Catch up quickly with our weekly round-up of key news stories for general practice.

Understanding pelvic ultrasound reports. Fed up with deciphering jargon, Dr Attiya Khan asked consultant gynaecologist Mr Rehan Khan for a plain language guide to understanding pelvic ultrasounds.

Professional development - How to become a GP with a special interest. It is a challenging career path but rewarding to develop specialist skills, explains Dr Louise Warburton.

Dr Philip Marazzi discusses some common male presentations. Clinical pictures: Male genital problems. Dr Philip Marazzi discusses some common male presentations.

Podcast: Shaping the future for GPs in London. Talking General Practice speaks to Dr Lisa Harrod-Rothwell, chief executive of Londonwide LMCs, about the key challenges facing practices in the capital ...

Anaesthetic consultant Dr Tom Dolphin has been elected chair of the BMA - and promised to end 'exploitation and erosion' of the medical profession.

UK medical graduates should be prioritised ahead of overseas recruits for GP training posts, doctors' leaders have said.

Rachael Millward, AbbVie UK Medical Director, explains why shared decision-making for migraine can be challenging to ...

Hospitals must not define neighbourhood NHS, GP leader warns. Hospital trusts must not end up defining how neighbourhoods take shape, a leading GP has warned, ahead of the publication of the ...

Viewpoint: Dr Kailash Chand: Budget could be catastrophic for GP morale and patient safety. Yesterday's budget does nothing to address the crippling funding shortfall in the NHS, writes BMA deputy ...

Letters: GPs are already 'private' and they must remain so. In response to your story 'Government wants 5% of practices to be private-run' (GP, 10 October), I would like to point out that most of us ...