While around 1,500 practices are due a deduction, just under 1,000 will receive a positive adjustment, according to the BMA. buff.ly/3xGPPtE

Doctor exodus costs the NHS up to £2.4bn a year, BMA warns buff.ly/3xG0On9 #GPworkforce

One day to go until Pulse PCN Birmingham. If you're attending tomorrow, do share your thoughts with us about the debates taking place #pulsepcn

Doors open at 08:45 for registration, with the first talk starting at 09:40: Pitching to ICBs for funding by Laura Mount

‘To protect patients, physician associates themselves, as well as GPs and their existing staff, the consultation will help us first find out from you what the current state of play is within practices across the UK.' buff.ly/44aTb4r

Darren Turpin, 55, ‘caused a disturbance in a reception area’ where he punched a glass screen that shattered, causing cuts to the hand and face of a member of GP staff. buff.ly/49Hmfla

Glucose tests may be inaccurate for South Asian people in UK, say researchers who found a genetic link with falsely low HbA1c readings. buff.ly/44bX7lh #diabetes

Around 1,500 GP practices are due a pay deduction in June as NHS England seeks to reclaim millions of pounds of seniority payments. buff.ly/3U7jeoE

Man jailed after smashing glass and causing injury to GP staff buff.ly/4b50YD7 #GPabuse

Around 1,500 GP practices to reimburse NHS England for seniority payments buff.ly/3WbRZfi #senioritypay #GPincome

'Signing Med 3s is not so much a fragment of general practice as it is actually a massive piece of perianal shrapnel.'

Dr Copperfield urges GPs to see the bright side of the proposed fit note reform

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Trent View Medical Practice, which runs three sites in Skippingdale, Keadby and Crowle, was told by Humberside Police on Friday that the force had received ‘intelligence of a threat’ concerning the practices. buff.ly/4b2fkEe

The college said that a consultation on the role of PAs ‘was now necessary’. Members will be invited to take part later today. buff.ly/49MODSM

GP practices had to close after police learned of ‘threat’ buff.ly/3W6W8ks #GPabuse

Gene in South Asian people linked to inaccurate HbA1c test results buff.ly/44dacLs #diabetes #southasian

RCGP to launch consultation on PAs in general practice buff.ly/3Ut426D #physicianassociates #GPworkforce #RCGP

The Prime Minister also argued that the aims of the fit note system have failed, citing figures showing that 94% of the 11 million fit notes last year were signed off as ‘not fit for work’. buff.ly/3UqOro9

The months ahead may see GPs undertake ‘coordinated actions’ to ensure local commissioners, the Government and NHS England ‘understand how fundamentally important GP-led general practice is to the NHS’, the letter said buff.ly/3UowKp4

‘I will continue carrying out what I believe is my responsibility as long as the Government refuses to commit to stopping oil and gas,’ the GP said. buff.ly/3xBkOau

GP partner Dr Richard Strickland told Pulse that the new advert is to replace one of the salaried GPs who recently left, and is unrelated to the redundancies. buff.ly/3W6TcnY

Despite this potential breach of contract, the ICBs highlighted that a change in ownership does not actually result in a change to the legal entity holding the APMS contracts – AT Medics – or the GP services provided under the contract. buff.ly/4b1HpvA