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The article focuses on continuity of care in modern-day general practice, highlighting the importance of maintaining continuity for better patient outcomes. It discusses the challenges and changes in the healthcare landscape that have affected continuity, along with strategies and models to provide continuity of care in different patient groups, such as the elderly, those with mental health issues, and young working-age adults.

The article focuses on the potential consequences of expanding the use of advice and guidance (A&G) in the NHS, which may make it mandatory and require GPs to reduce their direct referrals to secondary care, highlighting the concerns and implications associated with this shift, including increased workload and medicolegal risks for GPs.

The article provides guidance on creating a contingency plan for software outages in medical practices, emphasizing the importance of being prepared for IT failures. These failures can lead to disruptions in accessing medical records, processing prescriptions, managing appointments, and even telephone systems.

The article focuses on the challenges associated with significantly increasing the capacity for general practice (GP) training, as outlined in National Health Service (NHS) England's long-term workforce plan. It discusses concerns about a shortage of GP trainers, inadequate training facilities, and the need for proper investment in primary care services, workforce, and infrastructure to support this expansion.

The article presents questions and answers related to health care. Topics include The reforms in general practice (GP), Funding challenges in primary care and The possibility of GP industrial action over funding issues.

The article discusses the impact of the ongoing emergency services crisis in the UK on general practice, with longer response times and critical incidents leading to difficult decisions for GPs including warned of people dying each week due to emergency care delays.

The article focuses on the increasing incidents of abuse towards GP practices and staff, with topics including a rise in violent crimes, public order offenses, and harassment. It mentions the abuse is linked to patient frustration, increased demand, reduced workforce, and a lack of support from media, ministers, and NHS England.

The article discusses the reasons behind the forced closures of general practitioner (GP) practices since 2013 in England. It refers to the findings of a major investigation into GPs, according to which at least 474 surgeries have been closed that impacted 1.5 million patients. It mentions Kaye Ward, a partner at Central Lakes Medical Group in Cumbria, which was forced to cancel its contract.

The article reports that Turning 60, I decided it was time for a change. I moved to Westminster from Brent to take more of a role in clinical leadership – but in reality I'm just as busy. I was a senior partner in Brent but still ended up as the lead partner in Westminster! I work flexibly on Mondays. As the remote GP, I assist with clinical paperwork, actioning results and hospital letters, completing medical reports and dealing with emails to my practice.

The article presents the author describing his typical week, including running a sustainability consultancy along with General Practitioners' clinics.

The article offers suggestions for individual practices embarking on the research journey. It includes contacting clinical research network of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR CRN), linking with integrated care boards (ICBs) to be involved in research and introducing to local academic department of primary care.

The article offers information related to general practice (GP) recovery plans in England. It includes former health secretary Jeremy Hunt's New Deal and the 2016 General Practice Forward View, former health secretary Sajid Javid's 2021 plan to improve GP access and the National Health Service (NHS) England's winter resilience plan for 2022-2023.

This article discusses the importance of cultural competence in providing effective, quality care to patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. Topics include the need for clinicians to have a better understanding of cultural manifestations of grief and bereavement was a top priority, developing cultural competence in primary care and advice on how to develop greater cultural awareness in your practice, such as using data to improve understanding of patient needs.

An interview with GP and mental health lead, Emma Nash is presented. Topics include her views on the prevalence and risk factors associated with suicidal ideation, the importance of identifying and managing suicide risk in patients presenting with mental health problems and the strategies for asking about suicidal ideation compassionately and effectively.

The article offers some advices on running a medical practice effectively. Topics include information on analysis of remote consulting; how GMC advises on how to provide good patient care in remote consultations; and how to set own policy on phone consultations which decide a limit on the number of times a general practitioner can try calling a patient.

The article discuses the benefits of general practitioner (GP) partnerships. It is reported that becoming a partner involves getting more involved and invested as well as taking a greater share in decision making and ownership. It is further reported that new GP partners can explore and develop specialist interests, such as sexual health, dermatology or joint injections.

The article focuses on the Primary Care Support England (PCSE) services supported by Capita Business Services Limited. It is reported that PCSE is responsible for maintaining general practitioner (GP) pension records, processing pension estimates, retirement applications, processing information provided by GP practices and others. It is further reported that PCSE is meeting some of its targets on customer support, such as 100 percent user satisfaction.

