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A new website will enable public monitoring of practice data released for research purposes by NHS Digital, it has been announced. The NHS Digital Register has been launched in a bid to alleviate concerns about plans for a nationwide upload of data from GP practices. The upload was delayed until the autumn amid concerns about…
July 22, 2021, by Practice Index in GP Practice Management 1 Comment
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July 22, 2021, by Practice Index in Funny 0 Comments
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July 22, 2021, by Practice Index in Enhanced services, GP Practice Management, QOF 0 Comments
As a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and partly in response to an escalating crisis in the UK, NHSE has launched the Weight Management 21/22 DES. So, what are we required to do? First things first, if you want to be part of the DES, sign-up needs to be completed by 31st July 2021.…
July 20, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Use of nationally collected GP practice data will be restricted to researchers working under very specific conditions, it was announced yesterday. NHS officials abandoned attempts to resume the controversial upload of data on 1 September while three conditions were laid down by the government. The changes were welcomed by GP leaders. A national upload was…
July 19, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Health workers facing an instruction to self-isolate will be able to return to work under strict conditions, it was announced today. Doctors and other health and social care staff governed by the new rules should not work with clinically extremely vulnerable patients, the Department of Health said. Under the roles, the employee will be regarded…
July 19, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Practices may need improved training about the rights to care of people without documentation, a senior GP has said after an investigation showed how thousands of people were unable to access COVID vaccination. Researchers from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism found many practices refusing to register patients without documents to prove their ID, address or…
July 27, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments