Yesterday, whilst browsing online, I saw a cartoon that made me smile. It showed two birds looking down on a scarecrow that was guarding a field. One bird had a speech bubble saying, “Don’t worry – it’s not a real human.” “How do you know?” asked the other bird. “Easy,” replied the first bird. “It’s…

Practice Index has developed a holiday management system that you and your staff will love. Available for free in the Practice Index HUB, Holiday Manager automatically calculates: Entitlement, including part-time workers Bradford Factor for sickness Hours and sessions Allowances for new starters and leavers It’s quick to set up and easy to use. If you…

What a whirlwind of a year 2023 was! With funding challenges, an emphasis on workforce wellbeing, an additional bank holiday and a new approach to CQC inspections – to name just a few of the challenges thrown at general practice – last year was a busy and difficult time for Practice Managers, but there’s a…

I’m sure everyone has had some sleepless nights recently wondering how to make a square peg (funding) fit a round hole (pay uplifts). When it comes to finances, we’ve had a bit of a shambolic time of late – for example, the announcement about the 6% uplift, which isn’t an additional 6%; trying to find…

October was a busy month at Practice Index with so much happening! Catch up on anything you missed across our blogs, PLUS, the HUB and our latest new release. Best of our blogs The HR Package from Practice Index has arrived! – We are proud to launch our new HR Package, which works seamlessly with…

The nights have started drawing in, flu clinics are in full swing and we’re heading towards the end of the year. Catch up with what happened during September across Practice Index. Best of our blogs Leaving negativity behind – By Stressed PM – “Recently I had a patient who wanted to speak to me. No…

General practice has changed. Gone are the days when practices consisted of a group of GPs working together, with an administrator providing support with the day-to-day running of the practice. Now practices operate with a much wider range of clinical roles working together as a multi-disciplinary team, all supported by a far more developed management…