3 stories

This week in the GP press

1. Calls to end GP-issued fit notes after 40,000 per day issued in 2025

   Pulse Contracts & funding Read at Pulse ↗

   In brief

   A think tank says GPs issued about 40,000 fit notes a working day in 2025 and wants the role moved away from general practice.

2. GPs to petition Google to disallow public reviews of practices

   Pulse IT, data & cyber security Read at Pulse ↗

   In brief

   One LMC is campaigning for Google to stop public reviews of GP practices, citing online abuse of staff.

3. Doctors plan to report GMC to its own regulator over lack of PA scope of practice

   Pulse Workforce & employment Read at Pulse ↗

   In brief

   Doctors plan to complain to the GMC's own regulator about its decision not to set a scope of practice for physician associates.