Primary Care News Round-Up 5th April 2024

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

 

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Majority of GPs in favour of industrial action amid prospect of Autumn closures

Yorkshire Post

Automatic updates from pharmacies to GP records being phased in from this week

Management in Practice

NHS England hails increase in daily GP appointments to 1.4 million

Pulse

Income protected QOF points more than double from April

Management in Practice

Long term workforce plan has ‘significant weaknesses’, says report

Healthcare Leader

Some Jersey patients paying less for GP appointments

BBC News

Holywell: No GP cover at Panton Surgery due to sickness

Wrexham Leader

New PCN contract increases onus on GPs supervising PAs

Pulse

Government announces global sum increase for April, as GPs strongly vote down imposed contract

Management in Practice

Tributes to one of city’s longest-serving GPs who retires after 42 years

Leicestershire Live

Calderdale GP practice closure: Alternative provision for 2,800 Todmorden patients sought

Halifax Courier

Hospital trust failed to send another 30,000 patient documents to GPs

Pulse

CQC delays rollout of ICS assessments

Healthcare Leader

New standards for GP practices to raise and improve level of service for patients in Wales

gov.wales

Framework unveiled to help practices access tech expertise

Management in Practice

One in 20 people told GP surgery 'cannot help today', major new patient poll finds

Mirror

Out-of-hours GPs to lose state-backed indemnity cover in NI

Pulse

 

New PCN contract signals move to ‘collaborative’ vaccination delivery

Management in Practice

 

RCGP raises ‘extreme concerns’ about closure of NHS visa support service

Pulse

 

Experiences of GP practice access and NHS waiting times

Office for National Statistics

 

RCGP and Faculty of Public Health top climate and health scorecard

BMJ

 

Devolution in Manchester has improved health system, study finds

Healthcare Leader

 

Four GP Practices Join East London Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust

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