On Friday last week, I actually shouted at my phone… I hasten to add, not at the person on the other end, just at the phone itself! Now, before you question my sanity (although that’s already the subject of some concern), I wasn’t going mad, I was just frustrated at the number of times I’d…

Our brand-new 50-page handbook contains all the essential information needed to ensure you meet the requirements for safeguarding vulnerable adults, young people and children. This must-have handbook covers all of the following: Terminology Governance Indicators of abuse in adults and children Raising a concern Training Safer recruitment Whistleblowing Chaperoning Failure to attend an appointment Safeguarding…

Whether you want to walk, run, volunteer or cheer on your friends and family, parkrun is a great way to do regular exercise, get you out the house, build a healthy routine and give your mental health a boost. Free to take part, you just need to register online – it’s the perfect way to…

GP leaders have queried the impact on services of an ambitious plan to create community weight loss clinics so thousands of obese people can get access to powerful new drugs. The Government is to spend £40 million on a pilot scheme that will improve access to the new drugs by creating community clinics as well…

Practices have found it hard to phase out the old “Lloyd George” envelope patient record system, it has been revealed. Most practices continue to use the envelopes although they were meant to be digitised by now, according to the Health Service Journal. An HSJ investigation found 18 out of England’s 42 integrated care boards stating…

The sun is out and it’s almost summer! During May, Practice Index brought you new resources, interesting blogs and updates. If you missed any, you can catch up here. Access all areas by Paula the PM  – NHSE have released their Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care along with covering letter. Well, dear…

Dozens of practices in Northern Ireland remain at risk amid a spate of closures, senior doctors have warned. So far this year partners at 16 practices have resigned from their contracts with the NI Department of Health – and the British Medical Association says another 30 practices are at risk. In some parts of the…