of the general election</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Emma speaks to Nottinghamshire GP Dr Carter Singh from the Rebuild General Practice campaign about what the campaign is hoping to achieve, what it is doing during the general election, and how it hopes to influence the new government.</p><br><p>Carter also explains the key issues that he thinks the new government needs to address, the importance of investing in more GPs and his views on the BMA ballot on collective action, which launched this week.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://rebuildgp.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rebuild General Practice campaign</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/unemployment-scandal-job-seeking-gps-struggle-find-work/article/1877621" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Unemployment 'scandal' as most job-seeking GPs struggle to find work</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/general-election-parties-pledges-general-practice/article/1877112" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">General election: The parties' pledges on general practice</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/viewpoint-technology-alone-will-not-solve-problems-general-practice/article/1876949" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Viewpoint: Technology alone will not solve the problems in general practice</a> – Rebuild General Practice responds to Labour’s plans for technology in the NHS</p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/britains-lmcs-co-sign-unprecedented-letter-demanding-action-end-gp-crisis/article/1875738" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Britain's LMCs co-sign 'unprecedented' letter demanding action to end GP crisis</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>The GPonline team looks at the GP employment crisis and concerns about what job opportunities await the many GP registrars due to qualify this summer.</p><br><p>They highlight the latest news from the general election, discussing the BMA’s manifesto and what the political parties have been saying about general practice in their manifestos. And the talk about GMC regulation of physician associates after the regulator set out some further details about how this will work.</p><p> </p><p>Our good news story this week is about a new surgery development in North Yorkshire.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower, deputy editor Nick Bostock and senior reporter Kimberley Hackett. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/election2024" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPonline’s general election coverage</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gps-standing-mps-general-election/article/1875277" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The GPs standing to be MPs in the general election</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-registrar-applies-work-tesco-general-practice-jobs-evaporate/article/1875381" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP registrar applies to work for Tesco as general practice jobs evaporate</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/bma-calls-gp-unemployment-national-disgrace-gp-confronts-sunak/article/1876299" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BMA calls GP unemployment a ‘national disgrace’ after GP confronts Sunak</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/supervising-physician-associates-%E2%80%93-gps-need-know/article/1846573" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Supervising physician associates – what GPs need to know</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/doctors-raise-40000-gmc-legal-challenge-pa-aa-regulation/article/1875539" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Doctors raise over £40,000 for GMC legal challenge over PA and AA regulation</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Emma speaks to GP Dr Farnaaz Sharief who is also the chief executive of Manage your Mind which works with NHS and social care staff to help develop mental resilience.</p><br><p>Farnaaz talks about mental wellbeing in the NHS, what mental resilience means and why it is so important.</p><br><p>She also has lots of practical advice on how people can boost their mental resilience to help them cope with stress and pressures - both inside and outside work, how to support friends and colleagues experiencing stress, what practices and organisations can do to promote wellbeing, and the role coaching can play.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p>●     <a href="https://manageyourmind.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Manage your mind</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEmt1Znux58" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Box breathing</a> (link to YouTube)</p><p>●     <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkMF9SptrZI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The straw breath</a> (link to YouTube).</p><p>●     <a href="https://www.mimslearning.co.uk/courses/wellbeing-masterclass-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Farnaaz’s webinar on wellbeing on MIMS Learning</a></p><br><p><strong>Good Medical Practice</strong></p><p>The updated version of the GMC’s <a href="https://www.gmc-uk.org/professional-standards/good-medical-practice-2024/gmp2024?utm_source=GPOnline&utm_medium=media&utm_campaign=may_2024&utm_content=Podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Good Medical Practice is here.</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>The GPonline team discusses the BMA ballot on collective action, which launches in June and what the general election could mean for that and general practice more widely. They talk about the Royal College of GPs call for an overhaul of GP funding so that it better addresses health inequalities and a wider report the college has produced on how to reverse the inverse care law. And they round up what went on at last week’s UK local medical committees conference.