We are pleased to announce that Practice Index has been certified by the government-backed scheme Cyber Essentials.  What is Cyber Essentials? Cyber Essentials is an effective, Government backed scheme that will help you to protect your organisation, whatever its size, against a whole range of the most common cyber attacks. Cyber attacks come in many…

GP leaders have reacted in dismay to a proposal from Labour to scrap the partnerships in general practice. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting also wants to allow the public to refer themselves to specialists, bypassing GPs and saving them time, he said. He confirmed at the weekend that his party would run a public consultation…

Practices in London are being asked to provide hundreds of clinicians to maintain services during an ambulance strike next week, it has been revealed. NHS England has asked for more than 300 doctors and nurses to be made available during the strike next Wednesday, the Health Service Journal reported. In a letter to integrated care…

A GP has shared photographs of a practice “trashed” by a patient. Dr Shehla Imtiaz-Umer, from Derby, said it was “a miracle” that no one was harmed in the incident, which happened on Thursday. The GP said the incident was a sign of how “violence, abuse and aggression” against GPs and their staff was continuing…

Practices were overwhelmed yesterday as they faced pressure to keep patients out of hospitals amid the “collapse” of services. Hospitals resorted to extreme measures to release beds and manage patients as the “unprecedented” winter surge of illness continued. Growing numbers of NHS trusts declared critical incidents while in West Yorkshire the Integrated Care Board messaged…

The number of fully qualified GPs in England has plunged to its lowest level for years, according to new figures. The number of full time equivalent fully qualified doctors fell to 27,392 last month, the lowest level in the last seven years, according to the NHS Digital data. It represented a 1.7% decline in one…

It’s just over 12 months since we launched Benchmarking Manager. Today we’ve released the data to include 2021/22.  If you haven’t looked at Benchmarking Manager before, now is the ideal time to take a look.   Benchmarking Manager enables you to evaluate your practice’s financial performance in an instant. In just a couple of clicks, you…