Fallout from the budget, how the job shortage has hit GP pay

<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>