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There’s a dichotomy between the resources that are being put into general practice and the national messages that are being given about the service. Is this deliberate, and is general practice the victim of some elaborate plot against it? Or is it simply the ineptitude and lack of understanding of those making the decisions? The…
October 27, 2022, by Phil - Practice Index in Significant Events 0 Comments
There are many terms associated with significant events and they can all sound quite confusing – e.g., patient safety incident, near miss, never event, serious incident, significant event analysis (SEA), root cause analysis (RCA), learning event analysis (LEA), serious untoward incident (SUI), critical incident, and more. Just to add further confusion, primary and secondary care…
October 26, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Many practices are not ready for a launch next week of a new patient record access system, GP leaders have warned. The British Medical Association last night told GPs not to take part if they are not ready, setting out guidance on how to opt out. The “accelerated citizens’ access” will allow patients to access…
October 25, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
GPs and their practice staff have been asked to evaluate a pioneering new resource aimed at helping them make decisions about patient genetic issues. Genomic notes for clinicians – GeNotes – has been developed by Health Education England and is now to be extended to primary care. It will enable clinicians to decide when to…
October 20, 2022, by Mat Phillips in HCAs, Health, Patients, Vaccinations 0 Comments
The Clinical Guidance Document – Patient Immunisation has just been updated and there’s a question that often gets asked as there’s so much conflicting information in it – that is, what vaccines can an HCA or HCSW (Healthcare Support Worker) actually undertake? Background Firstly, I must point out that there’s little guidance on this from the…
October 20, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
The government and NHS leaders are ignoring evidence on the importance of continuity of care between GPs and their patients – while general practice remains a profession in crisis, MPs warn today. A new report on the future of general practice, published by the Health and Social Care Committee, says ministers and NHS England must…
October 19, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Hundreds of staff and associate specialist doctors should be licensed to work in general practice, helping to solve the shortage of GPs, the General Medical Council said today. The General Medical Council says the SAS and locally employed workforce is growing six times as fast as the general practice workforce. In its annual report on…
October 27, 2022, by Ben Gowland in GP Practice Management, GPs, Podcasts, Workload 0 Comments