Alarm over low uplift Practice Managers have warned that practices will close and patients will suffer if it’s correct that the general practice uplift for the 2024/25 is to be less than 2%. According to a report by the Pulse, the uplift to be offered is just 1.9%. The Institute of General Practice Management commented:…

I don’t know about you, but December felt really tough in good old GP Land. Winter bugs were everywhere – and they still are! – impacting on our staff, and there were many more patients coming through our doors. People were trying to get excited about Christmas whilst also worrying about the cost of it.…

The Government’s new plan to improve vaccine uptake will fail if adequate funding is not provided to practices, Practice Managers have warned. NHS England says it wants to make getting a vaccine as easy as “booking a taxi” using apps. It plans new community outreach and “one stop” vaccine centres. The Institute of General Practice…

We’re nearly at the end of the year! Catch up on anything you missed across Practice Index in November. Best of our blogs HR Clinic – Performance Management (Questions and Answers) – In our latest HR clinic, Robyn Clark (aka JacksonR) and Susi O’Brien (HR Help advisor) explored how to address performance issues within general…

I’m sure everyone has had some sleepless nights recently wondering how to make a square peg (funding) fit a round hole (pay uplifts). When it comes to finances, we’ve had a bit of a shambolic time of late – for example, the announcement about the 6% uplift, which isn’t an additional 6%; trying to find…

October is the month when, annually, we celebrate World Mental Health Day. This year’s theme is ‘Mental health is a universal human right’. The aim of the day is to raise awareness and make positive changes. It’s also a specific date in our diaries to make time to talk about mental health – looking after…

Recently I had a patient who wanted to speak to me. No surprise there; we all have them. Every. Joyous. Day… This was a man who’d arrived for his appointment before we’d even opened and stood 3mm away from the practice door glaring at us to be let in. After spending half of his 20-minute…