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Professor Victoria Tzortziou Brown, chair of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP)
1 May 2026

Outdated IT systems increasing GP workload, RCGP finds

Outdated and poorly connected IT systems are increasing GP workload pressures, a Royal College of General Practitioners report has found.
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Professor Victoria Tzortziou Brown, chair of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP)
4 March 2026

Doctors raise safety concerns about AI discharge summary tool

Doctors groups have raised safety concerns over plans to roll out an AI-Assisted Discharge Summary tool nationally through the FDP.
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9 January 2026

Movers and Shakers news roundup

Our first Movers and Shakers of 2026 features the appointment of a chief executive at NHS Humber and North Yorkshire
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Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs
27 August 2025

AI outperforms GPs in MRCGP exams, finds study

A study found that chatbots outperformed GPs in questions based on the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners
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Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs
5 August 2025

A third of GP appointments in England carried out remotely

A third of GP appointments in England were carried out remotely in June 2025, according to an analysis of NHS
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GP types on a laptop
4 June 2025

AI project to predict health outcomes paused over GP data concern

NHSE has paused development of an AI model capable of predicting future health outcomes after concerns about the use of
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Female doctor copying notes from a laptop
2 May 2025

Patient record errors caused by ‘lack of integration’, finds report

Lack of integration between the NHS App and other health data sources has contributed to patient record errors, according to
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17 December 2024

Scotland’s main GP software supplier goes into administration

The main GP software supplier for Scotland has voluntarily placed itself under administration owing to financial difficulties.
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Doctor and Patient in a consulting room at a GP surgery
21 October 2024

One in three GPs say their work computers are ‘not fit for purpose’

One in three GPs say their work computer is not fit for purpose, while more than 50% report data-sharing challenges,
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GP at desk
7 June 2021

BMA and RCGP issue joint letter to NHS Digital over GPDPR programme

The pair have issued a joint letter to NHS Digital to express concerns about the General Practice Data for Planning
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