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Nick Bostock

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Deputy editor at www.GPonline.com and www.GPBusiness.co.uk, contributor to the Talking General Practice podcast: podfollow.com/talking-gp

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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
GPs need veto to stop hospital power grab under 10-year health plan www.gponline.com/gps-need-vet...
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GPs need veto to stop hospital power grab under 10-year health plan
GPs should be able to veto hospital trusts taking on expanded powers under the 10-year health plan - and need contract safeguards to stop patient lists or funding being stripped from general practice,...
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Why a 'heartbroken' new GP gave up his dream career in UK general practice www.gponline.com/why-heartbro...
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Why a 'heartbroken' new GP gave up his dream career in UK general practice
A newly-qualified GP and former RCGP registrar leader has lifted the lid on why he made the 'heartbreaking' decision to quit the UK to find work - and his fears for the future of NHS general practice.
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Senior NHS manager jailed for six-figure fake ARRS staff fraud www.gponline.com/senior-nhs-m...
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Senior NHS manager jailed for six-figure fake ARRS staff fraud
A senior NHS manager has been jailed after defrauding the health service of more than £100,000 by making payments to fake additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) staff.
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Nick Bostock @nickbostock.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Wes Streeting says the government is working fast to sort out GP funding for 2025/26...but hasn't yet offered any guarantees that extra costs for practices from the autumn budget will be covered in full www.gponline.com/government-w...
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Government 'working fast' to finalise GP funding for 2025/26, says Streeting
Wes Streeting has told the BMA he 'understands the potential implications' of the budget for GPs and is 'working rapidly' to finalise 2025/26 funding - but a letter to the profession's leaders falls s...
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GPonline @gponline.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The Cameron Fund has launched its 'urgent' Christmas appeal as its income drops, but enquiries rise. #GPnews #TeamGP www.gponline.com/sharp-rise-g...
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Sharp rise in GPs needing financial help amid jobs crisis, charity warns
A charity that supports GPs facing financial hardship has helped 15% more people in the first 10 months of 2024 than in the whole of last year, as many qualified GPs continue to struggle to find work.
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The £1.4bn-a-year ARRS has brought more than 30,000 additional staff into the general practice workforce in recent years. Just one of 17 roles funded through the scheme - little over a dozen in 2015, to nearly 200 by March 2019, 1k by the end of 2021 and 2k by the end of 2023 #GeneralPractice
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Is general practice already starting to phase out physician associates? 10yrs ago, there were just a handful of PAs working in general practice in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. But following the launch of the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) numbers have grown steadily #MedSky www.gponline.com/general-prac...
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Is general practice already starting to phase out physician associates?
Debate over physician associate (PA) roles in general practice has intensified this year, with legal battles, calls for strict supervision and limits on their work and the launch of a major government...
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