A Lancashire GP has created a catchy music video to raise awareness of the devastating impact of list cleaning on patients and GP funding - urging patients to do what they can to avoid being written off as a 'ghost'. Full story and to hear the song: www.gponline.com/im-ghost-gps...

Patients in rural communities could miss out on MenB jabs because dispensing practices were ‘not considered’ in NHS England's immunisation campaign, GP leaders have warned. Full story: www.gponline.com/dispensing-g...

Most GPs have seen a referral rejected inappropriately and nearly one in 10 have seen a patient harmed as a result since the NHS began moving to a 'single point of access' model earlier this year, GPonline polling suggests. Full story: www.gponline.com/gps-report-p...

GPs can play a key role in helping patients access benefits and avoid money worries at the end of life. Palliative care consultant and and medical director at @mariecurieuk.bsky.social North West Dr Laura Chapman looks at how GPs can help. Full story: www.gponline.com/viewpoint-gp...

General practice in England delivered nearly 35m appointments in June this year - a new record that is 46% above the same month in 2019, GPonline analysis shows. Full story: www.gponline.com/general-prac...

@bmascotland.bsky.social GP committee chair Dr Iain Morrison on how the Scottish jobs boom is attracting GPs from England struggling to find work. Full story: www.gponline.com/scottish-job...

Doncaster LMC has withdrawn from ongoing integrated health organisation talks, citing concerns about the proposed model. Full story: www.gponline.com/lmc-backs-ih...

In an open letter to new health and social care secretary Yvette Cooper, County Durham GP Dr Kamal Sidhu calls for a neighbourhood reset built on trust in general practice. Full story: www.gponline.com/viewpoint-yv...

Fitness to practise concerns flagged to the GMC surged by 25% in 2025 compared with the previous year - with GP concerns rising slightly faster, data from the regulator shows. Full story: www.gponline.com/worrying-ris...

BMA sets out next step in collective action for August Full story: www.gponline.com/bma-sets-nex...

Funding for NHS primary medical care would be billions of pounds higher if growth over the past decade had kept pace with hospital uplifts, government figures suggest. Full story: www.gponline.com/gps-denied-b...

GP practices could still face legal action over changes to physician associate (PA) roles following the Leng review, a union has warned, despite the High Court rejecting its application for a judicial review. Full story: www.gponline.com/gp-practices...

GP practices have been advised to consider temporarily closing or relocating if temperatures reach 30 degrees Celsius inside their premises. Full story: www.gponline.com/heatwave-for...

GP leaders have warned that rural practice closures 'will harm patients', as doctors who stepped in to save a North Yorkshire surgery earlier this year warned their intervention was no more than a 'temporary fix'. Full story: www.gponline.com/plan-save-yo...

Viewpoint: How GPs can help eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat Full story: www.gponline.com/viewpoint-gp...

Rising numbers of GPs are moving from England to Scotland to escape the jobs crisis south of the border, doctors' leaders have revealed. Full story: www.gponline.com/scottish-job...

GPs fear a ‘workload dump’ onto general practice and increased risk for patients as hospitals block fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) referrals. Full story: www.gponline.com/gps-fear-wor...

NHS England’s consultation on new neighbourhood contracts has sparked debate on the future for primary care, but a lack of concrete detail means general practice still faces uncertainty, experts have warned. Full story: www.gponline.com/neighbourhoo...

Is the NHS failing women because of medical misogyny or severe underfunding? Talking General Practice speaks to Dr Stephanie Cook about women's health hubs and how the NHS can improve women's health.

Podcast: How women’s health hubs can help improve care

GP Dr Stephanie Cook, clinical lead for the women's health hubs in Liverpool and a GP with a special interest in women's health speaks, to GPonline editor Emma Bower.

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@thedauk.bsky.social and @rebuildgp.co.uk have called on the new health and social care secretary to prioritise the family doctor model, fix the GP unemployment issue and place general practice at the heart of neighbourhood health. Full story: www.gponline.com/gps-call-gov...

Prime minister Andy Burnham has appointed @damedianajohnson.bsky.social as a new minister of state at the DHSC. Full story: www.gponline.com/new-appointm...

With a new health and social care secretary and prime minister, can the government reset its relationship with the profession? GPonline editor @emmabower.bsky.social looks at how the changes in Westminster could affect GPs. Full story: www.gponline.com/new-prime-mi...

NHS England has confirmed the two NHS trusts that will become the first integrated health organisations next year. Full story: www.gponline.com/first-areas-...

Exclusive: Half of GPs believe NHS general practice is no longer financially viable - and two thirds say practices should be allowed to offer private services to their patients, GPonline polling shows. Full story: www.gponline.com/half-gps-say...

Exclusive: The number of doctors seeking legal advice for coroners’ inquests increased by 125% over the past 10 years, a medical defence organisation has revealed. Full story: www.gponline.com/number-docto...

GP practices in many areas are feeling pressured into signing up to new neighbourhood models over fears they could lose significant amounts of local enhanced service funding if they do not, the BMA has warned. Full story: www.gponline.com/practices-fe...

Hospital targets need to align with neighbourhood health if the new model of care is to succeed, a former NHS England official has said. Full episode: www.gponline.com/hospitals-ne...

Dr Ruth Abrams, an organisational psychologist and associate professor at the @uniofsurrey.bsky.social, speaks to GPonline editor Emma Bower about her recent research on the conditions in which women GPs thrive. Full episode: www.gponline.com/podcast-ensu...

Podcast: How can we ensure women GPs thrive in general practice?

Dr Ruth Abrams, an organisational psychologist and associate professor at the University of Surrey, speaks to GPonline editor Emma Bower about her recent research on the conditions in which women GPs…

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS🚨 There will be no requirement for PCNs or practices to form legal entities to hold new single-neighbourhood provider (SNP) contracts, NHS England has suggested. Full story: www.gponline.com/nhs-england-...

Patient satisfaction with general practice is rising, but how does the picture vary across England - and are there signs that the gap between the highest- and lowest-rated areas is narrowing? Full story: www.gponline.com/rising-patie...