Primary Care News Round-Up 19th July 2024

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

 

Bolton’s newly-crowned best GP practice according to patients

The Bolton News

Updates to the primary medical services policy and guidance manual (PMG)

NHS England

Whooping cough vaccinations a priority

NHS England

Limited time to access improvement support for general practices

NHS England

NHS hit as GPs unable to book appointments in IT outage

iNews

Whooping cough cases mapped as infections rise and warning issued

Manchester Evening News

Experts warn people to ‘see GP’ if they’re always tired

Plymouth Herald

6.2m patients unable to see NHS dentist

Cover

More than four fifths rate practice receptionists and admin staff helpful, patient survey finds

Management in Practice

England’s healthcare watchdog apologises over ‘new regulatory approach’

Yahoo! News

Prison healthcare: overcrowding, understaffing, a drug epidemic, and an ageing population in an unfit Victorian estate

BMJ

 

Lib Dems call for new laws on GP appointments and cancer care in King’s Speech

LibDems.org.uk

 

Nottingham GP practice with 4,000 patients to close amid financial pressures

Nottingham Post

To save the NHS, Labour must consult GPs, not echo chambers

The Guardian

GPs give up contract amid 400% service charge hike

BBC News

GP practice in Cramlington welcomes back its founding doctor to officially open new surgery

Northumberland Gazette

Doctors' surgeries urged to take on violent and threatening patients struck off by GPs

Teeside Live

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