Management
GP closure threatens care for thousands
CREDIT: This story was first seen in BMA News Thousands of patients could be left without GPs following the closure of a surgery in Kent, keep reading
Month: November 2017
Management
Six secrets to active signposting success
Making healthcare accessible is crucial. As part of the GP Forward View, the Department of Health has created a new, five-year £45m fund to contribute keep reading
News
GP recruitment drive ‘only led to 18 doctors being brought in’
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the Evening Express A Scottish government initiative to boost GP numbers has resulted in the recruitment of 18 keep reading
Compliance
Secrets to a successful safeguarding strategy
The issue of safeguarding is often key to the success of GP practices’ CQC inspections. Nicole Ridgwell, solicitor at Ridouts Professional Services PLC, outlines the keep reading
Management
Smartphone GP service ‘risks luring doctors from frontline practice’
CREDIT: This story was first seen in The Guardian General practitioner leaders say they are ‘really worried’ about list of those ineligible for virtual consultation keep reading
Management
The ‘digital patient’: be a part of our research into the digital patient
Technology is pervasive; we have all become digital citizens. But what of the ‘digital patient’? We at Practice Business want to better understand how the keep reading
Management
Don’t leave me this way: looking at the doctor exodus and underlying reasons
The morale of doctors is low and many are considering leaving the profession due to work pressures and stresses. A recent Doctors.net.uk survey revealed that keep reading
Health & Patient Care
NHS offers smartphone GP appointments
CREDIT: This story was first seen in BBC News A 24-hour service has been launched for NHS patients, offering GP consultations via videolink on smartphones, keep reading
Management
Demand to rectify GP back-office support
CREDIT: This story was first seen in BMA News GPs have urged NHS England to address its poor progress in fixing flaws in the back-office keep reading
Management
Firm targets NHS GPs to sign up to scheme offering private appointments
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the Mail Online A firm is targeting NHS family doctors to sign up to a scheme offering private appointments around their keep reading