In the midst of what has become a highly confrontational year for the health service as different staff groups have clashed with the government, leading to strike action, the next battleground might just be in general practice. After months of inharmonious negotiations between the BMA and NHS England, the latest update to the GP contract…

Making your GP surgery website a hit with patients As demand soars, how can you make it easier for patients using your surgery website to complete tasks like making or cancelling an appointment? Tim Green, co-founder of the digital primary care platform GPsurgery.net, has some advice for practice managers looking to optimise their websites for…

Cast your mind back to July of this year, when the Health and Care Act 2022 introduced the need for all CQC-registered service providers to ensure that their teams received training on learning disability and autism. There was much hype and lots of questions at the time. Fast forward to today, and there are still…

It’s frightening to learn that one in four of England’s population is classed as inactive, meaning they do less than 30 minutes of moderate physical activity each week – that’s under five minutes a day! Inactivity is one of the leading causes of preventable early death, and the IGPM team regularly see the negative impact of…

The Clinical Guidance Document – Patient Immunisation has just been updated and there’s a question that often gets asked as there’s so much conflicting information in it – that is, what vaccines can an HCA or HCSW (Healthcare Support Worker) actually undertake? Background Firstly, I must point out that there’s little guidance on this from the…

 “£110,000 a year… and they still won’t see you”. “Wages hit a difficult to justify £142,000”. “Patients turned away as GPs cream off record wages”. These are just three of the most recent newspaper headlines that have once again added fuel to the fire of negativity surrounding GP practices – despite GP partner income increasing…

There are 2.4 million military veterans in Great Britain, constituting 5% of the population aged 16 or over.  Despite the common perception that veterans are elderly, 40% of veterans are aged between 16 and 64 years.  Although many veterans make the transition from military to civilian life without difficulty, a small proportion struggle due to…