This isn’t a new problem, but I think it’s time we launched a challenge relating to Vaccination and Immunisation payments, CQRS and the ‘business rules’… We recently had to update a CQRS submission as the data extraction had picked up one fewer vaccination than we had on our records. It turns out that the patient…

On Friday last week, I actually shouted at my phone… I hasten to add, not at the person on the other end, just at the phone itself! Now, before you question my sanity (although that’s already the subject of some concern), I wasn’t going mad, I was just frustrated at the number of times I’d…

Do you suffer from Monday morning dread? Is it worse when you’ve been on leave? I bet that literally every practice manager says ‘yes’ to those two questions. Every Sunday night, my IBS kicks off knowing that I’ve got to face work again the next day. And it’s ten times worse when I’ve been away…

The awful news of the death of a GP, Dr Gail Milligan, has hit us really hard. Many of us had never heard of Dr Milligan before her death, but now her name is on all our minds. The sad state of the NHS is such that we are all broken. We often hear about…

The IGPM presented a webinar yesterday (29th June) on Veteran-Friendly Surgeries. Are you one? Should you be? Why would you be? And what do you need to do to get that accreditation? We were accompanied by two ‘expert’ guests – Brigadier Robin Simpson (retired) FRCGP, and Darren Davies, Staff Sergeant, Royal Military Police (also retired).…

As many of you might know, I’m an active participant on social media and regularly add my ‘two penneth’ to comments fired at healthcare providers. I usually try to give a balanced response, avoiding saying anything too contentious that could come back to bite me, while still trying to get my point across. I was,…

Happy New Year to you all – I hope you had a good break (even if it was only the bank holidays). After a busy few days in between Christmas and New Year, and organising our last Covid vaccination clinic for the weekend, I returned to work hoping that generally people would have enjoyed their…