DAUK in the media: fund general practice to ease burden on the NHS
Funding for general practice must increase to ease mounting pressure on GPs and the wider NHS, says DAUK’s GP co-lead. Dr Steve Taylor was speaking…
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DAUK backs GP collective action to protect patient care
The Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) has backed the BMA GPC’s decision to initiate collective action in England from…
DAUK warns of ‘creeping corporatisation’ as private provider targets GP partnerships
The Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) has expressed concern following reports a private healthcare company is offering to ‘liberate’…
Neighbourhood plans risk failure without GP involvement
Plans to deliver a neighbourhood approach to health risk being a costly failure without input from general practice,…
New figures underline primary care underfunding
DAUK’s GP lead says the ‘access issues’ to general practice facing patients are a result of underfunding under…
Government urged to listen after GPs reject contract changes
The Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) has given its strong support to general practitioners in England after they overwhelmingly…
A&G requirement may conflict with Jess’s Rule
DAUK’s Dr Steve Taylor says changes in the new GP contract could go against Jess’s Rule. Jess’s Rule…
‘No surprise’ as BMA rejects ‘poor GP contract’
DAUK notes today’s overwhelming vote by the GPCE to reject the Government’s imposed 2026/27 GP contract and to…
Weight-loss jab incentives ‘smokescreen for appalling’ GP contract
Financial incentives for GPs to prescribe weight-loss drugs are ‘a smokescreen’ for a dire new general practice contract,…
New GP contract falls short of ‘bringing back the family doctor’
DAUK welcomed a funding increase as part of the 2026/27 contract, but warned it was not the level…