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GPs should continue to provide a combination of remote and face-to-face consultations, the Royal College of GPs says today. The College’s new report, ‘Future of remote consulting and patient triage’, focuses on what consultations should look like once the pandemic is over. The authors say while both options have their advantages, the decision about how…
May 11, 2021, by Robert Campbell in GP Practice Management 0 Comments
Each of you will have a different story and will have followed a different career path as there’s no single route to becoming a practice manager. A recent survey suggested that around 50% of practice managers (PMs) had been in the job for less than five years. Therefore, to argue that a manager must have…
May 6, 2021, by Claire Houston in GP Practice Management 1 Comment
Our popular QOF webinar was attended by over 1500 of you. Many who joined us, and lots more who were unable to make the dates due to the ever-increasing demands of practice life, have since asked for a recording of the webinar. So without further ado, here it is, complete with helpful slides: During the…
May 6, 2021, by Nicola Davies in (IGPM) Institute of General Practice Management, Opinion 4 Comments
Many of you, by now, will be aware that I’m one of the co-founders of the Institute of General Practice Management and that (behind the day job) we’re steaming ahead, making sure we’re recognised as THE ‘go-to’ organisation – We want to become the first place that anyone who’s anyone will come to, to get the…
May 6, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News, Northern Ireland 0 Comments
GPs in Northern Ireland face soaring costs from legal claims following a major technical adjustment to the calculation system, a defence union has warned. The proposals have been brought forward by the region’s Department of Justice and would mean massively escalating costs for lifetime awards. The Medical Defence Union warned this could mean an increase…
May 4, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 1 Comment
As many as a hundred GP practices closed last year during the height of the pandemic, according to new data. It brings the total number of closures in the last eight years to 800, according to the analysis. GP leaders called for a full investigation into closures, many of them caused by GP recruitment problems.…
May 4, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
GPs have been deluged with overnight messages from overwrought patients since a new on-line appointment system was introduced, it has been revealed. The new on-line GP inquiry system has provoked a 16-page letter from one practice to patients, asking them to reconsider the way it is used. GPs at the Ivy Grove Surgery, Derbyshire, say…
May 11, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments