I was really excited when James from Practice Index approached me with the idea of a ‘practice manager panel’ where we could discuss topical issues on the podcast.  The practice manager voice hasn’t always been as strong as it could be on the General Practice podcast, and this was the perfect opportunity to put that…

Primary Care Networks should play a key role in helping people recover their mental health, harmed by isolation and financial anxiety, according to one expert. The number of people with depression in England and Wales doubled during the pandemic lockdown – with the problem affecting one in five people, according to new figures. One in…

The dramatic change in general practice in the last six months may have led to activity being under-reported, it has been suggested. Practices are now receiving new guidance on how to record appointment data amid concern that telephone conversations and triaging procedures are not treated the same across practices. The new guidance says some clinical…

I am a practice manager in a large, semi-rural medical practice in Lincolnshire. We have just shy of 20,000 patients and a magnificent team of 60 dedicated individuals who provide clinical and administrative support in keeping the wheels of our little part of the NHS landscape turning. We all work exceptionally hard in normal times…

Practices are to be asked to set up drive through vaccination stations to ensure that flu prevention programmes can be delivered safely, it was reported today. The NHS may also set up specialist centres, modelled on the COVID-19 testing centres, to ensure mass vaccination. Under the latest plans flu vaccination is to be offered to…

Practices that provide patients with continuity of care help reduce mortality rates, according to a major review of the international evidence published this week. Researchers found 13 studies for their report in the British Journal of General Practice. 12 of these linked continuity of care with all cause mortality – and nine found a statistically…

Before becoming a practice consultant, I was the manager of a large GP practice for 11 years with around 50 staff and ten GP partners. After I left this practice, I decided to train as a performance coach so that I could offer coaching to colleagues in general practice as well as to family and…