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4TH NOVEMBER 2024
Rebuild General Practice newsletter: October 2024
Find out what the campaign has been up to in October 2024.
2ND OCTOBER 2024
The Independent: One in 20 GP appointments performed online or by video in August
The figure has been rising steadily for much of the past year-and-a-half.
2ND OCTOBER 2024
Daily Mail: Virtual GP appointments up five-fold in a year, reaching record highs, new data reveals
The proportion of GP appointments conducted online or via video has hit a record high despite concerns over patient safety, official figures reveal.
2ND OCTOBER 2024
Daily Mirror: Face-to-face GP appointments drop again with more than a third now done remotely
NHS England data comes after patients have been reporting having to wait longer for in-person appointments with practices sometimes insisting on a remote appointment first
23RD SEPTEMBER 2024
GP Online: Labour’s new GP MP says primary care will be prioritised for any new NHS funding
Labour’s new GP MP has said he believes any additional funding the NHS receives will be spent on community and GP services as part of the government’s drive to build a ‘neighbourhood NHS'.
16TH AUGUST 2024
The Times: The struggling GPs battling to keep NHS afloat
General practitioners are struggling to cope with soaring demand and a lack of resources, with many left wondering how much longer they can endure.
Collective action coverage
1ST AUGUST 2024
BBC Breakfast: interview with Dr Mohit Mandiratta
Dr Mohit Mandiratta speaks to BBC Breakfast about the BMA collective action ballot.
1ST AUGUST 2024
BBC Breakfast: interview with Dr Mohit Mandiratta
Dr Mohit Mandiratta speaks to BBC Breakfast about the BMA collective action ballot.
1ST AUGUST 2024
LBC News: interview with Dr Rachel Ward
Dr Rachel Ward speaks to LBC News about the BMA collective action ballot. (Timestamp: 00:06:00)
1ST AUGUST 2024
LBC News: interview with Dr Rob Barnett
Dr Rob Barnett speaks to LBC News about the BMA collective action ballot. (Timestamp: 01:13:30)
2ND AUGUST 2024
The Times: Neglected, overworked and at breaking point — life as an NHS GP
Dr Rob Barnett says talented doctors will leave to work abroad unless the new Labour government urgently improves the state of the health service
2ND AUGUST 2024
The Guardian: ‘We don’t work in isolation’: a GP’s opinion on looming industrial action
Essex GP Dr James Booth gives his view as family doctors in England vote to take strike action for first time in 60 years
2ND AUGUST 2024
BBC Radio Sheffield: interview with Dr Brian McGregor
Dr Brian McGregor speaks to BBC Radio Sheffield about the BMA collective action ballot. (Timestamp: 01:22:30)
2ND AUGUST 2024
BBC Radio Kent: interview with Dr Gaurav Gupta
Dr Gaurav Gupta speaks to BBC Radio Kent about the BMA collective action ballot.
Previous coverage
23rd FEBRUARY 2024
Daily Express: Seeing same GP better for patients' health and cuts workload for doctors, study says
Continuity of care allows family doctors to become more familiar with a patient's medical history.
15TH FEBRUARY 2024
GP Online: GP shortages and heavy workload putting patients at risk, campaign warns
Four in five GPs say doctor shortages and heavy workload are putting patient safety increasingly at risk, a poll by the Rebuild General Practice campaign reveals.
7TH FEBRUARY 2024
Cambridge Independent: We need action now to improve access to GPs in our community
"I stand with the Rebuild General Practice campaign and call on Minister for Health, Andrea Leadsom, and Cambridgeshire Conservative MPs to push for fairer funding in the new GP contract 2024/25. Lib Dem research exposes funding slashed for GPs since 2019."
23RD JANUARY 2024
GP Online: Labour plans 'Red Tape challenge' to cut GP bureaucracy
The Labour Party has promised a 'Red Tape challenge' to strip away unnecessary bureaucracy and targets that pile extra work on GPs and limit their time with patients.
23RD JANUARY 2024
Pulse Today: Labour will remove GP bureaucracy in return for continuity of care
Labour has pledged to remove ‘burdensome’ bureaucracy that is ‘grinding GPs down’, in return for continuity of care.
