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With inflation hovering around 10% and the increase in the GP contract locked at 2.1% (agreed back in 2019) the cost of living increase is disproportionately impacting GP practices. Could this be the straw that breaks the camel’s back for independent general practice? The impact of the huge cost of living rises is not simply…
September 22, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Practices are to be set demanding new targets to book all appointments within a fortnight of patient requests – in a move that doctors’ leaders warned may accelerate the exodus from general practice. The two week target for English practices is a centrepiece of announcements today by new Health Secretary Therese Coffey. The Department of…
September 21, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
General practice needs a radical new funding system and improved flexibility in rules around primary care networks, campaigners have said. The Doctors’ Association has set out a series of proposals in a letter to new Health Secretary Therese Coffey, calling for “huge investment” in general practice. The association says that up to 16 million people…
September 15, 2022, by Phil - Practice Index in News 2 Comments
All organisations experience change, whether macroenvironmental or microenvironmental. In fact, change is ever present; it is inevitable. In primary care, there is no escaping change, be it changes to clinical processes, changes to clinical IT systems, changes to the structure of primary care, or changes to regulations. Of course, we have responded to many changes…
September 15, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Europe is facing a crisis in its health workforce, driven by age and growing burnout rates, according to a major new investigation. Across Europe and Eurasia, 40% of doctors are already over the age of 55, the available data shows, according to the World Health Organization. WHO revealed its findings at its European conference, held…
September 14, 2022, by Practice Index in GP Practice Management, HR - Human Resources 2 Comments
After 70 years in her role as Monarch, Her Majesty The Queen sadly passed away last week, and it was announced that we would enter an official period of mourning. After ascending to the throne, His Majesty King Charles III, made a Royal Proclamation that the day of his mother’s funeral would be a bank…
September 13, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Practices who choose to close for Monday’s Bank Holiday will have to reschedule booked patients within two weeks, according to official advice. The holiday, for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, has caused concern among some doctors because of the problems of cancelling clinics at short notice. The Bank Holiday means that schools are closed, causing problems for…
September 22, 2022, by Ben Gowland in Podcasts 0 Comments