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• GP practice contracts terminated at increasing rate
  Practice contracts in England are being terminated at an increasing rate as mergers and PCT-enforced closures rise, a GP analysis has found.
• Doctor rapped for cancer errors faces criticism over correspondence to patient Christine Hutchinson
  A medical director has met a North Yorkshire GP to discuss an “unsatisfactory” action plan drawn up, following strong criticism of her treatment of a cancer patient.
• Millions of GP prescriptions contain dangerous errors: research
  Almost two million GP prescriptions contain potentially life threatening errors with mistakes given to one in five patients, research by the General Medical Council has found.
GP accused of failing to examine tragic tot
A GP failed to properly examine a baby who died just hours later, a General Medical Council (GMC) hearing was told.

GP founds group to represent GPSIs in occupational health
GPs with an interest (GPSIs) in occupational health are being invited to join a specialist group set up by a Leicestershire GP.

Olympics Managers Train GP Volunteers 'How To Prescribe Paracetamol'
According to a report in industry health magazine Pulse, doctors have been forced to sit through a surreal' training session - in how to prescribe paracetamol.

CCGs lobby for tougher performance management of GPs
CCG leaders have been lobbying the NHS for a toughened-up system for managing the performance of practices, as they were handed responsibility for monitoring GP access.

GP sets up allergy service helpdesk for primary care
A GPSI with a special interest in allergy has set up a free helpdesk to answer GP queries on allergic conditions.

GP appeals but board says ban should be extended
A Crumlin-based doctor could be removed from a national medical professional list following complaints made regarding the way he treated patients.