Underdoctored areas, PCN challenges and ‘living with COVID’

<p>The team takes a closer look at the GP workforce and which parts of England are most under-doctored.</p><br><p>They also look at how primary care networks are faring with recruitment of new staff and why being a clinical director is an increasingly tough job.</p><br><p>And they highlight reaction to the government’s plan for how England will ‘live with COVID’ as well as some updates to the COVID-19 vaccination programme.</p><br><p>Finally there is some good news about GP partners to round things off.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower, who is joined by news editor Nick Bostock and senior reporter Luke Haynes. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p>Talking General Practice is the podcast from GPonline.com.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/map-englands-underdoctored-areas/article/1739735" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Map: Where are England's most underdoctored areas?</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/gps-englands-underdoctored-areas-caring-twice-patients/article/1740393" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPs in England's most underdoctored areas caring for twice as many patients</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/weve-missed-real-opportunity-pcns-top-london-gp-leaves-clinical-director-role/article/1740550" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘We’ve missed a real opportunity with PCNs’: top London GP leaves clinical director role</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/multi-billion-pound-pcn-recruitment-scheme-fails-meet-halfway-target/article/1740916" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Multi-billion pound PCN recruitment scheme fails to meet halfway target</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/golden-hello-scheme-drives-surge-new-gp-partners/article/1740230" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Golden hello scheme drives surge in new GP partners</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gponline.com/vulnerable-receive-additional-covid-19-booster-spring/article/1747556" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Most vulnerable to receive additional COVID-19 booster this spring</a></p><br><p><br></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>