Latest BMA News

Delay in roll-out of patient data sharing programme (GPDPR) It was announced in the Parliamentary health questions earlier this week that the planned roll-out of the GP Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) […]

BMA calls for delay in roll-out of patient data sharing programme (GPDPR) for England  Today the BMA issued a press release calling on NHS Digital and the Government to delay the introduction of […]

Unsustainable, unsafe, and unfair: General Practice in crisis  Key Facts  Number of appointments in March 2021: 28,4 million  Number of appointments in March 2019: 24.6 million  March 2019 – 28697 […]

Vote of no confidence in NHS England leadership   As lockdown measures are easing to various extents across the UK this week, and the BMA urging ‘utmost caution’, GPs in England […]

Face-to-face appointments   As I said to the UK LMC Conference which was held this week, general practice has been through a hard and difficult time that has left many physically […]

BMA survey – GP workload pressures  The BMA has published its 13th COVID-19 survey, which clearly demonstrates how the pandemic has had a great impact on GPs and practice staff in terms […]

GP appointment figures and workload pressures (England)  The latest GP appointment figures in England were published yesterday which show that practices delivered almost 5 million more appointments in March than they did […]

COVID-19 vaccination programme  In his oral statement to Parliament this week, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock MP, confirmed that plans are being made for COVID-19 vaccination […]

COVID-19 vaccination programme  This week, as lockdown restrictions are beginning to ease in varying ways across the UK, those aged 45 and over in England are now eligible to book […]

HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh  We are saddened to hear that HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has died. He passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle. The […]