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Archive | August, 2014

Staying Healthy at Work in the Health Sector – 1 coffee a day?

August 26, 2014, by in Health 0 Comments

Staying Healthy at Work in the Health Sector - 1 coffee a day?

Staying Healthy in the Health Sector Ironically for a job in this industry, it can be quite a challenge to stay well in a job like this. You’re busy juggling priorities and people from the moment you start work to the minute you walk out the door, and who knows what (or who) else you’re…

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Top 5 Tips for Negotiating With GP Practice Suppliers

August 22, 2014, by in Money, Suppliers 0 Comments

Top 5 Tips for Negotiating With Gp Practice Suppliers

As a practice manager you have a budget to maintain, and being able to negotiate with suppliers is an extremely powerful tool in saving funds. Negotiation needn’t be time-consuming or a chore, though. Stick to these top tips and you’ll save both precious time and money. Communicate Building a good relationship with your supplier is…

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Emergency or Not? GP Surgeries Under Pressure

August 20, 2014, by in Political 0 Comments

Emergency or Not? Surgeries Under Pressure

News of surgeries at breaking point will come as no news to any primary care worker in the NHS right now. Recently the topic was hotly debated in the press when David Cameron was presented with a petition from East London GPs who fear 22 practices in deprived London areas will be forced to close…

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GP Practice Staff Team Building Ideas

August 18, 2014, by in Staff 0 Comments

GP Practice Team Building

Building Your Team Teambuilding. It’s a buzzword that can elicit groans and rolled eyes amongst co-workers, but there are ways to address the issue of teambuilding without the need for name badges, dangling from treetops and other artificial exercises. One thing’s for certain: staff who work as a team communicate better, generally feel more motivated…

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Practice Manager Pastimes – Baking?

August 13, 2014, by in Practice Life 0 Comments

Practice Manager Pastimes - Baking?

With retired GP practice manager Nancy Birtwhistle (@nancybbakes) already tipped for success in the new series of Great British Bake Off, we thought it was time we talked about practice managers and what they do, or could do, with their free time. Nancy took up baking when she retired from running Central Surgery in Barton-Upon-Humber seven…

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Getting your General Practice on Twitter

August 8, 2014, by in Social Media 0 Comments

Twitter for GP Practices

How do you reach your audience when you have news to share – newsletters by email? Signs in the waiting room? In an era where contact time is compromised and the patient-doctor relationship is under threat, what can you as a practice manager do to reinforce the sense of wraparound care your surgery wants to…

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Practice Managers, are you communicating with your receptionists?

August 4, 2014, by in Reception 0 Comments

Practice Managers, are you communicating with your receptionist

Guest blog post by Sheila Wells from Beyond The Reception Desk Being a doctors receptionist is no easy task, and certainly not the job some people seem to think it is, some think it’s sitting at the desk booking patients in to see the doctor and handing out prescriptions, oh no it’s so much more…

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