{"id":1367,"date":"2025-04-29T09:29:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/bmj-editorial-on-the-uncertain-future-of-gp-partnerships\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T09:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:29:56","slug":"bmj-editorial-on-the-uncertain-future-of-gp-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/bmj-editorial-on-the-uncertain-future-of-gp-partnerships\/","title":{"rendered":"BMJ editorial on the uncertain future of GP partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of our GP committee have written an editorial in the BMJ on the uncertain future of GP partnerships.\r\n\r\nOur vice chair Dr Ellen Welch, a GP in Cumbria, and our GP spokesperson Dr Steve Taylor, who is based in Manchester, wrote about steps to make partnerships more appealing to newly-qualified GPs.\r\n\r\nThey wrote: \u201cThe partnership model\u2019s sustainability stems from partners\u2019 financial stake in success, so removing barriers and involving GPs in strategic decisions is essential for its future.\u201d\r\n\r\nDr Welch and Dr Taylor were joined in writing the editorial by Paul Evans, chair of Gateshead and Tyneside LMC and north east representative of the BMA GP Committee England and BMA Council, and by GP partner, author, and broadcaster Ayan Panja.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/389\/bmj.r819.full?ijkey=HYZ6XQuRbqzkXz4&amp;keytype=ref\">Read the editorial in full<\/a>.\r\n\r\nPlease support our work by contributing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-the-work-of-the-doctors-association-uk-dauk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-the-work-of-the-doctors-association-uk-dauk&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1742658988093000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3C2g7K4vo0MhujHA6swNwN\">our crowd funder<\/a> or by <a href=\"https:\/\/dauk.org\/membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dauk.org\/membership\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1742658988093000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3rlt6OKUEPJcwIoZj22ohz\">becoming a member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of our GP committee have written an editorial in the BMJ on the uncertain future of GP partnerships. Our vice chair Dr Ellen Welch,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,59],"tags":[557,324,22,304,23],"class_list":["post-1367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dauk-news","category-general-practice","tag-dauk-gp","tag-dr-ellen-welch","tag-dr-steve-taylor","tag-gp-committee","tag-gp-crisis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}