General practice in crisis, a defining week for the GPC, and veterans' health

<p>This week we’re talking about a new inquiry into the future of general practice launched by the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee, with MPs warning that the profession is ‘in crisis’.</p><br><p>We also look at the decision to introduce mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for NHS staff in England. And we’ll be discussing the election of a new chair for the BMA’s GP committee in England and looking ahead to next week’s conference of English LMCs.</p><br><p>Emma speaks to Dr Veronica Grant a GP in Derbyshire and the RCGP clinical champion for veterans health about the healthcare needs of veterans and steps practices can take to support veterans and military families,</p><br><p>And we have a bit of good news about GP trainees.</p><br><p>The episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower who is joined by news editor Nick Bostock and senior news reporter Luke Haynes. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://www.rcgp.org.uk/clinical-and-research/resources/toolkits/veterans-healthcare-toolkit.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RCGP veterans’ healthcare toolkit</a></p><br><p><a href="https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/mod/book/view.php?id=12533&chapterid=285" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Veteran friendly practice accreditation</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/top-priorities-new-bma-gp-committee-chair/article/1733669" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What are the top priorities for the new BMA GP committee chair?</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/mps-launch-inquiry-future-general-practice-warning-profession-in-crisis/article/1733303" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MPs launch inquiry into future of general practice - warning profession is 'in crisis'</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/doctors-back-call-force-government-publish-nhs-workforce-planning/article/1733280" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Doctors back call to force government to publish NHS workforce planning</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/covid-vaccine-mandate-strip-9000-staff-general-practice/article/1732838" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">COVID vaccine mandate could strip 9,000 staff from general practice</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>