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UK flu cases in September were the highest in five years amid signs of a possible early flu season that comes alongside rising COVID-19 activity, health officials have warned. Full story: www.gponline.com/early-flu-se...

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NHS planning guidance will order ICBs to prioritise funding for prevention, primary care and community services - but hospital deficits are undermining work to shift resources, a senior health service official has said. Full story: www.gponline.com/hospital-def...

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The government has set out a 'proposed approach to bring collective action to an end' in a letter to BMA GP leaders. Full story: www.gponline.com/government-l...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A year after controversial online consultation rules kicked in, GPs say face-to-face capacity and patient safety have been undermined. GPonline looks at the impact. Full story: www.gponline.com/gps-slam-imp...

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Tens of millions of pounds slashed from general practice funding through intensive list cleaning will be 'reinvested in core general practice', with support offered to the hardest-hit practices, a health minister has promised the BMA. Full story: www.gponline.com/multimillion...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

London GPs have hit out at winter pressure plans that offer no direct funding for practices and were drawn up without consulting LMC leaders. Full story: www.gponline.com/london-gps-h...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The GP whose neighbourhood vision has dominated primary care policy in recent years is to step down, NHS England has confirmed. Full story: www.gponline.com/neighbourhoo...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

GP leaders at the BMA were largely frozen out of talks on the contract for the current financial year amid an escalating dispute with government. This year, with talks back on, GPonline looks at what the profession wants and expects. Full story: www.gponline.com/gps-expect-2...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🎙️ Talking General Practice podcast 🎙️ ARRS goes back to basics, GP contract priorities this year, Labour conference Full episode: www.gponline.com/podcast-arrs...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

@aismanewsline.bsky.social adviser and specialist medical accountant Andy Pow @medicaccountant.bsky.social on the GP reimbursement scheme rules being relaxed to include locums. Full story: www.gponline.com/gp-reimburse...

GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

GP leaders have confirmed that new flexibility to the GP reimbursement scheme means practices can claim for extra sessions delivered by their own partners in a locum capacity. Full story: www.gponline.com/revamped-gp-...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🎙️ Talking General Practice podcast 🎙️ This week the team looks at ARRS after an analysis of NHS data by @nickbostock.bsky.social suggested that PCNs are starting to switch funding towards paying for more GPs and nurses. Full episode: www.gponline.com/podcast-arrs...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

✨️ 📖 This article is open to all for a limited time 📖 ✨️ - register for more GPonline content every month. Full story: www.gponline.com/nhs-threaten...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

GP leaders attending the Labour party conference this week voiced optimism about the direction of travel Andy Burnham’s government is taking - but called for greater clarity over how responsibilities will work in a neighbourhood NHS. Full story: www.gponline.com/gps-labour-c...

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Movement of NHS services from hospital to community may need to be reversed where evidence shows the change is not working, the president of the RCGP has said. Full story: www.gponline.com/hospital-com...

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS🚨 Rules around the £292m GP reimbursement scheme have been relaxed to allow claims for locums as well as salaried GPs, in an update to contract regulations. Full story: www.gponline.com/gp-reimburse...

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Consultants and GPs have equal status in the NHS and should have the same career earnings, the BMA sessional GP committee has said. Full story: www.gponline.com/bma-committe...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

GPs will be able to refer women and men experiencing domestic abuse to a new specialist service, health and social care secretary Yvette Cooper has announced. Full story: www.gponline.com/gps-refer-ne...

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🎙️ Talking General Practice podcast 🎙️ GP Dr Lynsey Bennett speaks to GPonline editor Emma Bower about the educational resource she has co-developed to help primary care teams better understand grief and deliver effective bereavement care. Full episode: www.gponline.com/podcast-reth...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Patients are being flagged for removal from GP practices at nearly 10 times the rate in previous years under the current aggressive list cleaning drive, GPonline can reveal. Full story: www.gponline.com/patients-fla...

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GPs across Cheshire and Merseyside are being forced to use an online patient access system that is not yet integrated with the NHS app. Full story: www.gponline.com/gps-forced-u...

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GP practices should not get involved with NHS England pilots for AI-assisted triage in the NHS app, the @bma.org.uk has warned. Full story: www.gponline.com/bma-warns-pr...

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GP services in Northern Ireland are at risk of collapse without urgent investment and reform, the @royalcollegeofgps.bsky.social Northern Ireland has warned. Full story: www.gponline.com/general-prac...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Increasing the proportion of health funding spent in general practice in Wales would deliver benefits to the entire NHS, @bmacymru.bsky.social has argued. Full story: www.gponline.com/shifting-fun...

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Half of practices have been forced to introduce waiting lists for non-urgent appointments since a new requirement for same-day access for urgent patients came into effect in April, a GPonline poll suggests. Full story: www.gponline.com/half-practic...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

GP locums are seeing an increase in bookings due to the extra workload caused by changes to online consultations, the @nasgp.bsky.social chair Dr Richard Fieldhouse has suggested. Full story: www.gponline.com/rise-gp-locu...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Government experts recognise that GP practices may need transitional support if a funding formula change drives large swings in income. Why are the shifts in funding from list cleaning any different, asks GPonline deputy editor @nickbostock.bsky.social. Full story: www.gponline.com/viewpoint-li...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

GP leaders in England have postponed further escalation of collective action to reset their relationship with government as contract talks restart. Full story: www.gponline.com/gps-england-...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The government has unveiled six new ‘trailblazer’ neighbourhood health sites, which will bring together local services to tackle health inequalities and are backed with £1.5m funding. Full story: www.gponline.com/government-u...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

GP practices have been forced to absorb hundreds of extra hours of admin work and left out of pocket by payment delays because of cuts to ICBs, LMCs have said. Full story: www.gponline.com/gp-practices...

GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Nearly three in five ICBs do not commission a key primary care test for childhood asthma across their entire patch, an @asthmaandlung.org.uk investigation has revealed. Full story: www.gponline.com/nearly-60-ic...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

NHS England's intensive list cleaning drive has left baffled patients unable to obtain prescription medication - and forced practices to divert staff time to try to limit unfair removals, a GP partner at a university practice told GPonline. Full story: www.gponline.com/patients-mis...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

List cleaning has cut funding worth around 30m appointments from NHS general practice over the past nine months, GPonline analysis shows. Full story: www.gponline.com/list-cleanin...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

GP leaders have backed a new Care Quality Commission (CQC) initiative that highlights pioneering care models designed to boost patient outcomes and serve as a blueprint for other practices. Full story: www.gponline.com/cqc-highligh...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A ‘fundamental shift’ of resources away from hospitals and towards primary care is needed to improve access, deliver more care closer to home and address healthcare inequalities, MPs have warned. Full story: www.gponline.com/nhs-needs-fu...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Viewpoint: Good access to general practice is impossible without continuity Full story: www.gponline.com/viewpoint-go...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

NHS leaders have yet to demonstrate that single- and multi-neighbourhood provider contracts are necessary - and the models should be piloted and independently evaluated before rollout, the @royalcollegeofgps.bsky.social has warned. Full story: www.gponline.com/neighbourhoo...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

BMA in talks over widening £292m GP reimbursement scheme to partners and locums Full story: www.gponline.com/bma-talks-wi...

GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

BMA leaders are in talks with the government over making the £292m GP reimbursement scheme more flexible to ensure funding is spent in full, GPonline understands. Full story: www.gponline.com/bma-talks-wi...

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Existing communities based around GP practices are the natural building blocks for developing neighbourhood services to support frail and elderly populations, an ICB leader has suggested. Full story: www.gponline.com/general-prac...