The article explores few ways for general practitioners for minimizing risk and responding appropriately, as violence against general practitioners is increasing. Topics discussed include use of funding opportunities to implement the basics; zero tolerance for online abuse; and importance of making larger changes to premises.

The article focuses on increasing the GP workforce in England by a change in legislation to allow secondary care staff and associate specialist (SAS) doctors to work in general practice. Topics discussed include challenges for the SAS doctors following the rules change; comment of GMC chief executive Charlie Massey on the rule change; and benefits of the rule change in general practice.

The article offers information on an appointment of General Practitioner within two weeks with the latest NHS Digital figures show 85 percent of appointments in July 2022. It also discusses that 31,000 telephone lines available for General Practitioner practices from January 2023 but as most practice staff will be quick to point out, extra lines are no use if there are insufficient reception staff to answer them.

The article reports that the NHS England's strategy to increase face-to-face appointments has rocked general practice. Topics discussed include the BMA's GP Committee called an emergency meeting, held the week after the plan was announced. Following the meeting, it told practices and LMCs to disengage with all parts of the plan. But it went even further; and It has also called on practices to submit undated resignations from NHS England's flagship Network DES.

The article reports that as it became clear the Government was failing to recruit enough GPs, it started to focus on other primary care roles. The 2019 contract set out ambitious targets to increase the number of non-GP healthcare staff by 26,000 by 2024/25. Primary care networks (PCNs)have been given funds to recruit pharmacists, physiotherapists and paramedics among other roles, via the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS).

The article provides insights into key healthcare topics, including how NHS England is working on a significant expansion of the 'advice and guidance' (A&G) pathway to reduce direct GP referrals to hospitals; and a draft guideline from NICE discourages GPs from prescribing antibiotics for suspected acute respiratory infections through remote consultations alone, recommending face-to-face assessments for pneumonia suspicion.

The article discusses the challenges facing general practice in the U.K. compared to other countries. It highlights that U.K. GPs have lower morale, reduced satisfaction with pay, shorter appointment times, and higher rates of leaving the profession than their international counterparts. The article suggests that while some may argue that U.K. GP pay is competitive and working hours are similar, the intensity of appointments, workload from secondary care and the role of GPs as a general safety.

The article discusses several key developments and changes in the field of general practice (GP), including funding uplift for GP practices to cover staff pay rises, simplification of cancer referral targets, updated guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC) requiring "kindness" among doctors, changes in the Care Quality Commission (CQC)'s GP practice inspection framework, and the ability for GPs to directly order diagnostic tests for cardiovascular and respiratory disorders.

The article focuses on how to increase your practice list size. Topics discussed include the second way is to expand your ‘outer' practice boundary, which also requires the agreement of your CCG; and Outer boundaries were set by primary care trusts and CCGs in 2012/13, but GP practices can still work on reviewing and expanding them.

The article focuses on annual NHS refrain but the most dire predictions could actually be borne out this time and Covid is being allowed to circulate with few restrictions, we are expecting an unprecedented flu season and 5.6 million people are on hospital waiting lists. Topics include GPs will be managing a Covid booster campaign and there have been problems with supplies of blood test tubes, and the relentless patient demand leaves practices with limited headspace for complex winter plans.

The article discusses the problem of over diagnosis that may arise because of GP (general practitioners) contract and NHS England's long-term plan. Topics discussed include unofficial screenings for diagnosing hypertension, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and diabetes; views of doctor Dermot Ryan on unnecessary diagnosis of patients even if they doesn't necessarily need it; and changes to clinical guidelines contributing to growing medicalization .

The article reports that general practice is being promised a different future. Prime Minister Theresa May has committed 20.5 billion pounds a year to the NHS by 2023, which will be used to implement what NHS England is calling its 10-year plan. The Government is serious about increasing investment into general practice.

It must also not be forgotten that general practice is ahead of the curve in terms of BAME people in leadership positions, while a third of GPs are from BAME backgrounds. The GMC: complaints against BAME doctors more likely to escalate GMC data obtained by Pulse show, perhaps surprisingly, that UKeducated white doctors are just as likely to face a complaint as non-white colleagues. 4 The historical recruitment drive cited by Roger Kline could also explain why overseas-trained GPs ended up in hard-to-recruit regions around 30 years ago, but UK-trained BAME GPs were often also brought up in those communities, and tended to be more likely to settle and practise there than GPs from elsewhere. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the splintering of generalist care in primary care, with traditional GP work being divided between GPs and other healthcare professionals due to decades of underfunding of the core contract, resulting in financial and emotional costs, including the loss of continuity of care and the risk of deskilling among newer GPs.

