Exclusive The BMA will ‘unashamedly’ be looking for a share of the £100m pot the Welsh Government has allocated towards reducing waiting lists, the chair of its GP committee has said. Dr Gareth ...

This year’s GP Patient Survey is welcome recognition of the hard work that has been taking place across general practice. Patients are reporting continued improvements in their experience of care and ...

Millions of patients rely on financial help with the costs of their medicines through NHS schemes, figures show. Most of the schemes offered by the NHS have seen increasing numbers of accepted ...

The new episode of Pulse in Focus: The Podcast for GPs is now live and available on all podcast platforms. Editor Sofia Lind is joined by deputy news editor Anna Colivicchi to discuss Anna’s Big ...

Three GP partners have been elected as the new deputy chairs of the BMA’s GP committee, the union has announced. The committee has elected Dr David Wrigley, Dr Shan Hussain and Dr Manu Agrawal as the ...

Recommendations from the four Chief Medical Officers repeat earlier advice to do at least 150 minutes of exercise a week. But there is new focus on why small amounts of movement – such as taking the ...

British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (BSACI) primary care guidance is clear that there is no reliable way to predict the severity of future allergic reactions. Someone with a previous ...

NICE has conditionally approved the use of two technologies in primary care to speed up the diagnosis of endometriosis, under new draft guidance. The committee said Endosure and Endotest should be ...

Patient satisfaction with GP practices has risen in the past year across a range of measures, according to data published by NHS England. More than three quarters of patients (76.7%) rated their ...

A further £200m has been allocated for GP practices to claim for small premises upgrades, the Government has confirmed. The 10 Capital Year Plan, published today, confirmed a further £200m of the ...

GP practice staff and other NHS employees who access patient records out of ‘curiosity’ face dismissal or even prison time, NHS England has said. Chief executive Sir Jim Mackey said in a letter that ...