How rising costs are affecting practices and what will Liz Truss mean for general practice?

<p>Our regular news review is back. This week Emma and Nick talk about soaring energy costs and rising inflation and the impact these could have on GP practices</p><br><p>They also look at what new prime minister Liz Truss and new health and social care secretary Therese Coffey could mean for general practice – and whether the government could prevent a possible crisis in the health service this winter.</p><br><p>And in our regular good news spot they highlight an initiative from a group of GP trainees that puts forward a blueprint for tackling the crisis in general practice.</p><br><p>This episode is presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower who is joined by our news editor Nick Bostock. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><br><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/practices-cut-staff-stop-covid-19-jabs-hand-back-contracts-energy-bills-rocket/article/1797241" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Practices could cut staff, stop COVID-19 jabs or hand back contracts as energy bills rocket</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-practices-being-mugged-profits-set-slump-third/article/1797952" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP practices 'being mugged' as profits set to slump by a third</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/does-liz-truss-premiership-mean-general-practice/article/1797990" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What does a Liz Truss premiership mean for general practice?</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/therese-coffey-rules-gp-visit-fees-promises-stand-patients-access/article/1798178" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Therese Coffey rules out GP visit fees and promises to 'stand up for patients' on access</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/nine-ten-gps-fear-practice-will-struggle-cope-winter/article/1796077" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nine in ten GPs fear their practice will struggle to cope this winter</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-trainees-set-vision-lift-general-practice-crisis/article/1797481" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP trainees set out vision to lift general practice from crisis</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>