An editorial is presented the impracticality and inconveniences of advice and guidance (A&G) in healthcare, highlighting how it falls short of its theoretical benefits. It discusses the increasing emphasis on A&G in healthcare, a shift towards a secondary care-focused approach that reduces waiting lists but potentially compromises patient safety and increases GP workload.

An editorial is presented in which the author highlights the critical role of trust in the context of general practitioners (GPs) and suggests that trust should underpin the future of GP contracts and healthcare provision. The author argues that placing trust in GPs to act in the best interests of their patients could eliminate the need for excessive bureaucracy, metrics, and regulations, ultimately leading to improved patient care quality.

The article announces GP Awards 2022 given to general practitioners in delivering health services across the UK including GP of the year award to Professor Michael Holmes of Haxby Group, GP Team of the Year to Miriam PCG y,GP Trainee Rising Star to Solomon Lebese of Symphony Healthcare Services.

The article presents several interviews including the labor party's shadow health secretary, Wes Striating and labor leader Sir Keir Starmer on the the Labour Party's proposals for the future of general practice in UK. Topics include the former wanting to abolish the GP partnership model and move towards a salaried service; while the latter supporting the idea of patients being able to self-refer to specialist services; and concluded by critics that GPs already operate in a non-corrupt way.

The article discusses how the rising cost of living is impacting the health of patients and GP practices in the UK including more patients with health problems caused or exacerbated by the cost of living crisis, including mental health issues, and are having to find ways to help their patients cope. It also mentions that many practices are also struggling to make ends meet, with some taking drastic action to reduce costs.

The article offers information on truth around general practitioner access. Topics include information on how media was full of tales of underperforming practices; how Pulse analysis has revealed the major systemic issues; and how high percentage of appointments in person, and one that is likely to reflect patient preference.

The article profiles the top 50 geneal practitioners in Great Britain including Doctor Nigel Watson, Doctor Nikita Kanani and Doctor Farah Jameel.

The article focuses on the issue of closure of nine general practice (GP) surgeries in little over three years as of 2018 mainly due to GPs relocating or retiring due to pressure on services, which has worsened the problems. Topics include Great Britain's National Health Service (NHS) in Brighton, England and Hove CCG said it is working to sustain existing practices, and two areas in Northern Ireland including Portadown and Fermanagh stated to be also struggling.

The article offers information on the case of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba. Topics discussed include case on Bawa-Garba due to the death of a 6-year-old down syndrome patient due to failure of Bawa-Garba to recognise abnormal blood results; agreement of High Court with general medical council in preventing Bawa-Garba from practicing medicine; and activity of general practitioners in raising the fund to prevent similar problems in future.

he article offers information about the potential changes to the general practitioner (GP) contract and partnership model in the United Kingdom. It mentions National Health Services England are considering a move towards a "neighbourhood" model with integrated primary care services. It mentions the Labour Party supports a shift towards more salaried GPs, and overall, the issue of workforce remains central to the challenges faced by general practice in the United Kingdom.

The article reports that Lord Ara Darzi proposes a salaried service to replace the independent contractor model for general practice. It suggests that primary care should be integrated with the rest of the health service. It highlights concerns about potential loss of patient relationships and limited freedom to innovate under an NHS employment model.

The article reports that the United Kingdom Government is considering a new approach to reduce waiting lists and pressure on the national health services by involving general practitioner in prescribing obesity drugs. It mentions that NICE has recommended the use of injectable prescription medication semaglutide for adults with certain weight-related conditions and a exploring the potential use of tirzepatide for weight loss.

The article focuses on Allison Pearson's seven-point plan to free up GP appointments. It mentions the plan includes cutting bureaucracy, abolishing GP revalidation, allowing private GPs and consultants to access NHS records, introducing a charge for missed appointments, sacking 70 present of NHS managers, bringing back the waiting room, and getting control of immigration.

An editorial is presented the abuse faced by general practitioners (GPs) and their staff, highlighting that the relentless focus on access to healthcare services fuels this abuse. It mentions despite being the most accessible part of the NHS, GPs bear the brunt of patients' frustrations and hostility, which is exacerbated by the perception that GPs are less overworked compared to secondary care teams.