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April 30, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Practices delivered record numbers of appointments last month, boosting a return to normal working with millions of telephone consultations, according to new data. Nearly 26 million appointments included some 15.8 million delivered face to face, according to the NHS Digital data. It means the number of face to face appointments have nearly reached pre-pandemic levels…
April 29, 2021, by Practice Index in HR - Human Resources, Staff 0 Comments
You may have heard of Vento bands before, or even read that the rates increased recently, but do you really understand what they are and why you need to know? When a discrimination claim succeeds at an Employment Tribunal, it’s almost guaranteed that compensation for what’s called ‘injury to feelings’ will be awarded to the…
April 29, 2021, by Ben Gowland in Finance, Podcasts 0 Comments
The PCN DES was published on 31st March, and at the very end of this 104-page document (from p96 onwards!) we find detail of the Investment and impact Fund (IIF). In our latest Practice Manager Panel podcast episode, we discussed the impact of QOF on practices, so in this article I will focus on the…
April 26, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Doctors and activists across London have staged a protest against the purchase of 50 practices by a well-connected giant US health insurance company. Some 49 practices in the capital have been sold to an offshoot of the Centene Corporation. The medical trade union, Doctors in Unite, says the pace of privatisation of the NHS is accelerating…
April 26, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Practices are considering switching off an online contact system over weekends because of the “unmanageable” workload they face on Mondays, it has been revealed. In Kent the local medical committee is consulting members about whether to press for this change and has been holding a poll of doctors. The LMC said it expected the poll…
April 22, 2021, by PM Polly in Funny, Staff 12 Comments
There’s always one, isn’t there? You know, ‘that’ one. THE one employee. The moaner, the whinger, the one who smiles to your face but complains to everyone else and then smiles to your face again. You may read this and think, ‘Lucky thing! You only have one!’ And I do count myself lucky but I…
May 3, 2021, by Practice Index in H&S Updates, Health & Safety, HR - Human Resources, HR Updates 0 Comments