Will the NHS workforce plan deliver, GMC 'no confidence' vote, and doctors with long COVID

In this week’s news review, Emma and Nick look at the NHS workforce plan and discuss what it says, what it doesn’t say, and whether it will actually work.

They also talk about some of the debates from this week’s BMA annual representative meeting including a vote of no confidence in the GMC and some other motions of interest. And they look at a BMA report on long COVID in the medical profession and the devastating impact the condition has had on some doctors.

This week’s good news story is about the RCGP at last weekend’s Pride.

This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and deputy editor Nick Bostock. It was produced by Czarina Deen.

Useful links

●     What does the NHS workforce plan mean for general practice?

●     NHS heading for 15,000-GP shortfall as Sunak says retention 'not just about pay'

●     Doctors will 'strike for as long as it takes', warns BMA chair

●     Doctors vote 'no confidence' in GMC and MPTS and demand new leadership

●     Doctors with long COVID left 'penniless' as one in five unable to work

●     RCGP takes part in London's Pride parade

The NHS at 75

●     NHS at 75: A GP's account of the start of the NHS

●     NHS at 75: I dread telling people I'm a GP - we need a government that values us

●     NHS at 75: Primary care-focused 'reboot' can save NHS

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