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The 2026/27 QOF adds 18 new points across diabetes, obesity, heart failure, and vaccination. Old indicators are being retired, new ones require NICE alignment, and improvement thre...

The 2026/27 GP contract brings a £485m uplift, same-day urgent access requirements, QOF reform, ARRS expansion, and new data collection obligations — but 99% of GPs voted to reject...

You're not a fraud. You're a doctor operating in a system that systematically undermines confidence. Here's what the evidence says and what actually helps.

Every doctor worries about this. The GMC guidance is opaque. Here's what's actually fine, what's risky, and the cases that have led to fitness-to-practise proceedings.

A good referral gets your patient seen. A bad one gets rejected, delayed, or triaged to the bottom of the pile. Here's what secondary care actually wants to read.

Your first night on call is terrifying. Here's what to carry, what to prioritise, when to escalate, and how to stay functional at 4am.

The NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship and Clinical Lectureship are the main routes into academic medicine in the UK. Here's how they work, what makes a competitive application, and...

Your elective is the one time in medical school you choose exactly where and what to study. Here's how to plan it — destination, funding, logistics, and making it count.

This confusion costs junior doctors portfolio points and wastes months of effort. A clear explainer with a decision flowchart for what your project actually is.

Case reports are the most accessible publication for medical students and juniors. Here's the step-by-step process — case selection, consent, structure, journal choice, and submiss...

Locum GPs obsessively compare agencies. Here's a frank comparison of the major players — commission rates, payment terms, cancellation policies, and whether you should be using age...

Video and telephone consultations are embedded in UK general practice. Here's how to do them well — the clinical skills, the medico-legal considerations, and the patient communicat...