4TH DECEMBER 2023
Pulse Today: GPs to see automatic records updates from pharmacists, spec confirms
GP Connect is to add a functionality for pharmacists to automatically update medical records, without additional action from the patient’s GP.
30TH NOVEMBER 2023
The Telegraph: Watchdog calls for family doctors after eight GPs miss patient’s fatal cancer
Man, 67, was told he would be ‘fined for wasting time’ when undiagnosed tumour sent him to A&E in search of treatment
26TH NOVEMBER 2023
Lancashire Post: Lancashire doctor calls for 'honest conversation' with patients about what GPs can do
A senior Lancashire doctor says that general practice has been "eroded" to the point that it can now offer patients only what they need - and not necessarily what they want.
12TH NOVEMBER 2023
Daily Express: Older patients increasingly face digital barriers in struggle to see GP face-to-face
Eight in ten Silver Voices members polled said they or a family member had experienced difficulty trying to book a face-to-face appointment.
12TH NOVEMBER 2023
The Times: Older people pay to see private GPs amid worsening NHS shortage
A lack of face-to-face appointments is also forcing over-sixties to seek care at A&E, according to the campaign group Silver Voices.
10TH NOVEMBER 2023
MailOnline: 3 million Brits couldn't get through to their GP practice last month, survey suggests
One in 10 didn't manage to make contact with their practice when they last tried. Figure equates to around 2.8million people each month, according to the ONS
9TH NOVEMBER 2023
Pulse Today: GPs are ready to work with politicians to Rebuild General Practice
Rebuild General Practice supporter Dr Euan Strachan-Orr reflects on his time at the recent party conferences and calls on politicians to work with GPs to rebuild general practice for good.
26th October 2023
GP Online: Latest workforce data 'must be wake-up call' to rebuild GP services
General practice has lost more than 250 GPs in the past year - but delivered 18% more appointments this September than in the same month in 2019, official data show.
27TH SEPTEMBER 2023
The Telegraph: Most patients want to be able to see same GP on each surgery visit
Thousands of stressed GPs say their patients are being failed as an "unsustainable" workload leaves medics at breaking point.
27TH SEPTEMBER 2023
The Independent: Invest in ‘proper plan’ for GPs, campaigners say
A survey has found the majority of Britons want to see the same GP every time they visit their local surgery.
27TH SEPTEMBER 2023
GP Online: Patients back continuity of care and more GP funding, poll shows
Most patients believe continuity of care is important and that general practice should be among top NHS funding priorities, a poll reveals.
27TH SEPTEMBER 2023
Pulse Today: More than half of patients want to see the same GP at every appointment
A new survey of over 4,000 people in the UK has found the majority want to see the same GP every time they attend an appointment.
Other news
Daily Express: Patients will suffer' GPs in UK can't cope with workload pressures
Thousands of stressed GPs say their patients are being failed as an "unsustainable" workload leaves medics at breaking point.
Daily Mail: Where HAVE our family doctors gone?
Shock figures show just one GP for every 2,200 patients.
PRESS RELEASE: New poll finds, 1 in 4 GPs know a colleague who has taken their own life
– as they warn of a dangerous shortage of family doctors in Britain
Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week, GPs come together in an emotive new video asking for support to
boost the workforce. Rebuild General Practice is calling for Government to deliver on what it has previously
promised: 6000 new doctors.
The Times: Jeremy Hunt joins BMA call to stem ‘bleed’ of NHS doctors:
Former health secretary voices concern over ‘Uberisation’ of GP services
Independent: Former health secretary voices concern over ‘Uberisation’ of GP services
Financial Times: GPs warn about patient safety as they tackle care backlog
The Guardian: Over 80% of UK GPs think patients are at risk in their surgery, survey finds
Daily Mail: Warning over patient safety as poll shows 87% of GPs say they are too snowed under with work
PRESS RELEASE: GPs LAUNCH CAMPAIGN AS PATIENT SAFETY AT RISK
Campaign - Rebuild General Practice - launches as a new poll shows nearly 9 in 10 GPs fear for patient safety.
GP shortages and too little time for appointments were cited as the main factors putting patients at risk.
Jeremy Hunt MP joins forces with BMA and GPDF to call for a GP workforce plan to Rebuild General Practice.
Polling: Rebuild General Practice