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We are pleased to announce a new partnership with FourteenFish. FourteenFish specialises in medical appraisals and offers a catalogue of additional resources to help its users navigate appraisals. FourteenFish was started in 2012 by a GP looking for a better way to prepare for his appraisal. Since then, FourteenFish has evolved into a comprehensive system for all practice staff. Linking your FourteenFish…
June 16, 2022, by Paula the PM in GP Practice Management, News 12 Comments
I have NO words! I watched the Panorama programme the other night. I’m speechless – in an “I don’t know what to be speechless about first” kind of way! I don’t recognise the type of service that this programme was talking about. Yes, we face daily challenges in terms of availability. Yes, sometimes we don’t have…
June 16, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, GPs, News 0 Comments
Practices are being sought to save hundreds of newly qualified GPs being lost to the UK, it has been revealed. Up to 1,000 newly qualified GPs are currently facing deportation because of a loophole in Home Office rules, it has been claimed. The Doctors’ Association UK said it was “utterly appalled” at the situation, which…
June 13, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Changes to fitnote rules and new mental health support should help practices manage the pressures they face, government ministers have said. Under new rules, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists will be able to certify and issue fit notes. The changes will come into force next month and were welcomed by GP leaders as freeing…
June 9, 2022, by Ben Gowland in Funding, General Practice, GP Practice Management, Primary Care Networks (PCNs) 1 Comment
Much of the reaction so far to the Fuller Report has been that it’s pretty anodyne and that the implications for general practice are relatively limited. My sense, however, is different; the report could end up being one of the most significant ever for general practice and how it operates. This is because of the…
June 9, 2022, by Nicola Davies in GP Practice Management, GPs, Patients 2 Comments
As many of you might know, I’m an active participant on social media and regularly add my ‘two penneth’ to comments fired at healthcare providers. I usually try to give a balanced response, avoiding saying anything too contentious that could come back to bite me, while still trying to get my point across. I was,…
June 9, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Doctors are to reconsider industrial action over changes to general practice, it has emerged. The issue will be a key debate at the British Medical Association conference later this month. Doctors voted last year for practices to take “industrial action” over the government’s attitude towards them. At the time GPs were angered by a government…
June 17, 2022, by Practice Index in FourteenFish, News 0 Comments