</p><br><p>Our good news story this week is about a scheme in London that has been prescribing fruit and veg to patients on low incomes and with long term conditions that has seen some really impressive results.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower, deputy editor Nick Bostock and senior news reporter Kimberley Hackett. It was produced by Czarina Deen.`</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/election2024" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPonline’s general election coverage</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/ddrb-uplift-leave-practices-350m-behind-2019-funding-warns-gp-leader/article/1874367" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DDRB uplift could leave practices £350m behind 2019 funding, warns GP leader</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/rcgp-demands-overhaul-all-gp-funding-streams-cut-inequality/article/1873767" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP demands overhaul of 'all GP funding streams' to cut inequality</a></p><p><a href="https://www.rcgp.org.uk/getmedia/be6b2aba-330f-4993-9d3f-63f09795c9b9/breaking-inverse-care-law-UK-general-practice.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP report Breaking the inverse care law</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/uk-lmcs-conference-2024-full-coverage/article/1874168" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPonline’s UK LMCs conference coverage</a></p><br><p><br></p><br><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week Emma talks to Tara Humphrey, founder and CEO of THC Primary Care, which provides management support and training to primary care networks across England. Tara is also the host of the Business of Healthcare podcast.</p><br><p>Tara explains what makes a successful network, some of the challenges networks have to overcome and the positive side of the additional roles reimbursement scheme. She also talks about how the 2024/25 GP contract could affect PCNs, why financially secure GP practices are crucial to the success of networks and whether networks are here to stay.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.thcprimarycare.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">THC Primary Care</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>In our regular news review the GPonline team looks at NHS England's plans to pilot new ways of working in general practice in a bid to ‘optimise the general practice operating model’ - and what this could all mean for the future. They also discuss what the BMA has suggested should be included in the next major overhaul of the GP contract.</p><br><p>They look ahead to next week’s UK conference of local medical committees and discuss some of the key motions up for debate and they talk about the state of GP premises after updated premises cost directions were published last week following many years of delay.</p><br><p>Our good news story this week is about an outreach project that’s taking health services out into deprived communities.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower, deputy editor Nick Bostock and senior news reporter Kimberley Hackett. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gpbusiness.co.uk/article/1872727/premises-costs-directions-2024-mean-practices" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What do the Premises Costs Directions 2024 mean for practices?</a> - on GP Business</p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/2320d7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to the podcast episode</a> where Emma and Nick talked about the Fuller stocktake when it was first published.</p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/bma-sets-demands-new-substantive-gp-contract/article/1872662" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BMA sets out demands for 'new substantive GP contract'</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/safe-working-limits-gps-change-reflect-complexity/article/1872695" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How safe working limits for GPs should change to reflect complexity</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/lmcs-debate-mass-resignation-triple-lock-linking-gp-contract-inflation/article/1872011" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LMCs to debate mass resignation and 'triple lock' linking GP contract to inflation</a></p><br><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Earlier this year the Royal College of GPs published a statement setting out a number of steps it said needed to be taken to ensure general practice was treated on a par with other branches of medicine. The college argued that a failure to recognise general practice’s role as the cornerstone of the NHS was driving underfunding and perpetuating the GP crisis.</p><br><p>This week Emma talks to the college’s vice chair for external affairs Dr Victoria Tzortziou Brown about how we can achieve parity of esteem for general practice and why it is so important that we do.</p><br><p>Victoria talks through some of the recommendations the college has made around tackling inequalities in training, education and research; why we need steps to limit workload in general practice; and the importance of greater representation of general practice in leadership roles both locally and nationally.</p><br><p>She also explains why the GMC’s specialist and GP register should be merged and discusses how the college hopes its strategy on achieving parity will develop in the coming months.