
NEWS: Global shortages spark new vaccine shortage alarm
Concerns are growing that mass vaccination may have to slow down, even as the UK gets to grips with passing 100,000 deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic. The UK’s most successful vaccination region is to face rationing for doses next month because of global shortages, it has been reported. Supplies to the north west will be…
January 25, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
NEWS: Network target for GP leaders

GP negotiators are to concentrate their efforts on improving funding for primary care networks – after agreeing no more than minor changes to the standard practice contract, it has been announced. The practice contract deal already means that four primary care network services will not be introduced in April, the British Medical Association said. The…
GP payment statements explained

Specialist medical accountant David Lockitt* offers some tips on checking the practice’s monthly statements for payments and deductions With the increasing reliance on the calculation of practice payments based on data automatically extracted from the practice’s records, and also changes in when income is paid, it is essential that practices review their GMS/PMS statements on…
January 21, 2021, by Perseus the PM in GP Practice Management, Social Media 3 Comments
Social media and burnout by Perseus the PM

I am a self-professed control freak. I think most Practice Managers have a little bit of this in their personality, and it makes them a better PM, as long as they know how to turn it off. Like most PMs, the COVID-19 vaccine campaign has added that final straw to an already wobbly camel’s back,…
January 21, 2021, by Guest Blogger in GP Practice Management 0 Comments
Hidden Heroes!

It is safe to say that 2020 (as I naively joked a year ago – “the year of perfect vision”) turned out to be a year no-one could have anticipated. As I reflect back over that last 12 months, I can clearly remember the many difficulties that everyone has had to deal with, both individually…
January 21, 2021, by GP Practice News in COVID-19, GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
NEWS: Sessional doctors get vaccination advice

Practices may need to ensure they add temporary staff such as sessional GPs to their vaccination lists, according to a trade union. The British Medical Association has warned that sessional GPs, especially those working as locums, are facing difficulty in many areas in getting access to COVID-19 vaccination. Their rates of vaccination are much lower…
January 21, 2021, by GP Practice News in COVID-19, GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
NEWS: Practices warn of vaccine rationing

National rationing of COVID-19 vaccines is likely to begin next week as supplies are diverted to regions that have fallen behind in the programme, it was reported today. Practices in many parts of the country have now been told they will not get supplies next week, The Times reports. The aim will be to ensure…
January 27, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments