Emma Bower

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1,286 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 14 Aug

Emma Bower’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Talking General Practice · BMA to ballot on ‘plan B’ for GP contracts, NHS workforce plan, single patient record fears · 29 May 2026 podcast

But I I don't necessarily see there being a huge change in you know direction. voice-verified

There's still very little money around. voice-verified

That's going to limit what he can do. voice-verified

And as we've come in to record the podcast today, we've just seen that resident doctors have announced another five-day strike for June. voice-verified

Uh and that announcement came after a meeting with the new Health and Social Care Secretary. voice-verified

And then obviously there's the question of how long he'll voice-verified

be in post, you know, if Andy Burnham wins the makerfield by election, if there is a voice-verified

you know, leadership challenge if Keir Snarler loses, if there's a new Prime Minister, uh, you know, presumably there'll be a new cabinet, new health secretary as well. voice-verified

There's lots of ifs about what could happen next, but it's unlikely we're gonna see any concrete plans coming until, you know, that drama in Westminster's all been played out. voice-verified

So, Nick, we talk a lot on the podcast about the GP workforce, don't we? voice-verified

And there were a couple of stories that you wrote during the past week or so that relate to this. voice-verified

We're going to come on to talk about the NHS workforce plan in a minute and what that might need to address in terms of the GP workforce. voice-verified

But first, let's perhaps look at this update to the GP contract that NHS England published at the end of last week. voice-verified

That included some clarification on the practice level reimbursement scheme to recruit. voice-verified

GPs, didn't it? voice-verified

What exactly did it have to say? voice-verified

Yeah, there are potentially some problems with that though for practices, aren't there? voice-verified

Yeah, well there's a surprise, isn't it? voice-verified

Something new rolled out in general practice that that isn't entirely straightforward. voice-verified

I mean, honestly, it's just also complicated now, isn't it? voice-verified

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