Primary care weight management is better than jabs, says expert Primary care-led weight management is more effective and cheaper than GLP-1 jabs, MPs heard as part of the Health and Social Care Committee's inquiry into food and weight management.  ... Date: 03-06-2026 Categories: • News • ARRS • Dietitians

How this PCN turned hairdressers into cancer screening champions A Liverpool PCN is training hairdressers to help tackle anxieties and improve uptake of cancer screening. SWAGGA PCN assistant manager Andy Perry explains more. Comprising 15 GP practices in ... Date: 03-06-2026 Categories: • Insight

Total ARRS staff drops for first time in 12 months We look at the monthly primary care workforce figures from April, which report on the National Workforce Reporting Service (NWRS) submissions to give a picture of additional roles reimburse ... Date: 02-06-2026 Categories: • Pharmacists • Nurses • News • GPs • Physician Associates • ARRS • Social Prescribing Link Workers • Care Coordinators • Physiotherapists • General Practice Assistants • Paramedics • Podiatrists

Impact of Pharmacy First expansion on GP and pharmacist workload needs to be evaluated The expansion of the Pharmacy First scheme will need to be properly resourced and its impact on pharmacy and general practice workload independently evaluated, a royal college has warned. The gove ... Date: 02-06-2026 Categories: • News

Why nutrition should be a pillar of every care plan Dietitians must demonstrate their value to general practice through visibility and data, writes Jenny Ward, a PCN dietitian in Warwickshire, as Dietitians week starts today When dietitian ... Date: 01-06-2026 Categories: • ARRS • Dietitians

Government opposes GPs moving to private model amid BMA ballot plans The government has said it does not believe general practice should be moving towards a private model and it wants to work with GPs to ‘build a sustainable future’. The Department of Health and So ... Date: 28-05-2026 Categories: • News

Government should ensure social prescribing is embedded across the NHS The government must set out how it will ensure social prescribing for older people is consistently embedded, prioritised and supported across the health system, a committee of MPs has said. A new ... Date: 28-05-2026 Categories: • News • ARRS • Social Prescribing Link Workers

How this PCN designed an inclusivity tool for GP practices Nottingham West PCN has developed a practical review tool to help practices assess how inclusive and accessible their everyday systems really are for patients who face the greatest barriers to care. ... Date: 28-05-2026 Categories: • Insight

Practices to confirm transfer of GP reimbursement scheme funding with ICBs Practices can write to their integrated care boards (ICB) to transfer GP reimbursement funding between primary care network (PCN) members, NHS England has confirmed. New guidance, published last w ... Date: 26-05-2026 Categories: • News

GPs to ‘remove or ignore’ medicines optimisation software in contract dispute escalation The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced the next collective action GPs are expected take in protest against this year’s contract. From next week the BMA's ’s GP committee for England i ... Date: 26-05-2026 Categories: • News