We’re continuing our five-minute delegation series with an easy win for PMs. Of course, it won’t work for all meetings, because some are too confidential to be dealt with by someone else. But even if you can’t onward delegate, we’ll show you how you can achieve the same aims but with less aggravation. In either…

GPs and practice staff are calling for a full overhaul of inspections, accusing inspectors of being “aggressive and unreasonable.” A round robin letter, currently signed by 140 doctors and other staff, says it is “unfortunate and unacceptable” that the Care Quality Commission has resumed normal inspections. It says the approach of the CQC can no…

British governments have, over the years, demonstrated a persistent and almost obsessive desire to re-engineer the NHS via politically driven, top-down reorganisation throughout its 73-year history – more so than most other comparable G7 countries do with their own healthcare systems. Arguably, the mis-characterisation of the NHS as a single unitary organism by politicians, rather…

An investigation has been launched into claims that government inspectors are being excessively harsh on practices run by GPs from ethnic minority backgrounds. The Royal College of GPs has ordered the independent inquiry after “impassioned” calls for action from several doctors on its ruling council. The college is also pressing the Care Quality Commission to…

Do employees need to be vaccinated? They should be. Employers are facing increased pressure to ensure that all employees are vaccinated, to protect the health and safety of their employees, patients, and visitors to a practice. It has also recently been reported that one vaccine, in particular, helps to reduce onward transmission which would assist…

The homeless are a group of people I have a particular passion to try and support. It may be that, being ex-military, I’ve come across a few of my brothers on the streets, or it could be that I can empathise with rough sleepers as I also know how bloomin’ cold it is to sleep…

How do we sum up 2020? Do we really want to look back over the year? Well, January and February started out as per normal with the usual practice management pressures – PCN, annual leave, salaries, and no mention of pandemics or face coverings. In fact, it’s interesting to note that the first Practice Index…