2025/26 GP contract, updated NICE asthma guidelines, and MP Stephen Kinnock on the partnership model

In the first episode of our new monthly podcast Pulse in Focus: The Podcast for GPs, features assistant Maya Dhillon and senior reporter Eliza Parr discuss how the new GP contract will impact practices.

Eliza explains where the new funding has come from, where it is going, as well as what the changes in A&G, QOF and ARRS might mean for general practice.

Maya is then joined by editor Sofia Lind to reflect on primary care minister Stephen Kinnock's address at Pulse LIVE London last month.

Mr Kinnock pledged a full commitment to the GP partnership model, announced a crackdown on private sector therapists, and confirmed that despite its recent shortcomings the CQC is here to stay.

And, for the clinical update of the month, clinical editor Caroline Price dissects the latest NICE asthma guidance with our clinical adviser, Dr Keith Hopcroft and outlines what the changes will be to diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of asthma.

This episode was produced by Maya Dhillon and Mollie Fraser-Andrews.

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This episode was produced by Maya Dhillon and Mollie Fraser-Andrews.