Greater reliance on advice and guidance (A&G) can lead to delays in diagnosis and unnecessary referrals, the RCP has warned.

US private equity firm TPG has bought Optum UK, the company that owns major UK GP IT system supplier EMIS. The deal, which was first reported as a possibility at the beginning of this year, means that ...

The talk of the town recently has been GPs supposedly returning to collective action. However, as the Department of Health and Social Care made clear to us in a statement, as far as they’re concerned ...

GPs need more clarity over how the NHS intends to provide access to weight loss jabs for people with established cardiovascular disease who are overweight, an expert has warned. NICE has finalised ...

GPs in several areas have been advised by their LMCs to use ‘tweaked’ versions of the BMA’s template letter for collective action around data sharing. As part of collective action which started on ...

Pulse will host an on-stage interview with the chair of the BMA’s GP committee in Wales Dr Gareth Oelmann at the first-ever Pulse LIVE Cardiff this summer. The free-to-attend conference will also ...

‘Significant’ workload pressure on GPs must be taken into account before any new access targets are introduced by the Government, the RCGP has warned. According to information obtained by HSJ, it is ...

Clinical conundrum: In the next in our series, GP Dr Toni Hazell explores how to diagnose and manage a tricky case of pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) You are seeing a 32-year-old woman who is ...

More than 1m asthma patients switched to a combination reliever inhaler containing an inhaled corticosteroid following ...

If general practice is ‘not at the table’ for discussions around NHS reform, it will ‘unfortunately be on the menu’, Dr Chaan ...