GPs swell MMR stocks for catch-up plan
GP practices in England have ordered over 200,000 extra doses of the MMR vaccine in a bid to stem the spread of a record measles outbreak. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 7, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
BMA campaign highlights workload and out-of-hours pressure
Practices will be at the forefront of a BMA campaign to inform patients about the 'real story happening in the NHS', raising the profile of concerns about workload, the GP contract and out-of-hours care. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 7, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Volunteering with the RNLI
Devon GP Dr Jane Aitken and her husband, former GP Dr Peter Aitken, volunteer as lifeboat medical advisers with the RNLI in Exmouth. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 7, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Exclusive: Practices face funding lottery
A lack of national guidance from NHS England is causing a postcode lottery that could leave practices facing funding variations worth thousands of pounds, GPs have warned. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 7, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Interview: Integration key to NHS survival, warns Sir John Oldham
Sir John Oldham, Labour's new integration czar, tells Marina Soteriou why the NHS will not be sustainable without integration. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 7, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Is general practice at a crossroads?
Neil Roberts looks at some of the key issues raised at the 2013 UK LMCs conference and assesses what might happen next. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 7, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Win £500 of Homebase vouchers
Make the most of your garden this summer by entering our latest competition. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 7, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GP Interview: Volunteering with the RNLI
Devon GP Dr Jane Aitken and her husband, former GP Dr Peter Aitken, volunteer as lifeboat medical advisers with the RNLI in Exmouth. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 7, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Health minister 'clarifies' women GPs 'burden' claim
Health minister Anna Soubry has moved to 'clarify' comments she made in support of an MP who said training women to become GPs placed a 'great burden' on the NHS. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 6, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GP trainees 'risk failing' over lack of time in general practice, GPC warns
Some GP trainees may fail to qualify because UK deaneries are using them to plug staff shortages in hospitals rather than allowing them to spend enough time in general practice, GP leaders have warned. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 6, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
AF 'triggers cognitive decline'
Patients who develop AF will experience cognitive problems earlier in life, and decline faster, than those without the condition, research suggests. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 6, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Urgent care integration threatened by constant change, warns RCGP
'Constant change' in the NHS is undermining integration, RCGP chairwoman Professor Clare Gerada has warned MPs. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 5, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GPs demand discharge letter improvements to ease workload
Improvements to hospital discharge letters could save every GP in the UK an hour a day, GP leaders believe. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 5, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GPs urged to widen NRT prescribing
GPs in England have been urged to prescribe NRT, including patches and gums, to smokers to lower their exposure to tobacco even if they are not interested in quitting fully. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 5, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
PMS practices denied locum superannuation funds
Employer's pension contributions for locum GPs could be at risk after an NHS England area team refused to offer PMS practices funding to cover the payments. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 4, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
