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GPs have ceased to believe that their practice is safe because of “relentless workloads,” according to a new survey. The survey, published yesterday, found that 87% believe patients are not always safe when they seek GP services – and 70% believe the risk is increasing. The poll of 1,395 GPs found that 2% said patients…
March 18, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
The rise of GP telephone consultations has proved hugely popular among patients, according to a study published today. By September last year just 10% of patient requests for appointments specified that it should be face to face, according to a study by the Health Foundation. This compared with 30% of requests before the pandemic. In…
March 17, 2022, by Practice Index in QOF 0 Comments
With only two weeks left until the end of the QOF year, have you done everything necessary to ensure maximum QOF success? With the Vaccination and Immunisation indicators being one of the conditional indicators, achievement will feel like a harder than usual slog to many. So, if you’re feeling like the end of the year…
March 17, 2022, by Mat Phillips in Policies, Practice Index PLUS, Scotland 0 Comments
Generally, practice managers who work in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland need to give policies a little more tweaking to make them relevant to their practices. This is because the majority of the reference material that’s available, familiar and therefore used migrates the policy towards NHS England or the English regulator, the CQC. As such,…
March 17, 2022, by Phil - Practice Index in CQC, GP Practice Management 2 Comments
‘Evening all’ (said in my best Dixon of Dock Green voice). You may be thinking I’ve gone slightly mad with a blog about poster police but do bear with me, it’ll be a useful read. We all know that we need to provide accessible information for our patients, be it information about the services on…
March 16, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
GP leaders are hoping to gain political support for investment in primary care after a hearing in front of MPs in which they told how growing pressures are leading to increasing abuse of staff. Doctors rebutted allegations that they have reduced face to face appointments and spoke about the pressures on practice time during the…
March 15, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
The government must delay plans for unlimited patient access to GP records amid safeguarding concerns, senior GPs have said. The Government in England has ordered that patients have full access to their records by next month. But now the Royal College of GPs has called for an eight week delay, so it can update its…
March 22, 2022, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments