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Ahead of the #AssistedDying vote on Friday if you're interested in this from a general practice viewpoint listen to our podcast from last year. It's about a possible law change in Scotland but the arguments & issues involved are the same in England/Wales pod.fo/e/2320b1

GPs to be paid £20 per request in £80m advice and guidance plan gponline.com/gps-paid-20-pe…

Thanks so much to Ruth Rankine 💙 for speaking to me this week. Well worth a listen - really good insight into what ICB leaders think about the move from hospital to community, the role PCNs could play in the coming years and some of the challenges around creating a neighbourhood NHS

'It's absolutely astonishing that we've got to this point as a profession. GP colleagues who are in work are struggling with their workloads and yet we have GPs unable and struggling to find any work or enough work.' General Practice sessional committee chair Mark Steggles on the GP job crisis

Our survey of locum GPs has found that most locums are struggling to find work and it has had a devastaing impact on their income, with some respondents saying they are struggling to pay bills gponline.com/locum-gps-stru… –

GP fights six-figure pension error that could derail his retirement gponline.com/gp-fights-six-…

Call for simpler pension system as lack of accurate data heaps stress on GPs gponline.com/call-simpler-p…

GP contract talks end as BMA GP committee set to vote on pivotal deal gponline.com/gp-contract-ta…

GP contract deal announced. @DrKatie.BSky.Social from General Practice says the proposed changes 'mark a turning point'. But adds 'the government must now recognise the imperative to deliver a new contract within the current parliament for meaningful reform and vital investment'

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting says 'Rebuilding the broken NHS starts with GPs. Today, we have taken the first step to fixing the front door to the NHS, bringing back the family doctor, and ending the 8am scramble.' Full story here gponline.com/bma-backs-1bn-…

Thanks so much to John and Liam for speaking to me this week. Really fascinating chat - and the Health Equity Evidence Centre is really good example of how AI/machine learning can be used in practice to help the NHS

This is worth a read. Four early-career GPs spell out how the GP contract needs to change in future to better meet the needs of patients and GPs - and why it's important that younger GPs are involved in any discussions about a new GP contract.

Another GP working for Uber as jobs crisis spreads to Scotland gponline.com/gp-working-ube… #GPnews

Back in January we were on the GP online podcast talking about how not to ignore what will go on with local funded schemes. They are the second biggest part of funding practices. National deals are of little use if local areas cut back @DrKatie.BSky.Social Wes Streeting Stephen Kinnock

Map: Which areas have recruited the most ARRS GPs? gponline.com/map-areas-recr…

Hundreds of PCNs yet to hire a single ARRS GP gponline.com/hundreds-pcns-…

If you've not already heard it, on this week's podcast we speak to UK Biobank chief scientist Prof Naomi Allen about how UK Biobank works and how primary care data will be incorporated into the information it holds. Listen here or where you get your pods gponline.com/podcast-ground…

New contract must deliver enough GPs to bring back continuity, says General Practice chair @DrKatie.BSky.Social gponline.com/new-contract-d… - full Talking General Practice podcast interview out tomorrow

Thanks so much to @DrKatie.BSky.Social for speaking to me - it's always good to talk to her. Lots in here about why we need a new GP contract and what it will need to address if the government wants to deliver on its aim to bring back the family doctor. Do have a listen if you can

Practices across the UK are still very concerned about the impact that the rise in NI contributions will have. This issue has not gone away - despite this year's contract deal, practices in England are also still v worried about these extra costs