Anaesthetic consultant Dr Tom Dolphin has been elected chair of the BMA - and promised to end 'exploitation and erosion' of ...

Dr Philip Marazzi discusses some common male presentations. Clinical pictures: Male genital problems. Dr Philip Marazzi discusses some common male presentations.

The NHS mental health system is 'broken', with patients waiting up to four years for care and overstretched services including general practice struggling to cope, a BMA report warns.

Wes Streeting: This year's pay deal is an investment to improve the NHS. Writing exclusively for GPonline, health and social care secretary Wes Streeting says this year's pay deal shows the government ...

The government has confirmed a 7.4% uplift to GP practices' global sum payments for 2024/25 and 6% increases to other elements of funding in an updated GMS contract statement of financial entitlement ...

10-year NHS plan will promise 'major changes' to GP funding formula. The government will promise 'major changes to how GP funding is distributed' as part of its imminent 10-year health plan, with ...

GPs can often find they are asked to declare patients 'fit to fly'. Dr Rachel Birch from Medical Protection presents two case scenarios, illustrating what GPs can do to support patients while ...

UK medical graduates should be prioritised ahead of overseas recruits for GP training posts, doctors' leaders have said.

Nearly half of GPs in Scotland say their practice is at risk and that they are struggling to cope - but practices can't afford to hire scores of qualified GPs desperate for more work, the BMA has ...

Unemployed locum GPs consider childminding and school teaching roles. Exclusive: Locum GPs struggling to find employment are considering leaving the NHS to work in childcare or as teachers, a ...

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