Primary Care News 17th January 2025

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

 

 

Change NHS call to action - Patient Participation Groups (PPGs)

NHS England

Implementing new GP funding formula would cost £333m in England, say ICBs

Healthcare Leader

Cost of living leads to general practice staff quitting, survey shows

Management in Practice

Crisis in GP surgeries as First Minister threats to intervene

Abergavenny Chronicle

GP jailed for ‘truly horrific’ sexual abuse of patients over 15-year period

The Standard

Darlington Borough Council approves private GP practice

Northern Echo

Police investigating imposter healthcare worker who visited patients' homes

Plymouth Live

Ochil Medical Practice issue warning after rise in scam calls

Alloa Advertiser

GPs turn to AI to help with patient workload

BBC News

New vaccine delivery system deemed 'not fit for purpose' as uptake in the Highlands drops

Inverness Courier

Apology over disruption to blood test results in Bradford

Telegraph & Argus

Local GPs comment on the substantial rise in hospital admissions due to a lack of vitamins

Lancashire Post

GP surgery ‘on the brink’ with nurse working in broom cupboard 

Nursing in Practice

Not your average practice: Caring for homeless populations

Pulse

Future of PCNs ‘secure’ for 2025/26, says NHS England

Nursing in Practice

Why are out of hours GPs being told to keep patients away from hospital?

Yahoo! News

Isle of Wight residents share struggles with GP appointments and long A&E waits

On The Wight

NHS insists Whitehill and Bordon Health Hub is 'progressing well' despite lack of GPs

Petersfield Post

How practices can proactively support staff through the cost of living crisis

Management in Practice

GP and Compton Care partnership "highly commended" at national awards event

Express and Star

Sore throat? Sinusitis? Earache? Think Pharmacy First!

Worksop Guardian

CQC admits to backlog for looking into flagged concerns about NHS providers, while 500 reports are also ‘lost’

Management in Practice

A fairer way to fund General Practice: Learning from LLR and Frimley ICSs

NHS Confederation

Banbridge GP's push to support cancer patients

Northern Ireland World

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