</p><br><p>You can find the college’s statement on achieving parity for general practice here <a href="https://www.rcgp.org.uk/representing-you/policy-areas/parity-esteem" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rcgp.org.uk/representing-you/policy-areas/parity-esteem</a></p><br><p>The article on GPonline about how the RCGP was founded is here <a href="https://www.gponline.com/nhs-70-founding-rcgp/article/1485054" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gponline.com/nhs-70-founding-rcgp/article/1485054</a></p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Get in touch</strong></p><p>If there is an issue or topic you would like us to cover on future episodes of Talking General Practice, please email us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><br><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>In our regular news review the GPonline team looks at what’s happened to the GP workforce over the course of the five year contract, in particular the number of GP partners. They also talk about the cost to the NHS of not retaining doctors following some BMA research and the government’s view of the workforce crisis.</p><br><p>They discuss the issue of drug shortages and how it is affecting GPs and patients and look at the government’s plans to tackle the ‘sick note culture’ that could see GPs lose their role signing fit notes and big changes to benefits for those with disabilities and long-term illness.</p><br><p>Our good news story this week is about a crowdfunder that’s raised money to support a popular local GP in her bid to keep her practice after it was put out to tender.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower, deputy editor Nick Bostock and senior news reporter Kimberley Hackett. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/icb-areas-losing-gp-partners-fastest/article/1870962" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Which ICB areas are losing GP partners fastest?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/general-practice-lost-2900-partners-gp-workforce-shrank-during-five-year-contract/article/1870218" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">General practice lost 2,900 partners as GP workforce shrank during five-year contract</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gps-condemn-ridiculous-practice-underfunding-registrars-fear-unemployment/article/1870790" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPs condemn 'ridiculous' practice underfunding as registrars fear unemployment</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/leadsom-claims-3000-gps-2019/article/1870160" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Leadsom claims there are '3,000 more GPs than in 2019'</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/patients-left-without-medication-record-drug-shortages-hit-gp-prescribing/article/1869455" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patients left without medication as record drug shortages hit GP prescribing</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/constant-nhs-medicines-shortages-the-new-normal-report-warns/article/1869259" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Constant NHS medicines shortages 'the new normal', report warns</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Emma speaks to Jake Beech, a policy fellow from the think tank the Health Foundation, about why we need to change the way we think about access in general practice.</p><br><p>Jake is involved with a research project that’s a partnership between the Health Foundation and THIS Institute looking at what access in general practice means. The project is developing a ‘candidacy framework’ that provides a series of interventions and ideas for improving access.</p><br><p>Jake explains why access is much more complex and nuanced than just thinking about supply and demand and how practices could use the candidacy framework to help understand their patients and develop solutions to suit their needs.</p><br><p>He also talks about the limitations with the national data on general practice appointments which are often used by policymakers to make decisions and why patient satisfaction with access is so low despite the fact that practices are delivering more appointments than ever before.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p>Health Foundation report - <a href="https://www.health.org.uk/publications/long-reads/rethinking-access-to-general-practice-it-s-not-all-about-supply" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rethinking access to general practice: it’s not all about supply</a></p><br><p>Get all the latest news affecting general practice from our website <a href="http://gponline.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPonline.com</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week the GPonline team talks about how untapped capacity among GP locums could help deliver hundreds of thousands of extra GP appointments every week, and what this all means in light of the current challenges sessional GPs are facing finding work.</p><br><p>They also discuss NHS England’s evidence to the Doctors and Dentists Review Body, which is due to make recommendations on whether GP funding should be increased further this year - as well as some of the steps practices are being forced to consider to cope with the tiny 1.9% funding increase they have currently been given.</p><br><p>There’s also news about a contract deal for GPs in Northern Ireland that could be agreed by the time this episode comes out, and they discuss NHS England’s decision to U-turn on funding cuts it was planning to make to NHS Practitioner Health - the specialist mental health service for doctors and NHS staff.</p><br><p>Our good news story this week is about a practice that has won a national small business award.</p><br><p>You can listen to the podcast interview with <a href="https://pod.fo/e/2320c8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NHS Practitioner Health’s medical director Helen Garr here</a>.</p><br><p>NHS Practitioner Health’s website<a href="https://www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> is here</a>.