This week the GPonline team talks about the pay rise GPs and other doctors have received this year, what GPs think about this year’s contract deal and the prospect of more strikes from resident doctors.

And they look at what’s happening in Northern Ireland after the government imposed the GP contract there.

They also discuss the ongoing GP jobs crisis after the BMA raised fears that up to 1,000 GP registrars could find themselves struggling to get a job when they complete GP training this summer, what the union wants the government to do about it and some data on GP funding that shows why we are in this situation.

Our good news story is about NHS England launching a 'world-first' vaccine programme for gonorrhoea this summer.

This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower, deputy editor Nick Bostock, and senior news reporter Kimberley Hackett. It was produced by Czarina Deen.

Useful links

Wes Streeting: This year's pay deal is an investment to improve the NHS

Extra £100m needed to deliver 4% Gp pay rise

DDRB recommends new gp cost index to help shape contract uplifts

Up to 1000 newly-qualified GPs face unemployment this summer, BMA warns Streeting

Practice funding data reveals root cause of GP unemployment crisis

Funding uplifts that match inflation top priority for GPs in new contract

England launches ‘world-first’ gonorrhoea vaccination programme

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