At a time when general practice continues to be squeezed financially, practice managers are having to work harder and harder to maintain – let alone grow – profitability. The major issue for practice managers when it comes to practice profitability is that both income and expenditure are hard to control as there are so many…

A round up of the latest HR and Employment Law updates. THINK BEFORE POSTING IMAGES ON WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA This week sees GPs and practice personnel cautioned to take greater care when posting on websites or social media. Health secretary Jeremy Hunt tweeted a photo of himself with brain surgeons at the UniversityCollegeLondonHospital to celebrate…

Here is a brief recap on some of the most popular blog posts on the Practice Index blog in 2015 so far… CQC 10 ways to avoid an inadequate CQC rating Debunking the myths of CQC inspections CQC inspections: learning from the best Aim high with your CQC inspection Helping practice managers through the CQC…

Practice managers, as well as GPs, are being asked to share their views on new ‘comparison metrics’ for practices – and the quality indicators being planned by the Department of Health (DoH) for them. The survey has been launched by the Health Foundation, which was tasked with developing suitable comparison metrics to publish on the…

Leadership within a practice is one of the five mission critical areas the CQC asks about during its inspections. Falling fairly and squarely on the shoulders of GPs and practice managers, leadership can cover everything from staff mentoring to working closely with patient participation groups. It’s such a broad subject that it’s really hard to…

What is shared parental leave? Shared Parental Leave is a new way for parents to share statutory leave and pay following the birth of a child, Shared Parental Leave (SPL) was introduced by the Government for all babies born after 5th April 2015. At first glance the SPL scheme does look quite complicated, it would…

This week, a new £15m three-year scheme to fund, recruit and employ clinical pharmacists in GP surgeries was launched by NHS England. The initiative will see NHS England fund 60% of the cost of pharmacists to the practices for the first 12 months of employment, which will decrease to 40% for the second year and…