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A controversial plan to publish practice waiting times gets under way today with headlines claiming it is a “naming and shaming” exercise. Last year proposals to “name and shame”, using the league tables, pushed GPs to vote in favour of some kind of industrial action. The tables will show that about 10% of the population…
November 21, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
GP leaders want to make the job “manageable, stimulating and fulfilling once again,” one of the profession’s most prominent doctors has stated. Speaking on the 70th anniversary of the Royal College of GPs, its outgoing chair Professor Martin Marshall told how its role had changed in the last few years – as the workload “crisis”…
November 21, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
A charity that supports UK Forces veterans is encouraging healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care to prescribe the employment support it provides. The Poppy Factory is hoping to generate more engagement from doctors following a positive evaluation of one of its employment programmes for ex-Forces patients. Between 2021 and 2022, nearly 200 ex-Forces patients…
November 17, 2022, by Practice Index in News 0 Comments
Why can’t everyone just behave?! I hear you beleaguered practice managers cry whenever someone does something a bit naughty. Managing misconduct feels like a minefield – but it doesn’t have to be! Robyn Clark (aka JacksonR) and Susi O’Brien (HR Help advisor) hosted a lunchtime HR Clinic which focused on managing conduct and the disciplinary…
November 17, 2022, by AISMA in Accounting, AISMA, Pensions 0 Comments
Part 9: The McCloud Judgement and what it means for NHS Pension Scheme members In 2015, the government reformed public service pensions, including the NHS Pension Scheme. These reforms generated significant controversy after a Court of Appeal ruling in 2018 (sometimes referred to as the McCloud Judgement) found them to be discriminatory to younger scheme…
November 16, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News, Scotland 0 Comments
Scottish GP leaders have reported chronic shortages of doctors in a new survey, linking it to growing abuse of staff. The British Medical Association warned of a shortage of more than 300 GPs after more than a third of practices reported having vacancies. In the survey, some 42% of GPs said demand was “substantially” exceeding…
November 16, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Practices in England are to get full rights to send patients with vague cancer-linked symptoms for direct testing, it was announced today. NHS England claimed the moved could enable early diagnosis of tens of thousands of cancers while GP leaders praised it as a “positive step”. Under the new rules, GPs and other practice staff…
November 24, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments