This year’s flu vaccination season looks set to be the most important one in recent memory – and probably the most complex practice managers will have experienced. With the threat of a catastrophic second wave of Covid-19 infections hanging over the health service, ensuring as many people as possible receive the required vaccination is critical.…

Primary care networks need greater flexibility and freedom so they can work to best deliver their own local community needs, according to a study of their effectiveness. The NHS Confederation’s PCN Network has reviewed the first year of primary care networks and looked ahead to the next 12 months and says while PCNs have been…

Primary care may need to establish long-term COVID “hot hubs” to segregate infected patients from others, according to advice issued in England. NHS England says it wants to direct practices back to some of the objectives it had set at the beginning of the year – before the pandemic – but practices should also expect…

General practice faced growing dissatisfaction with waits for appointments before the virus crisis, according to a new analysis of patient views. Patients rated services highly when they received them – but satisfaction had fallen when the annual NHS England survey was undertaken at the beginning of the year. Pollsters Ipsos MORI send surveys to some…

A PM colleague who seems to be well ahead of the game forwarded this letter to me: https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/C0569-Second-phase-of-General-Practice-response-to-COVID-19–update-to-GP-contracts-and-income-protection-a.pdf This innocuous looking letter has somehow sneaked into the system although I’m sure I haven’t seen it before. As always, it’s dated after some of the changes it mentions so we’re already behind before we’ve even started.…

The partners have shown how much they value your contribution to the practice by offering you the opportunity to become a partner. While the recognition is gratifying, what does it actually mean, especially from a financial perspective? AISMA accountant Luke Bennett offers these points for consideration. Profit share Becoming a partner means sharing in the…

A fast-track investigation is to be launched into how new arrangements linking practices and hospitals have fared during the viral pandemic. The Care Quality Commission said its series of rapid reviews to help providers of health and social care services learn from their experiences of responding to COVID-19. The Provider Collaboration Reviews will focus on…