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Kimberley Hackett (she/her)

@kimberleyjourno.bsky.social

597 followers 993 following 167 posts

Senior reporter on GPonline.com part of Haymarket Media. Contributor to the Talking General Practice podcast: podfollow.com/talking-gp Got a story? DM or email kimberley.hackett@haymarket.com. Formerly Nursing Standard and the Watford Observer.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

@bmascotland.bsky.social GP committee chair Dr Iain Morrison on how the Scottish jobs boom is attracting GPs from England struggling to find work. Full story: www.gponline.com/scottish-job...

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Neighbourhood health has helped reduce A&E attendance by 52% among children and young people who self-harm, and cut total hospital admissions by 20% in one area. Full story: www.gponline.com/neighbourhoo...

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

'There aren't enough jobs': new GPs face waiting lists for shifts Full story: www.gponline.com/there-arent-...

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🚨 BREAKING NEWS🚨 Kent LMC chair Dr Gaurav Gupta told GPonline it was 'a real testament’ to staff at the LMC and the ICB that they have achieved full buy-in from practices. Full story: www.gponline.com/every-gp-pra...

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The number of digital GP roles has expanded in recent years, but competition for these posts has also increased. Dr Patrice Baptiste offers advice on applying for these jobs. Full story: www.gponline.com/working-digi...

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The ‘constrained’ funding system used to develop new GP premises could derail the government’s neighbourhood agenda, @libdems.org.uk MP @laylamoran.bsky.social has warned. Full story: www.gponline.com/neighbourhoo...

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

PCNs in talks over DES variation to support neighbourhoods Full story: www.gponline.com/pcns-talks-d...

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

GP practices will take action around medicines optimisation and prescribing from 1 June as the profession ramps up pressure on the government over the imposed 2026/27 contract. Full story: www.gponline.com/bma-sets-nex...

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Government action is needed to protect GPs and practice staff from patients who persistently harass them through email complaints and GMC referrals, LMCs have warned. Full story: www.gponline.com/gps-need-pro...

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

EXCLUSIVELY from GPonline: Impossible workload forcing GPs to breach contracts Heavy workload and underfunding have forced GP practices to breach their contracts by switching off online consultation forms within core hours, an LMC has warned. Full story: www.gponline.com/impossible-w...

Impossible workload forcing GPs to breach contracts

Heavy workload and underfunding have forced GP practices to breach their contracts by switching off online consultation forms within core hours, an LMC has warned.

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

‘It’s a sort of creeping corporatisation of general practice, which I think in the end will basically cause worse care,' said @thedauk.bsky.social GP spokesperson @drstevetaylor.bsky.social. Full story: www.gponline.com/private-prov...

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

EXCLUSIVE - GPonline reports: Two hospitals rejecting GP referrals made months ago, LMC says www.gponline.com/two-hospital...

Two hospitals rejecting GP referrals made months ago, LMC says

GPs in Liverpool say two of the city’s hospitals have rejected referrals made many months ago and asked practices to carry out extra work.

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

🚨 BREAKING NEWS🚨 First wave of neighbourhood health centres announced www.gponline.com/first-wave-n...

First wave of neighbourhood health centres announced

A first wave of 27 neighbourhood health centres will open by March 2027 - but all sites will involve upgrades to existing buildings instead of new builds, the government has confirmed.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

GMC wants GPs' views on personal belief guidance update

GMC wants GPs' views on personal belief guidance update

The GMC is consulting on updated guidance about how healthcare professionals can provide good and safe patient care in line with their personal beliefs and values.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Podcast: What NHS guidance reveals about neighbourhoods, advice and guidance shake-up, GP locum rates

Podcast: What NHS guidance reveals about neighbourhoods, advice and guidance shake-up, GP locum rates

The GPonline team discusses the government's new neighbourhood health framework, changes to advice and guidance under the GP contract and the results of our annual locum GP survey.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Signs of recovery in locum bookings - but future unclear, says @nasgp.bsky.social

Signs of recovery in locum bookings - but future unclear, says NASGP

GP locum sessions booked in the early part of 2026 are significantly up from last year, data from a sessional GP organisation suggests.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Advance decisions and DNACPR - what GPs need to know

Advance decisions and DNACPR - what GPs need to know

The MDU’s Dr Sally Old looks at the role of GPs in helping to ensure that patients’ wishes are respected when they become too unwell to express themselves.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

EXCLUSIVE: GPs dumped with 'ludicrous' extra work after hospital referrals rejected www.gponline.com/gps-dumped-l...

