eGPlearning Podblast

eGPlearning

eGPlearning Podblast is a the audio podcast for eGPlearning by two Nottingham-based GPs covering recent topics, useful clinical apps, and interviews with primary care health tech innovators. Hosted by Dr Hussain Gandhi (@drGandalf52) and Dr Andrew Foster (@drawfoster) as they tech-enhance primary care and learning. 

  1. The Budget, the BMA out and the DAUK in your eGPlearning update for Nov 2025

    11/27/2025

    The Budget, the BMA out and the DAUK in your eGPlearning update for Nov 2025

    Contact us and share your opinion Join Andy and Gandhi as they cover the impact of the budget, the BMA being out of GP negotiations and other plans for GPs by the DAUK Agenda Wes Letter 27/11/25 BMA lose exclusive negotiating role in GP contract Budget 25 - impact for GP? DAUK Your GP here for you campaign BMA set to lose exclusive GP contract negotiating role in England https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/breaking-news/bma-set-to-lose-exclusive-gp-contract-negotiating-role-in-england/  Not our role to negotiate GP contract’, says RCGP https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/contract/not-our-role-to-negotiate-gp-contract-says-rcgp/  NHSE primary care director Dr Amanda Doyle: Patients deserve consistent online access - by Amanda Doyle https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/views/2025-26-contract/nhse-primary-care-director-dr-amanda-doyle-patients-deserve-consistent-online-access/  Budget 2025 Context Long wait Lots of leaks and kite flying Not least OBR leak on the day https://www.nhsconfed.org/publications/autumn-budget-2025#:~:text=The%20overall%20budget%20for%20health,in%20the%20OBR's%20inflation%20projection.  Wimslow practice video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zNQN8VJLVI  Medics Money https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0KEiv6cR8U  Doctors demand new GP contract and £40-per-patient funding uplift https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/contract/doctors-demand-new-gp-contract-and-40-per-patient-funding-uplift/ Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) has demanded that the Government increase core GP funding per patient by £40 a year as part of a new ‘patient-centred’ GP contract.  The group’s ‘Your GP, here for you’ campaign proposes funding these changes by increasing per-patient funding by £40 a year to £209 – a move it says would bring the figure in line with inflation over the last decade.  Advocate for a patient centred GP contract https://dauk.org/our-call-for-new-patient-centred-gp-contract/  Wes Letter 27/11/25 Dear Colleagures… To GPs and bypassing the GPC Firstly, I want to say a heartfelt thank you to you and your teams Patient satisfaction with general practice is improving, with 73.9% reporting a good overall experience, up from 67.4% in July 2024. This is a significant achievement, and the credit is all yours. Background to previous negotiation milestones with labour … We struck the first contract deal with the BMA GPCE in 4 years last year, backed by £1.1billion in 2025/26 (an 8.9% cash uplift), the biggest in over a decade. Within months of entering government, we invested an additional £82 million into the ARRS scheme and removed red tape to allow you to recruit over 2,500 extra GPs. I am now actively looking at ways I can introduce further flexibilities into the scheme to continue boosting GP employment. To ensure general practice is rewarded for the additional work you take on through advice and guidance, we have introduced a financial Boost your triage skills with our dynamic 5-session live webinar course, tailored for primary care clinicians. Led by Dr. Gandalf and Dr. Ed Pooley, this comprehensive training covers all facets of remote patient triage—digital, on-call, and more. Gain practical knowledge, exclusive tips, and direct access to our experts through open Q&A sessions. Elevate your ability to manage primary care challenges effec Subscribe and hear the latest EPIC episode.  Join Dr Mike as he shares how to get started and fly using EMIS to make your life easier with this clinical systembit.ly/EMIScourse

    54 min
  2. Explaining the new NHS Medium Term Planning Frame Work

    11/06/2025

    Explaining the new NHS Medium Term Planning Frame Work

    Contact us and share your opinion Join eGPlearning as we take a look at the NHS Medium Term Planning Framework. This document was published by NHS England on 24 October 25 and provides more detail on how DoH and NHSE will deliver on the aspirations outlined in the NHS 10 year plan. This summary will help you understand where your ICB, Place, PCN and Practice are being asked to focus over the next 4 years. The document covers how responsibilities for delivery will be distributed across different levels of within the system from the centre down to neighbourhoods and the layers in between, how aspirations will align with the three darzi shifts, and describes specific targets in the areas of; elective care, cancer and diagnostics, urgent and emergency care, primary care, community health services, mental health, learning disabilities and workforce. Boost your triage skills with our dynamic 5-session live webinar course, tailored for primary care clinicians. Led by Dr. Gandalf and Dr. Ed Pooley, this comprehensive training covers all facets of remote patient triage—digital, on-call, and more. Gain practical knowledge, exclusive tips, and direct access to our experts through open Q&A sessions. Elevate your ability to manage primary care challenges effec Subscribe and hear the latest EPIC episode.  Join Dr Mike as he shares how to get started and fly using EMIS to make your life easier with this clinical systembit.ly/EMIScourse

    58 min
  3. Getting started with Ambient Voice Technology in General Practice

    10/30/2025

    Getting started with Ambient Voice Technology in General Practice

    Contact us and share your opinion Ambient Voice Scribes are part of the NHSE plan to increase productivity in General Practice by providing an AI assistant who listens in on consultations and then provides documentation of encounters and can even convert what it has heard into referral letters and reports. Andy and Gandhi discuss this technology, moving from a brief introduction to practical tips for getting started with this technology in your practice with the right governance in place. Listen to the end and you might even know your DCB0129s from your DCB0160s… Thanks to Dr Devin Gray & Wandsworth GP Federation who’s guidance we explore. NHSE comprehensive guidance on AVS implementation in Health Care from April 2025 can be found here… https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/guidance-on-the-use-of-ai-enabled-ambient-scribing-products-in-health-and-care-settings/  Boost your triage skills with our dynamic 5-session live webinar course, tailored for primary care clinicians. Led by Dr. Gandalf and Dr. Ed Pooley, this comprehensive training covers all facets of remote patient triage—digital, on-call, and more. Gain practical knowledge, exclusive tips, and direct access to our experts through open Q&A sessions. Elevate your ability to manage primary care challenges effec Subscribe and hear the latest EPIC episode.  Join Dr Mike as he shares how to get started and fly using EMIS to make your life easier with this clinical systembit.ly/EMIScourse

    49 min
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eGPlearning Podblast is a the audio podcast for eGPlearning by two Nottingham-based GPs covering recent topics, useful clinical apps, and interviews with primary care health tech innovators. Hosted by Dr Hussain Gandhi (@drGandalf52) and Dr Andrew Foster (@drawfoster) as they tech-enhance primary care and learning. 

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