The number of GPs offering appointments, repeat prescriptions and access to summary information in medical records online has tripled in the first three months of the year with almost every GP surgery in England offering the service. Data published today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) shows that over 97% of patients […]

More than 600 people now visit their GP instead of the hospital for regular physical and mental health checks thanks to a successful London scheme saving the NHS thousands. Across Newham CCG’s 61 surgeries four teams Community Psychiatric Nurses (CPNs) are on stand-by to see patients with stable severe mental illnesses who have opted into […]

Patients across England are set to benefit from a £350 million investment in GP services, announced today (27th March 2015). The 2015/16 funding will deliver on the promise of a new deal for primary care, as highlighted in the NHS Five Year Forward View. Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund – second wave pilots An additional 37 […]

A new programme to get doctors into General Practice has been launched today with the backing of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), NHS England, Health Education England and the BMA. The Induction and Refresher scheme is designed to support GPs who have previously been in practice to introduce them back into the workforce. […]

Over a third of GP-led Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) around the country have been approved to jointly commission GP services with NHS England, it has been announced today. This follows the announcement last week of the first CCGs approved to take on greater delegated responsibility for GP services and means that from 1 April, over […]

NHS England is making it easier than ever before for general practice staff to report patient safety incidents. A new e-form is being launched today to enable general practice staff to quickly and easily report patient safety incidents to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) – the national patient safety incident database. Reports of […]

Health leaders have today (Monday) announced a £10 million investment to kick start a new plan to expand the general practice workforce. The money will be used to recruit new GPs, retain those that are thinking of leaving the profession and encourage doctors to return to general practice to better meet the needs of patients […]

The Care.Data Programme closed in 2016 Following today’s media coverage on the care.data programme NHS England would like to clarify the following points in relation to patient care. Under the care.data programme no patient data has been collected so far from GPs The Pathfinder stage will test the care.data programme in four different English regions The […]

Patients across England are set to benefit from a £250m investment in GP premises every year for the next four years. The NHS England funding will deliver on the promise of a new deal for primary care, as highlighted in the NHS Five Year Forward View.   It is the first tranche of the recently announced […]

NHS England has launched an interactive Patient Online Support and Resources Guide to help general practices deliver patient services online. Developed in partnership with the Royal College of General Practitioners, it provides practical tools on implementing a range of online services including booking appointments and ordering repeat prescriptions. Dr Masood Nazir, NHS England’s Clinical Director […]