</p><br><p><strong>Other useful links</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/untapped-locum-capacity-deliver-250000-extra-gp-appointments-week/article/1868791" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Untapped locum capacity could deliver 250,000 extra GP appointments a week</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-workforce-funding-continuity-linked-higher-life-expectancy/article/1868973" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP workforce, funding and continuity all linked to higher life expectancy</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/northern-ireland-gps-near-landmark-deal-cover-indemnity-costs-abolish-qof/article/1869041" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Northern Ireland GPs near landmark deal to cover indemnity costs and abolish QOF</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/nhs-evidence-gp-pay-completely-date/article/1868008" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NHS evidence on GP pay 'completely out of date'</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/practices-weigh-cutting-services-staff-partner-drawings-coming-year/article/1867641" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Practices weigh up cutting services, staff and partner drawings in coming year</a></p><br><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Emma speaks to Jacob Lant, the chief executive of National Voices, a coalition of more than 200 health and social care charities in England about what patients want from general practice and the NHS more widely..</p><br><p>In this conversation Jacob talks about why patient satisfaction has reached an all time low and what needs to happen to improve things.</p><br><p>He also explains how he would like to see the GP contract changed to give practices and PCNs more freedom to work in partnership with local communities to deliver the care people need, the importance of getting the basics right, in particular communication with patients, and how GPs and patients could make the case together for increased funding for general practice ahead of the general election.</p><br><p>He has some really useful and practical advice on what practices can do to work effectively with their patients to ensure they are meeting their needs. And he explains how compassionate GPs can transform experiences for individual patients.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nationalvoices.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">National Voices website</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nationalvoices.org.uk/publication/national-voices-manifesto-for-equitable-healthcare/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">National Voices manifesto</a></p><p><a href="https://www.rcgp.org.uk/representing-you/manifesto" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP manifesto</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week Nick and Emma explain the results of the BMA’s referendum on the GP contract for England in 2024/25 and what happens next. And they talk about whether GPs will be prepared to take industrial action this year – and the types of action they might back – based on results from our own polling.</p><br><p>They also discuss whether general practice in England is shifting to a GP-lite model, as many GPs struggle to find work at the same time as £1.4bn of funding a year is pumped into the additional roles reimbursement scheme which provides funding for primary care networks to recruit other healthcare professionals. Nick talks through some of the data linked to this and what it all means.</p><br><p>Meanwhile, Emma talks about the latest news on a possible change in the law on assisted dying in Scotland, and they look at the results of the latest British Social Attitudes survey on what the public thinks about the NHS.</p><br><p>Our good news story this week is about the rollout of life-changing technology for patients with type 1 diabetes.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and deputy editor Nick Bostock. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/forms-industrial-action-gps-prepared-take/article/1867138" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Which forms of industrial action would GPs be prepared to take?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/three-quarters-gps-prepared-industrial-action-poll-suggests/article/1867124" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Three quarters of GPs prepared to take industrial action, poll suggests</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/general-practice-england-moving-gp-lite-model/article/1867401" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Is general practice in England moving to a 'GP-lite' model?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/bill-legalise-assisted-dying-scotland-introduced/article/1866952" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bill that could legalise assisted dying in Scotland introduced</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/special-podcast-assisted-dying-legalised/article/1817178" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to our special episode on assisted dying</a> and what’s being proposed about how the law should change in Scotland here.</p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week Emma talks to GP Dr Lucy Henshall and healthcare consultant and former practice manager Penny Flack about their initiative Welcome Back to Work, which helps support GPs back into the workplace if they’ve had less than two years away.</p><br><p>In this conversation they explain how Welcome Back to Work helps GPs, the importance of tailoring support to individual doctors, and why we need a much more flexible approach to GP retention than is currently available.</p><br><p>They also talk about what GP practices can do to support GPs returning to work and those who may need more flexibility in the way that they work - and the benefits for both employers and doctors of doing this. And how they hope their approach could be scaled up to work across local healthcare systems – or even nationally – to help ensure experienced GPs are not lost to the NHS.</p><br><p>Lucy and Penny primarily work in Suffolk but they also work with GPs in other parts of the country as well.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.welcomebacktowork.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Welcome Back to Work website</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Emma and Nick discuss the debate that’s raging about the use of physician associates in the NHS after the BMA issued new guidance on the tasks PAs should and shouldn’t be doing and the RCGP updated its red lines on the use of PAs in general practice.