I took the liberty of taking a few days off last week… I know, totally reckless aren’t I?! I thought a bit of Christmas shopping, chance to properly tidy the house (tick the boxes on my OCD) that sort of thing.  Now, I don’t know about you, but I struggle to switch off if I’m…

On the first day of Christmas the Partners sent to me: A log-in for the HSCIC On the second day of Christmas the Partners sent to me: 2 SEA forms and a log-in for the HSCIC On the third day of Christmas the Partners sent to me: 3 EMIS errors 2 SEA forms and a…

I am lucky enough to live in a very pretty little fishing village in Cornwall – fabulous for walking the dogs on the beach morning and night, but the downside is the huge number of tourists who slowly amble their way through the village (in the middle of the road I might add) because they…

By Nicola Hayward A few months ago, I volunteered to be part of a local NHS Health Checks Steering Group because in my county now, we’re quite low on the uptake and the local Public Health team want to explore reasons why and perhaps invent new ways to get people through the GP doors.  We’ve…

By Nicola Hayward  A million years ago, when I first started putting my thoughts down on paper, I wrote an article about all of the abbreviations we meet every single day which seem to be heightened in the NHS. See I’ve started already! It was actually a set of instructions I’d received that had set…

By PM Polly A sketch? The meaning of description.  Apparently it means an account, a portrayal, a picture and also a sketch.  The latter perhaps could be the reason why a practice manager’s job description is usually completely inaccurate. It’s a sketch.  A draft.  A VERY rough copy.  An outline. All of these words are ambiguous…

By Nicola Hayward To say I am a tad vexed is an understatement! You may remember a little while ago I bleated on about CQC and the whole pointless exercise that includes printing off half the rainforest so that an inspector can read through what we’re doing (because we’re not trustworthy enough to do the…