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I’m sure the majority of current practice managers weren’t around during the Fundholding days of the 1990s and didn’t experience a practice receiving a Management Allowance to spend on extra staff. I recall my practice at the time received an allowance of £36,000 and my salary at the time was enhanced as a result. We…
June 17, 2021, by AISMA in Accounting, Pay 2 Comments
In August 2020 specialist medical accountant James Gransby* wrote an article for Practice Index about the NHS Pension Scheme final pay controls and how to avoid them. A recent government announcement about the rules offers some great news for practice managers. Here James explains that although things have moved on since August, it’s still no…
June 17, 2021, by Paula the PM in Funny, GP Practice Management 36 Comments
I’m perennially a glass-half-full kinda girl. Having been in practice for more years than I care to remember, there are times when I really do wonder why I’m always so upbeat. Many years of experience should really have knocked that optimism out of me. But the sun is shining, the birds are singing – so…
June 17, 2021, by GP Practice News in COVID-19, GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Practices providing care for care homes will be required to ensure staff are fully vaccinated against COVID, it has been announced. The government is considering requiring all NHS staff to be vaccinated against both COVID-19 and flu, it was announced yesterday. Medical leaders reacted cautiously to the latest proposal, which is to be subject to…
June 15, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Millions of people are now living in “enhanced support” pandemic areas after the UK last night abandoned hopes of ending lockdown amid about growing pressure on services. The British government stated officially that it still hopes to end lockdown after four weeks. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he had delayed the ending of lockdown to…
June 15, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Take-up for NHS Health Checks is low, with fewer than 17% of eligible people attending an appointment, according to analysis published today. The programme has had limited success in reaching adults at high risk, according to the new analysis. A study into the cardiovascular prevention programme between 2013 and 2017 found that women were more…
June 10, 2021, by Phil - Practice Index in Medical Records, NHS 6 Comments
You put your patient data in Your patient data out In, out, in, out, What’s it all about? You do the Type 1 Opt-out And you turn around What’s the National Data Opt-out about? I do think the latest shenanigans regarding the General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) initiative could be made into…
June 21, 2021, by Robert Campbell in GP Practice Management 0 Comments