</p><br><p>They also talk again about the struggles GPs are facing finding work as the financial pressures in general practice continue to bite, as well as the results of a new BMA survey of GP registrars about their future career intentions.</p><br><p>And they look at what happened at the Welsh LMCs conference recently where GPs called for the BMA to move towards industrial action by GPs in Wales - and also what’s going on in England as we head towards the end of the referendum on the GP contract there.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and deputy editor Nick Bostock. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/physician-associates-undifferentiated-patients-bma-safety-advice-warns/article/1864101" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Physician associates must never see undifferentiated patients, BMA safety advice warns</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/rcgp-expands-red-lines-use-physician-associates-general-practice/article/1864562" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP expands 'red lines' on use of physician associates in general practice</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/nhs-promises-clear-safety-advice-gps-physician-associate-role/article/1864931" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NHS promises clear safety advice for GPs on physician associate role</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/qualified-gp-driving-uber-amid-chronic-shortage-jobs/article/1865374" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Qualified GP driving for Uber amid chronic shortage of jobs</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/just-two-five-gp-registrars-plan-work-uk-general-practice-devastating-poll-reveals/article/1865190" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Just two in five GP registrars plan to work in UK general practice, devastating poll reveals</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/welsh-lmcs-push-industrial-action-ministers-warned-not-devalue-general-practice/article/1864735" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Welsh LMCs push for industrial action as ministers warned not to 'devalue general practice'</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Emma talks to BMA England GP committee chair Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer about the impact the GP contract for 2024/25 will have, the BMA’s referendum on the deal and what happens next.</p><br><p>GPs in England are facing the third consecutive contract imposition and a deal that will deliver just a 1.9% uplift to funding in 2024/25. The BMA last week launched a referendum on the contract and we’re entering a crucial period for the profession that could see GPs head towards industrial action later this year.</p><br><p>In this interview Dr Bramall-Stainer explains why she thinks the deal represents an ideological dismantling of NHS general practice, how it could harm practices and patients, and what happened during this year’s contract negotiations.</p><br><p>She also talks about what she hopes the referendum will achieve and what happens next, how the BMA’s safe working guidance could help practices in the coming months and how working in partnership with patients could help convince ministers of the need for further investment in general practice ahead of the general election.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-concerns-ignored-referendum-offers-chance-speak-up-says-bma/article/1864455" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP concerns have been 'ignored' but referendum offers chance to speak up, says BMA</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/bma-reveals-forms-industrial-action-gps-year/article/1864173" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BMA reveals forms of industrial action GPs could take this year</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-contract-2024-25/article/1863251" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What is in the GP contract for 2024/25?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-business-model-non-viable-2024-25-contract-warns-bma/article/1863321" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP business model 'non-viable' under 2024/25 contract, warns BMA</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week the GPonline team discusses the GP contract for England for 2024/25. </p><br><p>They look at how the contract deal will affect practice finances, as well as some of the other changes it will bring.</p><br><p>They also talk about the human impact of underfunding in general practice, which has seen some unemployed locum GPs being forced to use food banks as well as and practices having to cut back services because of funding constraints.</p><br><p>They also look at what happens next after the BMA launched its referendum on the deal this week and ask whether GPs in England are heading for industrial action and what that might look like.</p><br><p>Our good news story is about plans for same-day access hubs in North West London being shelved.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower, deputy editor Nick Bostcock and senior reporter Kimberley Hackett. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gps-asked-vote-2024-25-contract-bma-launches-yes-no-referendum/article/1864177" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPs asked to vote on 2024/25 contract as BMA launches yes/no referendum</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/bma-reveals-forms-industrial-action-gps-year/article/1864173" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BMA reveals forms of industrial action GPs could take this year</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/unemployed-locum-gps-relying-food-banks-bma-council-member-warns/article/1863344" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Unemployed locum GPs relying on food banks, BMA council member warns</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/outstanding-practice-forced-scale-back-services-due-spiralling-costs/article/1863557" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Outstanding practice forced to scale back services due to 'spiralling' costs</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-contract-2024-25/article/1863251" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What is in the GP contract for 2024/25?