GPs face redundancy, GP partners continue to fall, retention schemes scrapped

<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>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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>