More than half of GP practices say that changes to online access had an adverse impact on patient care and staff, according to a British Medical Association (BMA) survey.
Changes to the GP contract, which…
Doctors’ leaders have voted in favour of GP practices refusing to comply with the requirement to make online consultation tools available throughout core hours.
Changes to the GP contract, which came into effect on 1…
Care minister Stephen Kinnock held a call with integrated care board (ICB) leaders to identify areas that are struggling to roll out online access to primary care and discuss how the government can support…
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NHS England has announced that millions more people are using online consultation requests to contact their GP practice each month.
Figures show 6.5 million online consultation requests were submitted to GPs in September 2025, up…
The British Medical Association (BMA) is calling for the government to implement safeguards to prevent GP practices being overwhelmed by changes to online consultation access.
Under changes to the GP contract, announced in February 2025, practices…
Staff at two hospitals in the south west of England have resorted to using paper after a major IT incident just days before the planned resident doctors’ strikes.
Cheltenham and Gloucester NHS Foundation Trust reported…
The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that allowing patients to book online GP appointments throughout the day could cause a spike in doctors’ workloads and create waiting lists.
Under changes to the GP contract…
The British Medical Association (BMA) has advised that GPs should pause the use of AI scribing tools unless they have carried out data protection and safety checks.
Government guidance, published in April 2025, encourages NHS…
NHS England has paused development of a generative AI model capable of predicting future health outcomes after doctors raised concerns about the use of GP patient data.
The model, called Foresight, trained on de-identified NHS…
Patients will be able to request GP appointments online from October 2025, under changes to the GP contract.
The deal agreed on 27 February 2025 between the government and the British Medical Association (BMA) aims…
