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…

This May, not only are we planning for the usual spring bank holidays, but across the United Kingdom we have an additional Monday to factor in, for the Coronation of the King. Inevitably, questions about annual leave entitlements and how bank holidays are calculated will be raised by members of your team! As many practice…

You may recall that I asked you all to complete a one-question poll about whether you include bank holidays in the 28 days’ statutory leave entitlement you award to your staff. The results are more or less a 50/50 split, and I’m not sure whether I’m surprised about this or not. Anyway, you knew I’d…

For most GP practice staff, Easter 2020 is anything but a holiday, following confirmation by NHS England that Good Friday and Easter Monday would need to look ‘as close to normal working days as possible’. The instruction comes as Covid-19 demands are ‘anticipated to be at their highest so far in many areas’ this weekend. ‘We…

(Time to read: 10 minutes) Back in the day, a bank holiday was a nationally recognised day off. Banks wouldn’t open, everyone chilled out and the country stopped for a breather. Wow, wouldn’t that be nice today! But in reality, not all employers paid their staff for bank holiday time off and some staff didn’t…