GPs dumped with 'ludicrous' extra work after hospital referrals rejected

Exclusive: GP practices in Liverpool have been left with a ‘ludicrous’ amount of extra work informing patients that their hospital referrals have been rejected - in some cases almost a year after…

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

RCGP and BMA condemn shift to mandatory advice and guidance

RCGP and BMA condemn shift to mandatory advice and guidance

GP leaders have hit out at plans to make advice and guidance a mandatory part of the NHS referral process - warning it risks piling unfunded work onto GPs and delaying patient access to specialist…

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Exclusively from GPonline: Why some GP practices are stopping flu jabs and more could follow www.gponline.com/why-gp-pract...

Why some GP practices are stopping flu jabs and more could follow

Some GP practices have confirmed they have pulled out of delivering flu jabs because of underfunding - and LMC leaders say more could follow.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Mandatory advice and guidance adds to patient safety risks, warns LMC

Mandatory advice and guidance adds to patient safety risks, warns LMC

Plans to make advice and guidance mandatory from April could put patients at risk - and NHS England should publish clinical evidence to support the change, an LMC has warned.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

LMCs fear new contract could cause staff redundancies and early GP retirement

LMCs fear new contract could cause staff redundancies and early GP retirement

The 2026/27 GP contract could push GPs into early retirement, cause an increase in patient complaints and lead to staff redundancies, LMCs have warned.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

GPs told be 'vigilant' after fraudsters impersonate GMC asking for money

GPs told be 'vigilant' after fraudsters impersonate GMC asking for money

GPs have been warned to be 'vigilant’ after doctors were targeted by fraudsters who are impersonating the GMC and asking for money.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

My EXCLUSIVE for GPonline: GP practices miss out on vaccine payments after IT glitch Full story: www.gponline.com/gp-practices...

GP practices miss out on vaccine payments after IT glitch

Exclusive: GP practices have missed out on thousands of pounds in vaccine reimbursements because of IT and staffing issues.

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Neighbourhood NHS already transforming care, say healthcare leaders

Neighbourhood NHS already transforming care, say healthcare leaders

Healthcare leaders have shared their views on how the neighbourhood model is already transforming care and increasing trust in public services including general practice.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

GPonline reports: Man searches for unknown GP who saved his life on train Like, share and help Ian Drewry find the GP who saved his life.

Man searches for unknown GP who saved his life on train

A man who nearly died on a train is searching for the GP who stepped in and saved his life by administering CPR.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Exclusively from GPonline: How childcare problems are holding back the GP workforce www.gponline.com/childcare-pr...

How childcare problems are holding back the GP workforce

Managing childcare arrangements can cause problems for GPs at all stages of their careers. Three GPs talk to GPonline about how they have coped.

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

English GP-led company hands back final three Welsh GP contracts

English GP-led company hands back final three Welsh GP contracts

An England-based GP-led company, which has faced intense scrutiny over how its surgeries are managed, has handed back its remaining three GP practice contracts in Wales.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

In my interview with Dr @simonforstroud.bsky.social, the GP and @labouruk.bsky.social MP says shifting care into the community will only work if GPs take the lead.

Why the government should back GPs to run neighbourhoods

Labour MP and GP Dr Simon Opher says the government's vision of shifting healthcare into the community is the right one - but that it will only work if GPs take a lead role. The Stroud MP spoke to…

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

EXCLUSIVE: Pace of ICB cuts risks slowing improvement in patient care, warns GP/MP www.gponline.com/pace-icb-cut...

Pace of ICB cuts risks slowing improvement in patient care, warns GP/MP

Exclusive: The speed at which ICB cuts are taking place alongside wider NHS reforms risks slowing improvements in patient care - and redundancies should have been phased in over a ‘few years', Labour ...

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🚨 BREAKING NEWS🚨 EXCLUSIVE: BMA considered defamation claim over Wes Streeting letter

BMA considered defamation claim over Wes Streeting letter

Exclusive: The BMA asked lawyers to investigate whether a letter from Wes Streeting was defamatory towards its GP committee chair Dr Katie Bramall, GPonline understands.

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Unrealistic to expect immediate NHS savings from neighbourhoods, GPs warn

Unrealistic to expect immediate NHS savings from neighbourhoods, GPs warn

Expecting neighbourhoods to deliver immediate savings to the NHS is unrealistic, GPs have warned.

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Practices could face breach notices over PCN shape, GPs fear

Practices could face breach notices over PCN shape, GPs fear

PCNs or member practices could be served contract breach notices if their network fails to meet geographical requirements set by NHS England as neighbourhoods take shape, GPs fear.

