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Updates post-Budget 2023 Part 5 Lifetime and annual allowance tax charges The lifetime and annual allowance tax charges are a hot topic for GPs. They have been subject to constant changes by recent governments seeking to limit tax relief on pension growth for higher earners. The most recent changes came in the Spring 2023 budget.…
April 26, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
GPs are to vote on returning practices to normal working hours as part of a series of measures aimed at tackling overwhelming workloads. The proposal is to be considered in a special debate at the conference of local medical committees next month. GPs will discuss it exclusively with the proposal being tabled by the Avon…
April 25, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
As many as 75% of GPs report increased verbal abuse and aggression from patients, according to an alarming new survey. Some 38% of doctors said there had been a “significant” increase in abuse towards them and their practice staff in the survey of 2,000 doctors conducted by the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland.…
April 22, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Primary care is strongest in the south west of England – and weakest in the south east, according to a new analysis. The south west region has significantly more GPs, employing significantly more clinical staff, per head of population than other regions, according to the Health Service Journal analysis. The numbers may reflect the ageing…
April 21, 2022, by Practice Index in News 0 Comments
Our new Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) Handbook [PLUS] is now available to download. The latest in our must-have series of guides for primary care, this 23-page handbook contains everything you need to support the annual DSPT return. The handbook covers all key areas including: Requirements Data security standards Mandatory assertion evidence requirements How…
April 21, 2022, by Practice Index in GP Practice Management, Patients 0 Comments
The recent annual public satisfaction ratings for the NHS were probably the last thing GP practices needed to hear after such a tough two years – especially coming, as they did, just as practices were going back into QOF, enhanced services and dealing with rising numbers of Covid cases. The document from the latest British…
April 20, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Researchers have called for interventions to support practice staff after a study highlighted widespread distress caused by working during the COVID pandemic. Nearly half of primary care workers in Spain showed significant psychological distress during the pandemic, according to an analysis published today. A team of researchers led by Dr Enric Aragones of the Primary…
April 28, 2022, by AISMA in AISMA, Pensions 0 Comments