Pulse in Focus: The Podcast for GPs

Senior journalist Maya Dhillon is joined by Pulse editor-in-chief Jaimie Kaffash to discuss his new report on the complaints system in general practice and his interview with chair of the BMA’s GP committee in England Dr Katie Bramall at Pulse LIVE Birmingham. Jaimie shares his white paper findings on how the fear of complaints is causing just under 80% of GPs to practise medicine ‘defensively’ as...

In this episode, the Pulse team discusses the BMA’s decision to ballot GPs in England on a ‘plan B’ or an alternative model of general practice. Pulse senior journalist Maya Dhillon is joined by deputy news editor Anna Colivicchi and editor-in-chief Jaimie Kaffash to look at where this has come from, what it shows about the profession's mood and how likely an exit from the NHS actually is. Th...

In this month's episode, the team reports exclusively from Pulse LIVE London. Pulse's editorial adviser Dr Keith Hopcroft takes us through his favourite clinical sessions, and Pulse editor Sofia Lind gives us the highlights from her Big Interview with Baroness Clare Gerada. Dr Hopcroft interviews Dr Stephanie Kayode, consultant allergist at the department of adult allergy at Guy’s and St...

The new episode of Pulse in Focus: The Podcast for GPs is now live and available on all podcast platforms. In this month’s episode, our team unpicks the new guidance from NICE, recommending use of weight loss drug semaglutide (Wegovy) to prevent further heart attack and stroke . Pulse editorial adviser Dr Keith Hopcroft is joined by Professor Ahmet Fuat, honorary professor of primary care cardiolo...

Senior journalist Maya Dhillon is joined by Anna Colivicchi, deputy news editor, and Dr Keith Hopcroft, GP and editorial adviser, to analyse and explain the changes introduced by the 2026/27 GP contract. The trio go through all the major headlines - including new same-day requirements around ‘clinically urgent patients', a shift in funding for a new practice-level recruitment scheme, and mand...

Free registration for Pulse newsletters here . This episode was produced by Maya Dhillon and Mollie Fraser-Andrews.

In our first 'Big Interview' of the year, Pulse editor Sofia Lind speaks to the new chair of the RCGP, Professor Victoria Tzortziou Brown, to discuss the role of the college in a particularly tumultuous time for the profession. The pair discuss the RCGP's position and approach to new-look GP contract consultations - in which the college is now involved alongside other stakeholders,...

Pulse editor Sofia Lind and senior journalist Maya Dhillon reflect on the recent breakdown in the relationship between the BMA and the Government following months of growing animosity between the two. Following Pulse's exclusive reporting on the BMA losing its exclusive negotiating position for the 2026/27 GP contract, the pair look at we got to this point, and what the new stakeholder consul...

This episode of Pulse in Focus: The Podcast for GPs explores the argument for increasing deprived-area GP funding; and the opportunities and pitfalls associated with plans for menopause to be added to the NHS Health Check. Editor-in-chief Jaimie Kaffash and features assistant Maya Dhillon discuss how GP practices with deprived patient populations should be supported, in light of the Government’s a...

To mark our major new white paper Access All Areas, we have recorded a special episode of Pulse in Focus: The Podcast for GPs . This is now live and available on all podcast platforms . The episode sees features assistant Maya Dhillon joined by editor-in-chief Jaimie Kaffash, who has authored the extensive report into general practice access . Jaimie shares his findings and recommendations, callin...

Pulse deputy news editor Anna Colivicchi discusses the contract changes to online access coming into force on 1 October with features assistant Maya Dhillon.  The pair look at what these changes will mean for practices, why GPs are concerned, as well as why the BMA has re-entered into dispute with the Government over it. GP and Pulse clinical adviser Dr Keith Hopcroft returns, and explains the new...

Pulse editor Sofia Lind interviews GPC England chair Dr Katie Bramall about whether or not GPs could re-enter into dispute with the Government, and if so - what collective action could look like this time around.  This follows concerns over the 10-year plan, the future of the partnership model, and stagnation in negotiating a new wholesale GMS contract - a commitment promised by the Government as...

Pulse deputy news editor Anna Colivicchi makes her podcast debut discussing the Government’s 10-year health plan with features assistant Maya Dhillon. The pair delve into the plan’s aims to reform the NHS and how this will impact general practice. They are joined by several guests giving their takes on the 10-year plan. Following her widely-shared editorial , editor Sofia Lind argues that the plan...

In this episode of Pulse in Focus: The Podcast for GPs, editor Sofia Lind and features assistant Maya Dhillon discuss the role of physician associates (PAs) and how the chancellor’s spending review will impact GPs. The pair reflect on Sofia's interview with Professor Gillian Leng - leader of the Government-commissioned review into PAs - at Pulse LIVE Birmingham last week. Ahead of the report&...

In our second episode, Pulse features assistant Maya Dhillon is joined by Jake Beech, policy fellow at The Health Foundation. The pair dive into Jake's recent analysis for Pulse on the number GPs hired under the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme since October, questioning if there really are 1,500 'new' GPs and looking at the wider landscape of general practice workforce. In our...

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 Lin...

Pulse in Focus: The Podcast for GPs brings listeners a monthly update on all things general practice. Led by our team of journalists at Pulse , the leading publication for GPs in the UK, we provide insights on the top stories and clinical guidance, keeping GPs informed of the latest developments in primary care. Free registration for Pulse newsletters here . This episode was produced by Maya Dhill...