The average patient list per doctor is said to be in the region of 1,800 patients. However, my experience of working in a registration department suggests that around 600 patients may have moved on, unknown to the practice, or be in the process of registering elsewhere. The NHS income from 600 patients is significant so…

Some 20,000 GPs were thought to be working as locums in 2016 (National Association of Salaried GPs). In 2016, there were 41,985 GPs in England working in 7,613 practices. The number of salaried GPs has increased by 400% in the last decade (British Medical Association). There are thought to be some 20,000 GPs working as…

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“Everybody’s talkin’ and no one says a word” – John Lennon Communicating with members of your practice can send your temperature rising rapidly, particularly when you hear the words “Nobody told me”. As the number of people working in a practice increases, it becomes more and more difficult to make sure a message has been…

A GP practice manager is a solitary being, alone but a member of a brigade of over 9,000 managers scattered across the UK, working in large multi-premises practices and very small practices with one surgery and one doctor, in cities, towns and rural locations. The make-up of each practice is unique and although there are…

The picture of general practice in the UK is a mixed one, depending on so many varying factors. If your practice is, for example, a large rural dispensing one, in an affluent area, fully staffed with a strong partnership, large list size and a sizeable building that doesn’t have a lot of outstanding finance left…

Compiling a list of your existing policies may have seemed like a laborious task, but it’s the best place to begin when you need to implement a methodical approach to policy review. If you didn’t have a list previously, does the number of policies you have shock you? Do you have all the recommended CQC…