We’re continuing our five-minute delegation series with a set of quick audits of patients who have more significant safeguarding needs. Most of the audits can be carried out by any member of your team, though you might need to delegate the follow-up actions more selectively. Safeguarding is an essential and overarching theme within general practice,…

Practices in Scotland are being encouraged to sign up to a new scheme to provide support for the health care needs of military veterans. The Scottish government said a pilot project had been successful. The project, similar to one in England, will provide training materials for practices along with clinical case studies. Scotland called on…

The government may have sought to avoid difficult issues in medicine, such as the role of physician associates, in the King’s Speech yesterday, according to leading doctors. King Charles delivered the speech to Parliament on behalf of the government – but one senior GP warned of “notable omissions.” There was widespread praise for one significant…

October was a busy month at Practice Index with so much happening! Catch up on anything you missed across our blogs, PLUS, the HUB and our latest new release. Best of our blogs The HR Package from Practice Index has arrived! – We are proud to launch our new HR Package, which works seamlessly with…

The NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, commits to every patient having the right to be offered digital-first primary care by 2023/24. The various commitments that make up this plan have been introduced gradually every year through the GP Contract since 2019/20, which means GP practices should, among other new requirements, now offer an…

Saving you time with a new idea around delegation of onerous tasks, and tips for quick audits to keep an eye on things without too much involvement on your part. In general, staff see finance as the domain of the PM. Of course, in large practices PMs may have a finance assistant to help with…

Thousands of staff in general practice may not get a pay rise because of allocation formulas, GP and nursing representatives have warned. Staff have been promised a 6% pay increase – and a 6% increase in funding allocations to practices is due next month. However, the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing…