The practice Christmas party should be a happy time. However, unfortunately it can all too easily turn into a nightmare. Just because the party is outside practice hours or held somewhere other than the practice premises doesn’t mean that the duties of the employer and employee cease to exist. Here are our top ten tips…

This month can be a bit of a slump in the workplace after the excesses and frivolities – not to mention that lovely time off work – over Christmas and New Year. But the January Blues, as your GPs may well testify, is a very real affliction that can need more than the arrival of…

It’s 2015 already and don’t we know it?! Surgeries are full to capacity with poorly babies and all manner of flu and bugs, you’re managing those endless staff holiday requests as best you can, and your to-do list for jobs at home is making zero progress. Your diet and good habits suffered over Christmas, from…

I know it’s a little too early to be mentioning the C word. However when it comes to work Christmas parties the saying “Fail to prepare, prepare to fail” comes to mind. It’s often down to the Practice Manager to ensure that the surgery feels festive in the run up to Christmas, and this needn’t…