Catch up quickly with our weekly round-up of key news stories for general practice.

Direct recruitment of GPs by practices may have slowed down following the 2025/26 GP contract deal despite substantial new investment, a sessional GP organisation has warned.

Join a free case-based MIMS Learning webinar on Tuesday 2 September at 7-8pm. Immunotherapy is now frequently used as part of ...

Dual therapy with metformin and SGLT2 inhibitors should be offered to all people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, draft ...

Diagnosing blistering skin conditions This article identifies a number of different blistering conditions and provides an overview of their management.

Counselling skills for GPs Counselling is part of any GP consultation. Dr Peter Tate explains how to improve your skills.

Differential diagnosis of lower leg eczema including varicose eczema, atopic eczema, emollient contact dermatitis, asteatotic eczema. By Dr Nigel Stollery.

QOF hypertension target 'will lose practices money' A new QOF target to give exercise advice to patients with hypertension will take up over 120,000 hours of GP consultation time each year and may ...

GP Dr Zaid Al-Najjar explains what his role as a medico-legal adviser at the Medical Protection Society involves and why he chose this career path.

Understanding pelvic ultrasound reports Fed up with deciphering jargon, Dr Attiya Khan asked consultant gynaecologist Mr Rehan Khan for a plain language guide to understanding pelvic ultrasounds.

Readmitting patients to hospital within 30 days of them being discharged is costing the NHS around £1.6bn a year, statistics show.

Clinical review of ulcerative colitis: epidemiology, diagnosis and management Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic relapsing and remitting inflammatory bowel disorder. It differs from Crohn's disease ...