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Some UK newspapers declared a “war” on GPs because of their use of remote consultations, it was alleged today. Professor Trish Greenhalgh, of Oxford University, said some depicted remote GP consultations negatively and this resulted in politically driven campaigns for a return to face-to-face care. However, these campaigns ignored the challenges and workforce shortages that…
October 4, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Ensuring patients experience personal continuity dependent on the characteristics of the practice and the patient and, in particular, on practice size, researchers report today. Interviews with ten practices in The Netherlands, combined with real-life data from 269,478 patients from 48 Dutch practices between 2013 and 2018, found that a larger number of usual GPs working…
October 1, 2022, by Practice Index in H&S Updates, Health & Safety, HR - Human Resources, HR Updates 0 Comments
A summary of the HR updates issued in September 2022 HR Updates Amber alerts REMINDER – End of adjusted remote right to work checks Failure to provide facilities to express breast milk amounted to sex harassment
September 29, 2022, by Susi O’Brien in GP Practice Management, HR - Human Resources, HR Updates 0 Comments
With UK inflation running at almost 10%, and salary budgets for GP practices rising by nowhere near that amount, it’s reasonable to assume that household budgeting is getting noticeably harder for most staff. Even prior to this year’s sudden inflationary rises, more than one in five people in the UK were living in poverty. What…
September 29, 2022, by Paula the PM in Enhanced services, GP Practice Management 2 Comments
You might be forgiven for thinking that COVID-19 and flu aren’t new news. You might also be forgiven for wondering why, as we embark on the flu campaign for this year, we’re only now receiving details of the plan of support put in place for practices and PCNs over the winter. The ICS Framework should,…
September 29, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
GP leaders have reacted with dismay to a Labour pledge that patients will get a choice of face to face appointments. The proposal would limit practice ability to use phone screening and consultations. Speaking to the Labour conference yesterday Labour shadow health secretary Wes Streeting confirmed he wanted to give patients a “wider range of…
September 27, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News, Northern Ireland 0 Comments
Practices in Northern Ireland are to get a package of support worth more than £5 million, it has been announced. The cash includes a £1 million allocation for a scheme to attract doctors to areas with recruitment problems together with £3 million to help practices through winter pressures, health minister Robin Swann said. There is…
October 4, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments