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The changing face of general practice
If the partners in your practice who trained to practice medicine thought that was the skill required to get them through their working lives it’s keep reading
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Investigating indemnity and new models of care
Ensure all staff are protected As an employer, or somebody responsible for the running of a practice, you could be leaving yourself vulnerable if you keep reading
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Secrets to a successful safeguarding strategy
The Care Act has placed safeguarding on a statutory footing for the first time. Accordingly, the extent to which GP practices comply with safeguarding legislation keep reading
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Drug industry to challenge Nice over new cost limits
CREDIT: This story was first seen on BBC News The drug industry is going to court to challenge the authority of the National Institute for keep reading
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A going concern
Imagine running a business with one hand tied behind your back, to the point that the financial viability of the business is under threat. Now keep reading
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Clinical negligence costs at tipping point claim MPS
If spend on clinical negligence by the NHS continues to increase at the same rate as it has over the last five years, it could keep reading
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Government urged to reduce spending of NHS funds on lawyer fees
Three quarters of the public (75%) want government to do more to reduce the amount of money lawyers are able to claim from the NHS keep reading
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What do changes to IR35 mean for practices using locums?
At the turn of the century IR35 legislation was introduced to tackle alleged problems of abuse by individuals. These difficulties mainly boiled down to contractors keep reading
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Surgeon says mastectomy GP was ‘cancer-phobic’
Credit: This story was first seen on the BBC A female GP who underwent a mastectomy was ‘cancer-phobic’, a court has heard. Prosecutors said surgeon keep reading
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Expenses failing to add up for practices
One of the key aims of the recent finance announcement by NHS England and the BMA was to, ‘…secure much needed funding to address GP keep reading