A well-publicised research report published by the Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM) this week revealed that over half of current practice managers have applied for new jobs and the majority of those are aiming to get out of practice management altogether. While the survey only spoke to a relatively small number of PMs, it does…

A round up of the latest HR and Employment Law updates. SURGERY OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK? TAKE CARE TO AVOID DISCRIMINATION In the light of proposed changes in practice opening times schemes like the Bury Easy GP Project ,which sees surgeries open 7 days a week, means that it will fall to practices to…

A much talked about news story this week has been the significant drop in the number of Friends and Family Test (FFT) results submitted by GP practices. Despite warnings about contracts being breached if there’s a failure to submit data, the response rate for the FFT from London practices fell to 57% in May, a…

A round up of the latest HR and Employment Law updates. DBS AND MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS – TIME TO REVIEW POLICIES Revised government guidance will mean that “great caution” must be exercised by police forces when disclosing detention under the Mental Health Act, even where an enhanced DBS certificate has been applied for. This is…

The NHS especially like to have an acronym for everything! A practice manager has a lot of abbreviations and acronyms to remember in his/her day to day running of the practice, especially when talking to GPs. Please feel free to add to the list. A ACAS – Advisory, Conciliation and Advisory Service:  organisation devoted to preventing and…

Now that a healthy number of GP practices have enjoyed the pleasures of a 2015 CQC inspection, we thought it would be a good time to take stock of some of the key trends that inspectors are repeatedly talking about – both good and bad. The CQC’s inspection reports always highlight successful examples of excellent…

A round up of the latest HR and Employment Law updates. DIABETES PREVENTION POLICY FAILS TO UNDERSTAND SOCIOCULTURAL INFLUENCES NHS England and Public Health England are currently working on evidence to implement the new national diabetes prevention programme, which will include classes in cooking and exercise. However, Professor Greenhalgh (professor of primary care health sciences…