GP leaders expressed disappointment today as a “recovery plan” for general practice focused on patient access, proposing to divert thousands of appointments to pharmacies. Pharmacists will be able to issue antibiotic and antiviral treatments for a range of common conditions, including earache and UTIs together with oral contraception, it was announced. The plan was officially…

A vaccination catchup campaign in London is being stepped up after a resurgence of measles cases in the capital. The UK is facing a surge in measles cases, mainly concentrated in London, the UK Health Security Agency has warned. The agency linked the increase to continued low levels of MMR vaccine uptake. It issued its…

Practices in a district of Northern Ireland have issued a stark warning over the impact of a closure within their area. Six practices have warned the regional government that they also are “in crisis” and that general practice will be “destabilised” if they are expected to take patients from the practice that is closing in…

There’s no doubt that 2023/24 is going to be a very difficult year for practices. The contract has been imposed without inflationary pressures being funded, and at the same time, the Government and the media seem intent on setting the public against general practice. What steps can practices take to manage the year ahead? In…

You will have seen previous blogs and posts in the forum advising that the CQC are exchanging 150 key lines of enquiry (KLOEs) for 34 Quality Statements (QSs). This is obviously frustrating for all those Practice Managers who have just finished memorising the 150 KLOEs and aligning evidence to them all! But what does this actually…

April meant a long weekend for Easter, lots of rain, and, naturally, lots more from Practice Index! We hosted an incredible webinar which you can read more about below, and added lots of new courses, and features. Read on to catch up… Beating the 8am rush webinar: available on demand now – Is there a…

New data shows there are not enough practice staff to meet “escalating” patient need, GP leaders have warned. GPs carried out more than 31 million appointments in March, according to the latest GP data from NHS Digital. The Appointments in general practice report says 70.1% of March’s appointments were face to face – up from…