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

AI booked patient in for imaginary GP appointment

AI booked patient in for imaginary GP appointment

A patient in the Midlands turned up at their GP practice last year for an imaginary appointment created by the Meta AI feature on WhatsApp.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Neighbourhood health could 'flounder' unless government tackles workforce issues

Neighbourhood health could 'flounder' unless government tackles workforce issues

Neighbourhood health could ‘flounder’ unless workforce issues are fixed - including 'dissing of general practice' that puts staff off community roles, MPs have warned.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Registrars delay qualifying as GPs amid 'bleak' job market

Registrars delay qualifying as GPs amid 'bleak' job market

Registrars are delaying qualification as GPs because they fear being unable to find work - and have warned that short-term additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) jobs leave them 'anxious'.

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Low pay could force IMG GPs to quit UK, doctors warn

Low pay could force IMG GPs to quit UK, doctors warn

Low pay could drive international medical graduate (IMG) GPs out of the UK because they do not meet minimum salary requirements for a visa, GP leaders have warned - after a solicitor was forced to…

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

🚨 EXCLUSIVE🚨 GPs have raised concerns over online access in most ICB areas www.gponline.com/gps-raised-c...

GPs have raised concerns over online access in most ICB areas

Exclusive: At least two thirds of ICBs - and possibly as many as 80% - have been notified by GP practices about concerns over workload or patient safety since changes to online consultation…

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

GP federations 'could hold lease for neighbourhood health centre premises'

GP federations 'could hold lease for neighbourhood health centre premises'

GP federations could hold the lease for new neighbourhood health centre premises - and clear arrangements are vital to avoid disputes between healthcare organisations sharing space within them, NHS…

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

GPonline reports: GP aims for Christmas number one with song about women's bodies Dr Aziza Sesay is aiming for the Christmas number one spot with her song that challenges stigma around women's anatomy and periods.

GP aims for Christmas number one with song about women's bodies

A GP is aiming for the Christmas number one spot with her song that challenges stigma around women's anatomy and periods.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Podcast: Wes Streeting complaint, BMA GP committee split, how GPs are using AI @emmabower.bsky.social, @nickbostock.bsky.social and @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social the key news stories affecting general practice.

Podcast: Wes Streeting complaint, BMA GP committee split, how GPs are using AI

The GPonline team discusses the key news stories affecting general practice.

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Online access changes in general practice threaten a 'welfare timebomb' as GPs spend long hours alone triaging consultation requests, the @nasgp.bsky.social chair @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social has warned.

Online access change threatens GP 'welfare timebomb'

Online access changes in general practice threaten a 'welfare timebomb' as GPs spend long hours alone triaging consultation requests, a sessional GP organisation has warned.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

@dauk-gp.bsky.social backs GP's complaint against Wes Streeting

DAUK backs GP's complaint against Wes Streeting

Wes Streeting’s recent comments about the BMA have been branded ‘hostile’ by the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) - as the organisation backed a GP’s formal complaint against the health and social care…

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Doctor resigns from BMA England GP committee claiming it is 'toxic and unbearable’ www.gponline.com/doctor-resig...

Doctor resigns from BMA England GP committee claiming it is 'toxic and unbearable’

EXCLUSIVE: A doctor has resigned from his role as a BMA England GP committee member citing concerns about a 'toxic and unbearable' environment.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 GP makes formal complaint over Wes Streeting behaviour towards BMA www.gponline.com/gp-makes-for...

GP makes formal complaint over Wes Streeting behaviour towards BMA

A GP has made a formal complaint against health and social care secretary Wes Streeting over language he has used to criticise the BMA - arguing it may breach MPs' code of conduct.

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Immigration rhetoric adds to IMG GP fears over NHS future

Immigration rhetoric adds to IMG GP fears over NHS future

International medical graduate (IMG) GP registrars have been unsettled by political rhetoric around immigration despite assurances that the UK will not change the timescale to qualify for indefinite…

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Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Former Labour strategist urges Streeting to change tack

Former Labour strategist urges Streeting to change tack

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting should spend 'less time having challenging conversations' within the NHS and use his skillset as the government's 'best communicator' to explain NHS…

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

GPs could partner with hospitals to hold neighbourhood contracts, says NHS official

GPs could partner with hospitals to hold neighbourhood contracts, says NHS official

GP federations could partner with hospital trusts to take on neighbourhood contracts, a senior NHS official has said.

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Budget hikes practice costs as chancellor confirms neighbourhood plans

Budget hikes practice costs as chancellor confirms neighbourhood plans

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed plans to create 250 neighbourhood health centres by 2035 with help from private investment in an autumn budget that will drive up costs for GP practices with a…

Kimberley Hackett (she/her) @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Low pay leaves GPs struggling to obtain visas for ARRS jobs

Low pay leaves GPs struggling to obtain visas for ARRS jobs

Some overseas GPs offered jobs through the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) are missing out on visas because they fall short of Home Office salary thresholds, GPonline understands.

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