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CQC fees – The Rant! By Nicola Hayward

March 31, 2016, by in CQC, Finance, Funding, Spending 3 Comments

Female Doctor with Stethoscope Holding Piggy Bank with Bruised Eye and Bandage.

So, you knew this was coming, this rant, it’s no surprise really. Yes, CQC has finally decided what they’re going to do in terms of fees for the 2016/17 year. They had a consultation which was pretty one-sided to be frank…”Responses expressed strong preference for achieving full chargeable cost recovery over four years…” Yet, not only…

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End of the financial year – Nicola Hayward

End of the financial year - Nicola Hayward

Well here we are hurtling towards the end of the financial year – a time when we start scratching around for read codes to ensure our QOF figures are as good as they’ll ever be (or rather, as good as they must be at midnight 31st March!).  It’s also the time that CCGs around the…

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Merging district and practice nurses

November 27, 2015, by in Funding, Nurses 5 Comments

Merging district and practice nurses

Making the headlines recently was the suggestion made by RCGP Wales that the Welsh Government should merge practice nurse and district nurse roles to create generic ‘primary care nurse’ posts closely linked to surgeries. The RCGP Wales outgoing chair Dr Paul Myres argued that patients currently get ‘fragmented’ care, which lacks continuity, because they have…

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Maximising revenue in GP practices

March 12, 2015, by in Funding, Money 2 Comments

GP Practice Revenue Vs Costs

Since the introduction of the new GP Contract, practices have been moving inexorably towards a more business-focused model. This development has corresponded with a greater emphasis on optimising costs, increasing output, placing a greater emphasis on staff and patient relations and, crucially, maximising revenue streams. This situation is more acute than ever given the primary…

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MCPs. The future?

February 19, 2015, by in Funding, Money, Political 0 Comments

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Last week the King’s Fund stirred things up somewhat when it published a no-holds-barred report stating that the recent NHS reorganisation had been a disaster and a waste of three years. The report – first published by the BBC – led to all sorts of politics and Labour calling for David Cameron to make a personal…

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