Doctor leaders have called for reforms to the fitness-to-practise process amid a 25% increase in complaints from the public – the vast majority of which were groundless. New GMC data has shown ...

Over half of neighbourhood health centres in one area are expected to be based at hospitals rather than GP practices, one ICB ...

GPs have been reminded to specify hazardous implants when completing death certificates to avoid delaying burial and ...

One LMC has withdrawn support for the local IHO model, as it said it was unlikely GP practices would be on 'equal footing' ...

The full agenda for Pulse LIVE Newcastle has been unveiled, featuring a session focussed on analysing and explaining the new ...

Exclusive GPs are still facing an ‘astonishing’ unemployment crisis, the new chair of the BMA’s sessional GP committee has warned – as she revealed that it took her three years to find a ‘very tiny’ ...

The UK medicines’ regulator has approved the world’s first pressurised metered-dose inhaler for asthma with a ‘minimal carbon footprint’. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) ...

Patients living with arthritis and back pain will receive faster care and help to return to work with the rollout of a £3.2m ...

The Government has highlighted new data showing a ‘record number’ of fully-qualified GPs working in the NHS. The Department of Health and Social Care pointed to new figures on the GP practice ...

Prime minister Andy Burnham has appointed the cabinet for his Government. Pulse takes a look at the new health secretary Yvette Cooper to see what her term could mean for general practice ...

She will succeed James Murray, who was appointed to the role in May following Wes Streeting’s resignation. Mr Murray said: ‘Huge congratulations to Yvette Cooper on becoming h ...

GP practices must not be pressured into signing up to neighbourhood proposals and should await further guidance before committing to any local plans, the BMA has said. The union’s GP committee said ...