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

One in three GPs plan to quit patient care in the next five years and low job satisfaction or burnout are the most common ...

Up to 30,000 GP appointments could be saved a year by supporting more pregnant women to self-refer to maternity services, NHS ...

Huge rise in GP CCTs not matched by jobs, warns RCGP Around 4,200 GPs will receive their certificate of completion of training (CCT) this year according to RCGP estimates - up 47% from just five years ...

GPs are under 'extreme and prolonged pressure' and around 50% more likely to be struggling with workload or dissatisfied compared with other doctors - potentially putting plans to shift more ...

The GPonline team discusses the key issues affecting general practice.

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

How to write a focused PDP Producing a good PDP will help with your appraisal, advises Professor Rodger Charlton.

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Confidentiality: What can GPs tell family members? In the second of a series on the GMC's new confidentiality guidance, MDU medico-legal adviser Dr Sissy Frank looks at some common scenarios about ...

The basics - Assessing parotid swellings There are many possible causes of parotid swellings, from Sjogren's syndrome to either benign or malignant neoplasms, explain Mr Malcolm Buchanan, Dr Himat ...