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/icb-backs-down-same-day-access-plan-gp-patient-outcry/article/1864036" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ICB backs down on same-day access plan after GP and patient outcry</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week Emma speaks to Beccy Baird, senior fellow at health think tank the King’s Fund.</p><br><p>Beccy is the lead author of a report the King’s Fund published in Feburary called <em>Making care closer to home a reality – refocusing the system to primary and community care</em>. The report looks at what needs to happen to ensure a greater share of NHS funding goes to primary care and community services and we build an NHS that is focused on communities rather than hospitals.</p><br><p>The report says that the government's failure to invest in primary care ranks as one of the most significant and long-running failures of NHS policy over the past 30 years.</p><br><p>In this interview Beccy explains why we need an NHS that is focused around primary care and community services and why, despite so many policies advocating this shift over the years, this has not happened. She also explains how she thinks we can make that move in future and what needs to happen at a national and local level to make it a reality.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p>You can find the full <a href="https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/press-releases/radical-refocusing-primary-community-services" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">King’s Fund report here</a>.</p><br><p>Register for or <a href="https://www.gponline.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">subscribe to GPonline here</a>.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week the GPonline team looks at the visa challenges facing international medical graduate (IMG) GPs in training and how this could drive them out of the NHS.</p><br><p>They also talk about the difficulties locum GPs in England are facing finding work, why this is happening, and how it is affecting rates of pay following a recent survey carried out by GPonline and our sister site GP Business.</p><br><p>And they discuss appointment data and patient data for the whole of 2023 and how general practice fared over those 12 months.</p><br><p>This week’s good news story is about how a practice has used patient feedback and effective communication about the work they are doing to deliver a massive fall in complaints.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower, deputy editor Nick Bostock and senior news reporter Kimberley Hackett. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/nhs-risks-losing-thousands-new-gps-visa-sponsor-shortfall/article/1862214" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NHS risks losing thousands of new GPs because of visa sponsor shortfall</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/img-doctors-lift-lid-why-generation-gps-may-slip-away-nhs/article/1862146" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IMG doctors lift the lid on why a generation of GPs may slip away from the NHS</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-practices-become-skilled-worker-visa-sponsors/article/1862260" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How GP practices can become skilled worker visa sponsors</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/half-locum-gps-england-struggling-find-work/article/1860903" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">More than half of locum GPs in England are struggling to find work</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-locum-rates-fall-slightly-england-rise-rest-uk/article/1860955" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP locum rates fall slightly in England but rise in rest of UK</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/practices-delivered-an-extra-month-half-appointments-last-year/article/1861564" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Practices delivered 'an extra month and a half' of appointments last year</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Emma speaks to GP and author Dr Ellen Welch about her latest book Why Can’t I See My GP? which was published this month.</p><br><p>The book looks at the current state of general practice, why we have reached this point, and puts forward ideas on what needs to be done to address the problems. Along with her own views the book includes personal accounts from GPs and others about their experiences.</p><br><p>In this interview Ellen discusses the process of writing the book and why she chose this topic, what she learned during the process of writing it and what she thinks needs to happen to address the current crisis facing general practice.</p><br><p>The Doctors Association UK is sending a copy of the book to every MP to raise the alarm about the state of primary care and Ellen also talks about what she hopes this will achieve.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Cant-See-My-GP/dp/1915279461" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why Can’t I See My GP (Amazon link)</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/viewpoint-patients-gps-unhappy-access-general-practice-whats-solution/article/1714961" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Viewpoint: Patients and GPs are unhappy with access to general practice, what's the solution?</a> (from GPonline)</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Last week the BMA rejected a contract offer for practices in England that would deliver a 1.9% uplift in funding. In this episode of Talking General Practice the GPonline team looks at what we know about the deal that’s currently on the table.