In June, we celebrated Pride Month alongside Armed Forces Day, and we brought you lots of HUB updates, some new features in Holiday Manager, and much more. Best of our blogs Tackling health inequalities – The LGBTQ+ experience with GPs – By Ceri Chaplin – Pride Month is a time of celebration, reflection and advocacy…

Health Secretary orders funding switch to primary care As one of the first actions of the new Government, the NHS has been ordered to increase the share of funding spent on primary care. The new Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, revealed his intentions after visiting the Abbey Medical Centre in St John’s Wood, London on Monday.…

Practices urged to take control of Connect data The BMA has issued advice in an effort to forestall measures that, it fears, would lead to practices losing their control of data in GP Connect. According to the advice, practices should now use the system to prevent third parties from adding codes to patient records. The…

Can you believe it’s summer already? Scottish and Northern Irish schools are on the verge of breaking up, and English schools will do the same in a matter of weeks. If your staff team includes parents with school-aged children, then the end of term will almost certainly impact on your practice in one way or…

There are many roles within general practice and whilst some people will stay in the same job for their entire working life, others often decide they want to do something different and change their job every few years; this is now considered the norm. However, something that perhaps requires more attention than it receives is…

GP survey reveals recruitment concerns According to two major surveys, qualified GPs are struggling to find work, both as locums and as salaried doctors. The Royal College of GPs reported that 61% of GPs who have sought work this year say they have “struggled”, with 72% of newly qualified GPs reporting this problem. Meanwhile the…

Now that the British Medical Association (BMA) has opened its ballot for collective action among General Practitioners (GPs) in England, in protest at the imposition of the latest GP contract, Practice Index has asked a number of Practice Managers how they feel about any upcoming action. From now until midday on Monday 29th July, GP…