GP contract negotiations, how the government is handling the NHS and junior doctor strikes

<p>This week the team talks about ongoing GP contract negotiations in England for next year and asks whether the contract for 2023/24 could be imposed.</p><br><p>They discuss a rise in partnership and PCN disputes and what might be behind this trend as well as the latest on this month’s junior doctor strikes.</p><br><p>They also look at the government’s record on the NHS, including how it’s handling the care backlog and discuss GP workforce statistics after they passed a pretty grim milestone last month.</p><br><p>Our good news story this week is about a local patient campaign that’s forced an integrated care board to U-turn on its plans for a large provider to take over a small practice in Lancashire.</p><br><p>Produced by Czarina Deen</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-contract-overhaul-funding-frameworks-worth-25bn-year/article/1813933" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP contract could overhaul funding frameworks worth £2.5bn a year</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/nhs-in-full-blown-crisis-recovery-plan-falls-short-mps-warn/article/1814860" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NHS 'in full-blown crisis' as recovery plan falls short, MPs warn</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/grim-milestone-passed-steady-decline-gp-workforce/article/1814432" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'Grim milestone' passed in steady decline of GP workforce</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/why-gp-trainees-will-join-junior-doctor-strikes-thousands/article/1814312" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why GP trainees will join junior doctor strikes in their thousands</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/victory-campaign-save-local-gp-icb-u-turn-practice-takeover/article/1814208" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Victory for campaign to save local GP after ICB U-turn on practice takeover</a></p><p>&nbsp;</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>