Recruit and Retain
How practices can employ shared staff
By sharing staff between neighbouring practices you may be able to make savings by utilising an arrangement such as a secondment or joint employment arrangement keep reading
Year: 2021
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A doctor’s view: what can we expect from this year’s ‘flu season
The government has announced a vigorous influenza vaccination campaign this year, making it available to 35m people. With the COVID situation unpredictable and cases likely keep reading
Management
How to give constructive, not critical, feedback
Giving honest feedback to a colleague without destroying confidence is a highly nuanced skill – particularly if some of the feedback could be perceived as keep reading
Management
‘Quiet listening’ offered by GPs threatened by COVID – part one
An anonymous patient explains how her GP used shared decision-making to help her manage her distress. Quiet listening can empower patients to lead conversations about keep reading
News
Third COVID jab advised for most vulnerable 1%
As reported by BBC news, people over the age of 12 with severely weakened immune systems should have a third vaccine dose to top up keep reading
Management
Avoiding a staff exodus
As the world starts to reopen, employers and employees are beginning to explore the options available to them – and this means change is everywhere keep reading
Live it
Disclosing an illness at work
Choosing if and when, as well as what, you disclose to an employer about chronic illness or disability can feel daunting. The important thing is keep reading
Health Tech
How health tech can help tackle the mental health crisis
Former MP Norman Lamb explores how technology can help tackle the growing mental health crisis This is an edited version of an article that originally keep reading
Management
How the pandemic exacerbated moral injury and burnout in the NHS
Government and employers must assess risk and ensure sufficient personnel, resources, and support to protect staff until an informal inquiry has been heard – Jo keep reading
News
Vaccines cut risk of long COVID, study finds
As reported by BBC news, Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 not only cuts the risk of catching it, but also of an infection turning into keep reading