National Association of Sessional GPs

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Want to connect with more local practice managers and partners? Our latest members-only resource is a template letter for you to share with local practice managers, to connect with and introduce yourself.

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Early detection of prostate cancer in primary care NASGP · Episode

🎧 Tune in to our new @nasgp.bsky.social podcast with Dr Bunmi!

Everything primary care needs to know on prostate cancer:
🔵 Epidemiology & risk factors
🔵 Health inequalities
🔵 NICE NG12 & PSA thresholds
🔵 mpMRI, DRE & the TRANSFORM trial

➡️ Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/4maj9ME

Say hi to our chair Dr @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social at this free event for GPs on Wednesday: events.cogora.com/pulsenewcast...

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So sorry to hear about that, Dr Hassn

Coming to Pulse Live Newcastle? Say hi to our chair Dr @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social at this FREE event for GPs on Wednesday 17 September: events.cogora.com/pulsenewcast...

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Three main reasons for this. A useful study for GPs

Essential reading! Join us in two weeks to learn more about prostate cancer screening in primary care: www.nasgp.org.uk/clinical/can...

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Great topic! Looking forward to reading

Sessional GPs ‘have so much insight’, Londonwide LMCs CEO tells podcast | NASGP Sessional GPs ‘have so much insight about what works and what doesn't work’, the CEO of Londonwide LMCs told the NASGP in a new podcast. Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell, who has worked as a salaried GP, said ...

Sessional GPs ‘have so much insight about what works and what doesn’t work’, Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell, CEO of @londonwidelmcs.bsky.social, told us in a new podcast: www.nasgp.org.uk/podcast/sess...

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£84m in ARRS cash lost to general practice in 2024/25 Exclusive: Almost £84m in unclaimed additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) cash - enough to hire hundreds more GPs - was retained by NHS England in 2024/25 and lost to general practice,…

Exclusive: £84m in ARRS cash lost to general practice in 2024/25
@thedauk.bsky.social GP spokesperson @drstevetaylor.bsky.social said the underspend should be reinvested in general practice to create jobs for thousands of GPs struggling to find work.

📢 New publication in the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP)

I explore AI scribes in general practice and what we risk losing in the name of efficiency.

🩺📄 DOI: bjgp.org/content/75/757…

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This this this
Washing hands and wiping down surfaces will not do much to protect children from a deadly, highly infectious, airborne virus. Vaccinate and ventilate.

The top five Extended Roles for GPs, according to 167 GPs.

Unfortunately, there’s no funding yet for these roles. One GP told us: “We have to literally create the spaces where we want to work.”

How could GPwER be more accessible?

#TeamGP #PrimaryCare #GeneralPractice #GPwER

Good news – NHS BOB ICB has offered to fund another year of membership for NASGP members in our local partnership area: www.nasgp.org.uk/bob-frimley/

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We definitely need more detail!

NHS 10 Year Health Plan: NASGP reaction GP practices and GPs will continue to be the backbone of the NHS reforms according to the newly-released ‘10 Year Health Plan’.

Our analysis of what the ‘10 Year Health Plan’ means for sessional GPs: www.nasgp.org.uk/gp-locum-wor...

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...GP locums especially need to be actively involved from the outset – ensuring these new neighbourhood systems genuinely understand, integrate, and value the unique flexibility, skills, and perspectives locums bring to the NHS front line.

"...objections have been around for many years, preceding the advent of their adoption of Physician Associates. Indeed, it was a doctors-only GMC that made this decision.
So to repeat the same exercise ... and expect different results may not be the wisest solution."

GPs fortunate enough to have jobs are overworked, potentially leading to inefficiencies and underperformance. Meanwhile, those without jobs are left in limbo, jeopardizing their well-being and the future of general practice itself.

We're calling on all GPs to contact their MP as part of the @bma.org.uk 's #EndGPUnemployment campaign. Our chair is already on it!

Have you emailed your MP yet?

The top five Extended Roles for GPs, according to 167 GPs.

Unfortunately, there’s no funding yet for these roles. One GP told us: “We have to literally create the spaces where we want to work.”

How could GPwER be more accessible?

#TeamGP #PrimaryCare #GeneralPractice #GPwER

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@richardfieldhouse.bsky.social

We're calling on all GPs to contact their MP as part of the @bma.org.uk 's #EndGPUnemployment campaign. Our chair is already on it!

Have you emailed your MP yet?

Fantastic summary Dr Taylor

#EndGPUnemployment

The crazy world of patients struggling to get appts when there GPs unemployed or underemployed

Spoke to Matthew Wright on @lbc.co.uk this morning

More funding needed to solve this @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social