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Practices managed a record number of appointments, highlighting the “extreme pressures” on services, according to new data. Including vaccinations, practices undertook 34.6 million appointments in November, 26% more than two years previously. Before the pandemic, practices recorded a record number of appointments in October 2019 – 30,054,362, including 24.3 million face to face appointments. Excluding…
December 21, 2021, by GP Practice News in Appointments, GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Frequent attenders visit practices five times as often as other patients, according to a new UK study, published today. A team at the University of Manchester analysed consulting patterns among the top 10% of consulting patients with: all staff, including admin staff, in the practice; only with GPs; and face-to-face consultations with all staff, and…
December 20, 2021, by GP Practice News in COVID-19, GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Practices in England are to get a significant increase in payments for COVID vaccinations next week as the government seeks to maintain them at a million a day. NHS England has offered £20 a vaccination throughout the holiday week, starting with this Saturday, Christmas Day, it has been revealed. Practices have also been offered relief…
December 17, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
Practice staff are facing new pressures as they seek to respond to massive public demand for booster vaccines, it has been revealed. Problems may worsen as health services face record levels of staff sickness as Omicron infection takes hold, senior NHS figures have warned. One senior GP spoke of “exhausted” staff, who need a break…
December 16, 2021, by Nicola Davies in Opinion 2 Comments
Well, Christmas has rolled around pretty quickly! Had to check myself yesterday when someone said, “Oh I can’t do next week, but I can do Christmas week.”, Cue the reply “Err, next week IS Christmas week!” Then cue blind panic when I realised all I’d bought my hubby was a box of sweets and a pair…
December 16, 2021, by Phil - Practice Index in Funny 0 Comments
On the first day of Christmas, my IPC lead brought to me, an artificial Christmas tree. On the second day of Christmas, my IPC lead brought to me, two wipeable impervious decorations, and an artificial Christmas tree. On the third day of Christmas, my IPC lead brought to me, three easy-clean table covers, two wipeable…
December 16, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments
A senior GP has set out the hard choices that practices now face – questioning the Prime Minister’s claim that practices can help deliver a million booster vaccines a day. GPs need to continue to be concerned about other life-threatening diseases that affect their patients, as well as COVID, according to Dr Brigid Joughin, clinical…
December 24, 2021, by GP Practice News in GP Practice Management, News 0 Comments