As we leave 2021 behind and stampede into 2022, already thinking about flu vaccinations and many other things, it’s time to give ourselves a bit of love. After all, who else is going to?! I often read practice manager blogs, articles and forums and wonder how there can be any mangers still working in general…

Happy New Year to you all – I hope you had a good break (even if it was only the bank holidays). After a busy few days in between Christmas and New Year, and organising our last Covid vaccination clinic for the weekend, I returned to work hoping that generally people would have enjoyed their…

Well, Christmas has rolled around pretty quickly! Had to check myself yesterday when someone said, “Oh I can’t do next week, but I can do Christmas week.”, Cue the reply “Err, next week IS Christmas week!” Then cue blind panic when I realised all I’d bought my hubby was a box of sweets and a pair…

No, this isn’t about the popular film of 1984; it’s about the fact that GP patients’ lists are based on the number of registered patients. Inevitably, though, patients who use the NHS from the cradle to the grave move address, leave the country or sadly die. It’s always been accepted that an element of a…

Every year I tell myself it’ll be different this year, and every single year I’m surprised when it isn’t. I should know better by now. The flu vaccine-ordering process has always been a “tad” stressful, but now that we’re told which ones to buy, it should be easier, right? Nope, wrong! Invariably, even though the…

We hear about it all the time: the abuse of NHS staff. I regularly read about complaints and issues on local Facebook pages, and heard how media abuse is impacting on fellow PMs on this thread. But this story really got to me. It isn’t a million miles away from where I live, but I think it…

I realised earlier this week that my last blog was back in April… Where has the time gone? Well, I can tell you quite easily – in a blur of demand, #*¥!* paperwork, more general #*¥!*, forging ahead with IGPM stuff, a bit more #*¥!* … and, hey presto, the months have flown. In the…