Catch up quickly with our weekly round-up of key news stories for general practice.

Former RCGP chair Professor Dame Clare Gerada has been appointed a crossbench peer in the House of Lords.

Over half of GPs and practice managers believe the GP contract change that requires practices to keep onl ...

The CQC has launched a public consultation on proposals to improve how it assesses health and care services, including GP ...

GP leaders have raised serious concerns about plans to open 15 new walk-in centres across Scotland, arguing the best way to ...

The number of requests submitted via advice and guidance has risen by around 20% since the introduction of the directed enhanced service (DES) in April, and over 550,000 people have avoided joining ...

ICB approaches to spending their share of a £102m premises development fund for 2025/26 vary widely across England, GPonline analysis shows. So how is the money being used and what impact will it have ...

Tranexamic acid to be made available OTC for menstrual bleeding Tranexamic acid is to be made available over-the-counter for the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding.

Plaid Cymru has pledged to almost double the proportion of NHS funding general practice receives and increase the GP ...

Salaried GPs have been subjected to job plan and contract adjustments following changes to online access that has seen practice workload increase, the BMA has said.

Writing for GPonline, care minister Stephen Kinnock says increased uptake of advice and guidance since the enhanced service ...

The government has 'broken a promise' to ensure expanded access to online consultation was introduced safely by refusing to meet with the BMA and system suppliers to discuss the necessary safeguards ...