GP practices must keep their online consultation tools running throughout core hours from today, allowing patients to request appointments, ask questions and describe symptoms online.
The changes to the GP contract come into effect from…
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…
Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs (Credit: Grainge Photography)
A third of GP appointments in England were carried out remotely in June 2025, according to an analysis of NHS data.
Of…
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…
Clinicians at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) can now issue electronic fit notes directly from the Nervecentre electronic patient record (EPR), following the rollout of eMED3 functionality.
The integration allows staff to generate and…
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…
Online and video GP consultations reached a peak in August 2024 with 5% of patients seen virtually, according to NHS England data.
An analysis by the PA news agency found that the proportion of GP…
The implementation of a ‘check and cancel’ appointment system within the Surgery Connect cloud-telephony framework at Hall Green Health (HGH) GP practice has improved patient accessibility and helped reduce administrative burdens.
HGH, a practice within…
Primary Care Networks using the Holly Health digital health and wellbeing coaching tool to support their patients with changing behaviours and habits in a sustainable way have seen a reduction in GP appointments.For each…
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