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GPs vote for home visits to be removed from contract
- 27 Nov 2019
GP leaders have voted for a motion for home visits to be removed from core GP contract work at the England LMCs conference in London in a shock result.
Working Life: TEDxNHS
- 27 Nov 2019
In a double Working Life’s, Pulse hears the reality of primary care projected across the O2
Wales exceeds GP training places target for second time this year
- 4 Nov 2019
The number of GP training places accepted in Wales has once more exceeded the national target, the Welsh health minister has announced.
Locums who work OOH shifts can avoid higher pension payments, reveals BMA
- 4 Nov 2019
GP locums who work for out-of-hours (OOH) providers can get around new rules that force them to pay higher pension contributions, NHS Pensions has clarified to the BMA.
Almost half of patients who miss first hospital appointment are sent back to GP
- 4 Nov 2019
EXCLUSIVE NHS trusts are discharging just under half of patients who do not attend their first appointment back to their GP, with some enforcing this approach as a blanket policy, a Pulse investigation has revealed.
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What to do when you are struggling with mental health problems
- 29 Oct 2019
Fiona Brand gives her advice on how to handle personal mental health difficulties as a nurse
UCAS removes job profile calling nurses 'support' for doctors
- 29 Oct 2019
A job profile that describes nurses as ‘support’ for doctors and other medical staff has been taken down by the University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).
Lack of nurses ‘most concerning’ shortage in NHS, report finds
- 29 Oct 2019
The nursing staff shortfall is the ‘most concerning’ shortage across the NHS, a report published this week by NHS Providers – a membership organisation for NHS trusts - has found.
Every nurse, midwife to have access to £1,000 personal training budget, Chancellor to announce
- 30 Sep 2019
In today’s Spending Round, the Chancellor, Sajid Javid, will announce a £210 million boost for frontline NHS staff which includes funding for a £1,000 personal development budget for every nurse, midwife and allied health professional to support their continuing professional development (CPD) needs over three years of the revalidation cycle.
Government should 'revisit' safe staffing legislation, says NHS England
- 30 Sep 2019
The Government should 'revisit' national responsibilities relating to workforce, NHS England and NHS Improvement have recommended.
Government eases language requirement for overseas nurses
- 30 Sep 2019
Overseas health professionals including nurses will now only need to pass one language exam to work in the UK.
HEE to push for five-year GP training pilots in every deanery area
- 26 Sep 2019
EXCLUSIVE Every deanery area should run a pilot for five-year GP specialty training, Health Education England's head of primary care has told Pulse in an exclusive interview.
GPs should be given 'more guidance on tropical medicine' because of climate change
- 26 Sep 2019
GPs should be given more guidance on the zika virus and other tropical diseases as a result of climate change, MPs have said.
No-deal Brexit could close down practices, says RCGP chair
- 26 Sep 2019
The non-pharmaceutical supply chain post-Brexit must be addressed by the Government or it could risk the closure of practices 'up and down the country', according to the RCGP chair.
How to become a locum practice nurse
- 28 Aug 2019
General practice nurses are a crucial part of the primary care team. So should a permanent member of staff become unavailable, locum practice nurses can be a huge asset to the practice to avoid great disruption of care.
Strategies for selecting a CPD course
- 28 Aug 2019
Practice nurses understand that continuing professional development (CPD) is key to ensuring their skills and knowledge are up-to-date. Practice nurses must have undertaken 35 hours of CPD relevant to practice nursing in the three-year period since their registration was last renewed, or when joining the register. Of those 35 hours of CPD, at least 20 hours must include participatory learning.
RCN calls for boost in number of school nurses
- 28 Aug 2019
There must be greater investment to boost the number of school nurses following a drop of nearly 30% since 2010, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned.
We need to be more positive about general practice, says new RCGP chair
- 27 Aug 2019
General practice needs to be ‘talked up’ and made more ’attractive and stimulating’ in order to improve the profession, according to the RCGP’s incoming chair Professor Martin Marshall.
GPs being named a shortage occupation is not enough to stop the staffing crisis
- 27 Aug 2019
GPs being on the SOL is vital for the survival of health services, but fails to guarantee measures to reduce staff shortages, which could send the system into chaos.
What you need to consider when recruiting a practice pharmacist
- 26 Jul 2019
More and more practices are considering recruiting a pharmacist to help with workload, particularly with the new funding available through primary care networks (PCNs).
