Nick and Emma look at the impact the current list cleaning drive has had on GP practices and explain why GP leaders have called for a pause in the process amid fears of inappropriate removals and a huge loss of funding for the profession.
They talk about prescribing for obesity, after the BMA warned that the funding practices will receive for new QOF targets on this is unlikely to cover the cost of the work involved, and the union warned that some ICBs are cutting back on locally commissioned services related to prescribing Mounjaro since it has been added to the QOF.
And they look at the additional roles reimbursement scheme after we found that millions of pounds earmarked for the scheme went unspent in 2025/26.
Our good news story this week is about those GPs who received awards in the King’s Birthday Honours List.
This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and deputy editor Nick Bostock. It was produced by Czarina Deen.
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GP funding 'siphoned off' by unprecedented scale of patient removals, warns BMA
LMCs demand urgent list cleaning review as fears rise over inappropriate removals
List cleaning chaos leaves popular GP practice on the brink
Where have GP practices been hit hardest by list cleaning?
GP practices could boycott underfunded QOF obesity target
More than £81m of ARRS cash unclaimed in 2025/26
GPs recognised in King's Birthday Honours List