The GPonline team discusses the key news stories affecting general practice.

Practice finances could be 'decimated' if the government approves a raid on hundreds of millions of pounds in enhanced services cash to fund new neighbourhood contracts, GPs fear.

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has accused the BMA of 'cartel-like behaviour' ahead of strikes by resident doctors and promised to 'plough on regardless' with NHS reform - while ...

NHS GPs have reduced antibiotic prescribing but overall use has risen because of a surge in private prescriptions, health ...

Government officials have given ICBs the green light to complete 50% staff cuts after agreeing a long-awaited funding package for redundancy costs estimated at £1bn.

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Making 50% of ICB staff redundant could undermine plans to shift NHS care to a more preventive model and may not deliver promised gains in clinical output, the BMA has warned.

GPs deliver over 50% more consultations per day on average than the safe limit recommended by the BMA - and one in three say their daily workload is potentially unsafe, GPonline polling suggests.

Nearly one in three GPs are unlikely to be working in general practice five years from now, according to alarming RCGP polling that shows the profession is facing an imminent 'mass exodus'.

Additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) jobs are creating a two-tier system in which newly-qualified GPs are being paid 'significantly below market rate', LMCs have warned.

Primary care minister Stephen Kinnock has accused the BMA England GP committee of 'standing in the way of changes vital for ...

GP practice staff who entered the Great Scottish Run as a team say the experience has improved their fitness, helped build working relationships and encourage patients to be more active.