Kimberley Hackett (she/her)
@kimberleyjourno.bsky.social
Senior reporter on GPonline.com part of Haymarket Media. Contributor to the Talking General Practice podcast: podfollow.com/talking-gp Got a story? DM or email kimberley.hackett@haymarket.com.
Formerly Nursing Standard and the Watford Observer.
Formerly Nursing Standard and the Watford Observer.
@dauk-gp.bsky.social backs GP's complaint against Wes Streeting
DAUK backs GP's complaint against Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting’s recent comments about the BMA have been branded ‘hostile’ by the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) - as the organisation backed a GP’s formal complaint against the health and social care…
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December 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
@dauk-gp.bsky.social backs GP's complaint against Wes Streeting
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EXCLUSIVE: Doctor resigns from BMA England GP committee claiming it is 'toxic and unbearable’
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EXCLUSIVE: Doctor resigns from BMA England GP committee claiming it is 'toxic and unbearable’
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Doctor resigns from BMA England GP committee claiming it is 'toxic and unbearable’
EXCLUSIVE: A doctor has resigned from his role as a BMA England GP committee member citing concerns about a 'toxic and unbearable' environment.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
EXCLUSIVE: Doctor resigns from BMA England GP committee claiming it is 'toxic and unbearable’
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EXCLUSIVE: Doctor resigns from BMA England GP committee claiming it is 'toxic and unbearable’
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GP makes formal complaint over Wes Streeting behaviour towards BMA
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GP makes formal complaint over Wes Streeting behaviour towards BMA
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GP makes formal complaint over Wes Streeting behaviour towards BMA
A GP has made a formal complaint against health and social care secretary Wes Streeting over language he has used to criticise the BMA - arguing it may breach MPs' code of conduct.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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GP makes formal complaint over Wes Streeting behaviour towards BMA
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GP makes formal complaint over Wes Streeting behaviour towards BMA
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Immigration rhetoric adds to IMG GP fears over NHS future
Immigration rhetoric adds to IMG GP fears over NHS future
International medical graduate (IMG) GP registrars have been unsettled by political rhetoric around immigration despite assurances that the UK will not change the timescale to qualify for indefinite…
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December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Immigration rhetoric adds to IMG GP fears over NHS future
Former Labour strategist urges Streeting to change tack
Former Labour strategist urges Streeting to change tack
Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting should spend 'less time having challenging conversations' within the NHS and use his skillset as the government's 'best communicator' to explain NHS…
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December 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Former Labour strategist urges Streeting to change tack
GPs could partner with hospitals to hold neighbourhood contracts, says NHS official
GPs could partner with hospitals to hold neighbourhood contracts, says NHS official
GP federations could partner with hospital trusts to take on neighbourhood contracts, a senior NHS official has said.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
GPs could partner with hospitals to hold neighbourhood contracts, says NHS official
Budget hikes practice costs as chancellor confirms neighbourhood plans
Budget hikes practice costs as chancellor confirms neighbourhood plans
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed plans to create 250 neighbourhood health centres by 2035 with help from private investment in an autumn budget that will drive up costs for GP practices with a…
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November 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Budget hikes practice costs as chancellor confirms neighbourhood plans
Low pay leaves GPs struggling to obtain visas for ARRS jobs
Low pay leaves GPs struggling to obtain visas for ARRS jobs
Some overseas GPs offered jobs through the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) are missing out on visas because they fall short of Home Office salary thresholds, GPonline understands.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Low pay leaves GPs struggling to obtain visas for ARRS jobs
Neighbouring surgery and patients rally round GP practice flooded by Storm Claudia
Neighbouring surgery and patients rally round GP practice flooded by Storm Claudia
A neighbouring practice, the community hospital and patients have rallied round and offered support to a GP practice in Monmouthshire, Wales, which was forced to close following severe flooding.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Neighbouring surgery and patients rally round GP practice flooded by Storm Claudia
It was so interesting to interview Dr Moitra about her time working in Gaza. The harrowing details of the GP's trips will not be forgotten by me any time soon. Thank you @uk-med.bsky.social for setting this interview up.
UK GP shares her experiences of working in war-torn Gaza with @uk-med.bsky.social
UK GP shares her experiences of working in war-torn Gaza
Her Palestinian healthcare colleagues had lost weight, medication was being rationed and kites once flown in the sky by children are now nowhere to be seen. These are just some of the changes a…
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November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It was so interesting to interview Dr Moitra about her time working in Gaza. The harrowing details of the GP's trips will not be forgotten by me any time soon. Thank you @uk-med.bsky.social for setting this interview up.