</p><br><p>They discuss what a 1.9% funding uplift would mean for practices, what the BMA, grassroots GPs and Labour think about the deal, and what happens next – including whether industrial action could be on the cards.</p><br><p>In other news, they look at what’s going on with regulation of physician’s associates and the ongoing debate about their use in the NHS. And this week’s good news is about Northern Ireland.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower, deputy editor Nick Bostock and senior news reporter Kimberley Hackett. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/know-2024-25-gp-contract-offer/article/1860244" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What do we know about the 2024/25 GP contract offer?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/insulting-19-uplift-threatens-50000-black-hole-per-average-practice/article/1859979" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'Insulting' 1.9% uplift threatens £50,000 black hole per average practice</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/labour-says-19-gp-contract-offer-devaluing-general-practice/article/1860486" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Labour says 1.9% GP contract offer ‘devaluing general practice'</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/dr-katie-bramall-stainer-its-time-stop-ignoring-reality-gps-need-funding/article/1860498" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer: It's time to stop ignoring reality - GPs need more funding</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/doctors-say-working-physician-associates-increased-workload/article/1860073" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Most doctors say working with physician associates has increased workload</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/lords-set-full-debate-physician-associates-pressure-doctors/article/1860491" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lords set for full debate on physician associates after pressure from doctors</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Robyn Clark is a managing partner in a practice in Gloucestershire and a founder and director of the Institute of General Practice Management.</p><br><p>On this episode of Talking General Practice she talks to Emma about the challenges facing practice managers in the current climate, what needs to be done to cut bureaucracy in general practice – including how the QOF needs to change – and what practice managers are hoping to see from the next GP contract.</p><br><p>Robyn also explains the current financial pressures facing GP practices, and discusses what NHS England and GP partners should be doing to support managers and recognise the vital role they play.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://igpm.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Institute of General Practice Management</a></p><br><p>From GPonline</p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/viewpoint-investment-practice-managers-step-towards-saving-general-practice/article/1849945" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Viewpoint: Investment in practice managers is a step towards saving general practice</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/new-accreditation-programme-practice-managers/article/1792184" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Accreditation for practice managers</a></p><br><p>Find out more about our website GP Business and<a href="https://www.gpbusiness.co.uk/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> how to subscribe here</a>.</p><br><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>In this week’s podcast the team discusses GP funding after analysis by the Liberal Democrats showed a real-terms fall in practice funding during the past four years. Meanwhile, government figures have also shown that the share of NHS funding going to primary care has fallen to an eight-year low.</p><br><p>They also talk about problems at the primary care interface - the interface between practices and other parts of the NHS, including hospitals, community services and mental health services – and how it is wasting millions of GP appointments every year.</p><br><p>And they look at the latest on measles and MMR vaccine uptake after the UK Health Security Agency last week declared a national incident because of rising cases of measles.</p><br><p>Our good news story this week is about the Friends and Family Test.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower, deputy editor Nick Bostock and senior news reporter Kimberley Hackett. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/icb-areas-seen-largest-drops-real-terms-gp-funding/article/1858480" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Which ICB areas have seen the largest drops in real-terms GP funding?</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/rcgp-warning-primary-care-share-nhs-funding-hits-eight-year-low/article/1857325" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP warning as primary care share of NHS funding hits eight-year low</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/solving-nhs-interface-chaos-save-6m-gp-appointments-year/article/1857687" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Solving NHS 'interface' chaos could save 6m GP appointments a year</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/nhs-england-launches-catch-up-mmr-campaign-amid-rising-measles-cases/article/1858317" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NHS England launches catch-up MMR campaign amid rising measles cases</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/gps-told-wear-ppe-when-seeing-suspected-measles-cases/article/1858293" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPs told to wear PPE when seeing suspected measles cases</a></p><br><p><br></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Talking General Practice speaks to former BMA chair Dr Chaand Nagpaul about the extent of the problem of racism in the medical profession and what we can do to address this.