Primary Care News Round-Up 19th April 2024

A round-up of the news headlines this week relating to primary care and GP practices in the UK

 

 

Vaccination and immunisation record keeping requirements are tightened

Management in Practice

BMA urges NHS England to ‘immediately halt’ expansion of PAs

Pulse

NHS England U-turns on decision to cut practitioner mental health service

Management in Practice

Minister denies Government encourages primary care same-day access hubs

Pulse

Prescription requests down up to 16% due to ICB sustainability campaign

Healthcare Leader

Practice manager campaign aims to change patient mindset to reduce burden on GPs

Management in Practice

New preceptorship and clinical supervision policy for NHS nurses in Wales 'benchmark for GP surgeries'

Nursing in Practice

GP practice wins business award for 'exceptional resilience' in local crisis

GP Online

RCGPNI launches new strategy to tackle GP workforce retention

RCGP

QOF set to be scrapped in Northern Ireland

Pulse

63% of UK doctors eye overseas move

Practice Business

How we are trying to ensure strong general practice in Denmark

Pulse

Aberdeenshire MP apologises after leaflet error over future of Aboyne GP surgery

Aberdeen Live


GP surgery slams lack of government funding in open letter to patients

Alton Herald

Seeing the same GP ‘could boost life expectancy’

Evening Standard

Over 700 pharmacies in Wales to offer electronic prescriptions to patients

Pharmacy Business

Fife medical practice with over 6000 patients taken over by three GPs

Fife Today

Approval for Sheffield £9.4m GP surgery hub plan

The Star

Practice wins £500,000 from developers and NHS for major expansion

GP Online

HbA1c test may be inaccurate for thousands of South Asian people, research finds

GP Online

Rollout of new medical examiner system postponed to September

Pulse

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