GMC sets mid-August licence-to-practise deadline
Doctors who want to go on working in the UK after November must tell the GMC by 14 August. Read more
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BMA backs partnership incentives for practices
The GPC must negotiate 'new contractual incentives' to encourage practices to take on partners, the annual representatives meeting has said. Read more
Dispensing practices battle near-repeat pharmacy bid
Dispensing practices in Fife are battling an application to open a new pharmacy, weeks after defeating a near identical bid. Read more
'Pay GPs and pharmacists to work together'
Closer working between GPs and community pharmacists could help to save lives and may prove to be more cost effective for the NHS, according to a report by the School of Pharmacy. Read more
DoH urged to banish blame culture from NHS
As many as 10% of patients admitted to hospital suffer some form of harm, much of which is avoidable, according to a Health Select Committee report. Read more
GPC chairman sounds privatisation warning
GPs should not be complacent about the threat of privatisation, GPC chairman Dr Laurence Buckman has said. Read more
GPs urged to visit high-risk patients in heatwave
GPs should consider making daily visits to high-risk patients living on their own, as the Met Office raises the heatwave alert to level three. Read more
Tories urged to let Darzi keep his job
The Lancet has called on the Tories to let the government's controversial health minister Lord Ara Darzi keep his job. Read more
BMA rejects call to guarantee asylum seekers free healthcare
The BMA has rejected a motion that would have called on the government to guarantee asylum seekers free access to NHS care. Read more
Former nurse wins first CMO public health award
Former nurse Ailsa Rutter picked up the first prize at the England CMO's first Public Health Awards in London. Read more
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