</p><br><p>Dr Nagpaul is a London GP, a former chair of the BMA GP committee, and in 2017 he became the first person from an ethnic minority to chair the British Medical Association - a post he held until 2022.</p><br><p>While he was chair the BMA set up a national forum for racial and ethnic equality - the first time it had such a group. It also conducted a landmark survey in 2022 to establish the scale of the issue of racism across the medical profession and how it affects doctors’ wellbeing and their careers.</p><br><p>In this conversation Dr Nagpaul explains some of the key findings from that survey and what he believes the NHS and the medical profession need to do to tackle racism. He also talks about the impact racism has on doctors and how it affects patient care, how we can address differential attainment in medical exams and disparities in GMC referrals, as well as the importance of having more leaders in medicine from different ethnic groups.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.bma.org.uk/about-us/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/edi/bma-free" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BMA FREE (forum for racial and ethnic equality)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bma.org.uk/media/5746/bma-racism-in-medicine-survey-report-15-june-2022.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BMA racism in medicine survey</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/equality-and-diversity-guidance/race-equality-in-medicine/delivering-racial-equality-in-medicine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BMA - delivering racial equality in medicine</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>In our regular news review Emma and Nick discuss a practice in Surrey that is set to make three salaried GPs redundant, and what this tells us about changes in primary care</p><br><p>They also talk about the GP workforce, in particular the falling number of GP partners and the impact this might have, and NHS England’s decision to scrap two key GP retention schemes.</p><br><p>Our good news story this week highlights those GPs and others from the world of primary care who received New Year Honours.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and deputy editor Nick Bostock. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p>Useful links</p><br><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/practice-makes-salaried-gps-redundant-model-shifts-additional-roles/article/1856825" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Practice makes salaried GPs redundant as model shifts to additional roles</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-partners-income-down-20-year-bma-poll-reveals/article/1857009" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP partners' income down 20% in a year, BMA poll reveals</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/small-increase-gp-workforce-during-past-year-partners-falling/article/1856397" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Small increase in GP workforce during past year but partners still falling</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/icb-areas-biggest-shortages-gp-partners/article/1851914" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Which ICB areas have the biggest shortages of GP partners?</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/rcgp-condemns-disappointing-decision-scrap-gp-retention-schemes/article/1856930" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP condemns 'disappointing' decision to scrap GP retention schemes</a></p><p>●     <a href="https://www.gponline.com/gps-recognised-new-year-honours/article/1852039" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPs recognised in New Year Honours</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Happy new year!</p><br><p>This week Emma is talking to GP partner Dr Tommy Perkins and specialist medical accountant Andy Pow from Medics Money, about the financial year ahead for general practice.</p><br><p>Tommy and Andy talk about the current financial pressures GP practices are under, how GP partner income has changed, and the sort of uplift practices might need from this year’s GP contract to help address the shortfalls they’ve experienced in recent years.</p><p>They also offer lots of useful advice on how practices can start the new year on a sound financial footing, explain what upcoming tax changes will mean for all GPs, and the importance of better financial training for GPs as general practice becomes increasingly complex.</p><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><strong>GP Business</strong></p><p>Our website GP Business provides practical advice for GP partners and practice managers to help them run their business more effectively. <a href="https://www.gpbusiness.co.uk/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">More details here</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><br><p><strong>From Medics Money</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.medicsmoney.co.uk/gp-partnership-programme/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Medics Money GP partnership course</a></p><p><a href="https://www.medicsmoney.co.uk/business-for-gps-course/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Medics Money GP registrar Business for GPs course</a></p><p><a href="https://www.medicsmoney.co.uk/medical-accounting-blog/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Medics Money podcast</a></p><p><a href="https://www.medicsmoney.co.uk/medical-accountant/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Find a good accountant for doctors (from Medics Money)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.medicsmoney.co.uk/medical-financial-advisor/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Find a good independent financial adviser for doctors (from Medics Money)</a></p><br><p><u> </u></p><br><p><br></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>