Winter pressures, falling locum pay, how one area transformed its patient per GP ratio

<p><br></p><p>The GPonline team talks about some of the challenges the NHS could face this winter and what all this means for general practice.</p><br><p>They also look at how the GP jobs crisis is affecting locum GPs - and discuss some worrying signs that the lack of detail on any support practices are likely to receive on employer’s national insurance is having a devastating impact on some practices.</p><br><p>And they talk about whether GPs in Wales and Scotland could be following their English counterparts and launching some form of industrial action in the push for a better GP contract.</p><br><p>This week’s good news story is about an ICB area in England that is bucking the trend and has seen a big fall in the number of patients per GP over the past two years and what they’ve done to achieve this.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower, deputy editor Nick Bostock and senior news reporter Kimberley Hackett. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gp-job-shortage-forces-locums-cut-fees-private-work/article/1898170" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GP job shortage forces locums to cut fees and take on private work</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/arrs-jobs-not-solved-employment-crisis-newly-qualified-gps-trainers-warn/article/1898352" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ARRS jobs have not solved employment crisis for newly-qualified GPs, trainers warn</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gps-fear-domino-effect-practice-set-close-ni-hike/article/1898831" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPs fear 'domino effect' as practice set to close over NI hike</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/two-thirds-scottish-gps-ready-disrupt-services-industrial-action/article/1898104" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Two thirds of Scottish GPs ready to disrupt services through industrial action</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/welsh-gps-head-referendum-bma-rejects-2024-25-contract-offer/article/1894894" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Welsh GPs head for referendum after BMA rejects 2024/25 contract offer</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/part-england-bucked-national-trend-grew-its-gp-workforce/article/1898482" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How part of England bucked the national trend and grew its GP workforce</a></p><p>&nbsp;</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>