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The NHS “is there to improve our health and wellbeing, supporting us to keep mentally and physically well, to get better when we are ill and, when we cannot fully recover, to stay as well as we can to the end of our lives” (NHS Constitution for England). Such a powerful statement and coupled with…
July 6, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Practices are to get digital flags on patient records alerting them to patients who have firearms licences, it was announced today. The move was welcomed by senior GPs today as it allows doctors to take action if they come across patients who are unsafe to keep firearms. Under the plans practices will not immediately get…
July 5, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 1 Comment
The NHS in England faces a “crippling shortage” of GPs and general practice nurses in the next 10 years, experts have warned. The Health Foundation’s REAL Centre estimated the shortage of qualified, permanent GPs will substantially deteriorate over the next decade to 10,700 full-time equivalent (FTE) GPs in 2030/31. This compares with a shortage of…
July 1, 2022, by Practice Index in H&S Updates, Health & Safety, HR - Human Resources, HR Updates 0 Comments
A summary of the HR and H&S updates issued in June 2022. H&S Updates Amber alerts Unfair dismissal claim for employee who volunteered for redundancy Agency workers do not have the right to apply for internal vacancies on the same terms as employees HR Updates Red alerts Protecting pregnant workers and new mothers
June 30, 2022, by Ben Gowland in News 0 Comments
When a story emerged recently of a single-handed GP who’d had to cancel pre-booked leave with her family because she wasn’t able to secure cover from a locum, it was a striking example of the impact of the lack of available GPs. It made it abundantly clear that the consequences of the current shortage extend…
June 30, 2022, by Practice Index in GP Practice Management, HR - Human Resources, Staff 0 Comments
The impact of persistent absence on the UK economy is substantial. It’s estimated that the cost of long-term sickness absence is over £4.17b and with such prevalence, it’s likely you will be faced with managing this at some point in your career, at least once. The process of managing persistent absence in your team may…
June 30, 2022, by Nicola Davies in News 0 Comments
The IGPM presented a webinar yesterday (29th June) on Veteran-Friendly Surgeries. Are you one? Should you be? Why would you be? And what do you need to do to get that accreditation? We were accompanied by two ‘expert’ guests – Brigadier Robin Simpson (retired) FRCGP, and Darren Davies, Staff Sergeant, Royal Military Police (also retired).…
July 7, 2022, by Phil - Practice Index in General Practice, Training 0 Comments