Northern Ireland GPs drawing up plans to quit the NHS
Northern Ireland GPs drawing up plans to quit the NHS
LMCs in Northern Ireland have warned that general practice cannot survive within its current contract and voted for the BMA to develop a strategy for GPs to quit the NHS.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Northern Ireland GPs drawing up plans to quit the NHS
GP practice team bonds through Great Scottish Run
GP practice team bonds through Great Scottish Run
GP practice staff who entered the Great Scottish Run as a team say the experience has improved their fitness, helped build working relationships and encourage patients to be more active.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
GP practice team bonds through Great Scottish Run
ARRS driving 'two-tier' GP job market and low pay, warn LMCs
ARRS driving 'two-tier' GP job market and low pay, warn LMCs
Additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) jobs are creating a two-tier system in which newly-qualified GPs are being paid 'significantly below market rate', LMCs have warned.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
ARRS driving 'two-tier' GP job market and low pay, warn LMCs
LMCs back 'non-compliance' with online access contract requirements
LMCs back 'non-compliance' with online access contract requirements
LMCs have demanded that the GP contract change mandating practices to keep online consultation systems open throughout core hours is scrapped, and called on the BMA to draw up plans for…
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November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
LMCs back 'non-compliance' with online access contract requirements
Struggling GP charity forced to halve time limit on financial support
Struggling GP charity forced to halve time limit on financial support
A charity that supports GPs who are struggling financially has been forced to restrict the length of time it can help beneficiaries because of its own money worries.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Struggling GP charity forced to halve time limit on financial support
How has the GP workforce changed after 10 years of promises?
How has the GP workforce changed after 10 years of promises?
Successive governments over the past 10 years have promised thousands more GPs, starting with a 2015 promise to recruit an extra 5,000 by 2020. GPonline looks at what a decade of data show about how…
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November 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
How has the GP workforce changed after 10 years of promises?
'Narrow' neighbourhood vision threatens 10-year plan goals, warns @thekingsfund.bsky.social
'Narrow' neighbourhood vision threatens 10-year plan goals, warns think tank
Emerging NHS neighbourhoods risk 'being too narrowly focused' on health services and cutting pressure on hospitals - and could fail to deliver key aims of the government's 10-year health plan as a…
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November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
'Narrow' neighbourhood vision threatens 10-year plan goals, warns @thekingsfund.bsky.social
GPonline reports: Weight loss jabs causing surge in workload for GP practices
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October 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
GPonline reports: Weight loss jabs causing surge in workload for GP practices
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GPonline report: Salaried GPs facing contract changes after online access workload increase, BMA says
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October 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
GPonline report: Salaried GPs facing contract changes after online access workload increase, BMA says
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Streeting accuses BMA of showing 'complete disregard' to patients over online access
Streeting accuses BMA of showing 'complete disregard' to patients over online access
Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has accused the BMA of showing a ‘complete disregard’ to patients and fostering an environment that has encouraged LMCs to make 'rash interventions'…
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October 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Streeting accuses BMA of showing 'complete disregard' to patients over online access
Quarter of practices face 'unsustainable' demand following online access change, LMC warns
Quarter of practices face 'unsustainable' demand following online access change, LMC warns
Almost a quarter of GP practices have warned they are facing unsustainable demand following changes to online access introduced this month, an LMC survey has revealed.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Quarter of practices face 'unsustainable' demand following online access change, LMC warns
How GPs can break down the barriers that cause health inequity
How GPs can break down the barriers that cause health inequity
Dr Aziza Sesay, GP educator and honorary senior clinical lecturer, outlined six key barriers that can cause health inequity when she spoke at the RCGP annual conference - and offered tips on how GPs…
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October 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
How GPs can break down the barriers that cause health inequity
ICBs should support practices to become visa sponsors, GPs told
ICBs should support practices to become visa sponsors, GPs told
ICBs should support practices to become visa sponsors so that international medical graduate (IMG) GPs have more options for finding work, which in turn would help boost the workforce in…
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October 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
ICBs should support practices to become visa sponsors, GPs told
How GPs can use data to drive a shift to sustainable healthcare
How GPs can use data to drive a shift to sustainable healthcare
General practice can secure improved funding and become more sustainable through GPs using data to influence health leaders’ decisions as care moves out of hospitals, the RCGP 2025 conference has…
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October 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
How GPs can use data to drive a shift to sustainable healthcare
Practices facing heavy workload and urgent requests as online access fears come true
Practices facing heavy workload and urgent requests as online access fears come true
GP practices say fears about controversial changes to online access from this month have proven correct - with practices reporting being overwhelmed by work and receiving urgent queries - including…
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October 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Practices facing heavy workload and urgent requests as online access fears come true