Scrapping capacity and access payments to create a practice-level GP recruitment fund risks overshadowing any benefit to practices from the overall £485m funding uplift in the 2026/27 GP contract ...

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68 practices shut down following inadequate CQC rating An average of two practices a month that had been placed in CQC special measures were closed down over the two and a half years after the ...

Differential diagnosis: Cysts Dr Nigel Stollery compares four presentations and offers clues for their diagnosis including epidermoid cysts, meibomian cysts, digital myxoid cysts and trichilemmal ...

Identifying yourself as a GP trainee Patients must be informed that they are seeing a GP trainee - and they have the right to refuse to take part in teaching, explains MDU medico-legal adviser Dr ...

Lords can rewrite Health Bill, says former health secretary The House of Lords can substantially alter the Health Bill because Conservative and Liberal Democrat manifestos did not spell out the ...

Emerging neighbourhood models could be derailed if the NHS fails to shift funding out of hospitals to support them, the GP leading England's national neighbourhood health implementation programme ...

GPonline editor Emma Bower and deputy editor Nick Bostock discuss GP contract changes for 2026/27 and how they could affect practices.

Understanding pelvic ultrasound reports Fed up with deciphering jargon, Dr Attiya Khan asked consultant gynaecologist Mr Rehan Khan for a plain language guide to understanding pelvic ultrasounds.

How the new Scottish contract changes GP funding and pay GPs in Scotland have voted for a new GP contract that will change the way that practices are funded and starts the move towards a new pay ...

GPs and GP registrars across England will be asked to vote in a referendum on the GMS contract package for 2026/27 ...

Health and social care leaders - including GPs - should not hold off moving care into the community while they wait for guidance on neighbourhood working, government and NHS officials have said.