Management
Reducing DNAs in general practice
Patients who fail to turn up for appointments (do-not-attends, or DNAs) could be costing the NHS up to £1bn every year, claims Professor Jane Cummings, keep reading
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The exercise/work balance
Could regular exercise be the key to improving your health and your career? Fifteen members of staff at The Highlands Practice in Fareham regularly get keep reading
Health Tech
Experts say more NHS cyber-attacks are ‘inevitable’
A panel of experts have stated that they believe further NHS cyber-attacks – like 2017’s WannaCry – are an inevitability Another cyber attack on the keep reading
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NHS staffing crisis predicted to rise to 350,000 by 2030
Research by three leading medical thinktanks show that the NHS staffing crisis could hit 350,000 by 2030 As reported by The Guardian, new research by keep reading
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Embrace Skype, urges NHS medical director
According to Digital Health, the medical director for NHS England believes Skype could change the future of outpatient appointments Stephen Powis, medical director of NHS keep reading
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Staffordshire GP lifts lid on 12-hour days
A North Staffordshire-based GP has opened up about the incredibly long hours she’s working due to the volume of patients her practice sees Dr Lorna keep reading
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Conflict resolution: the straw that broke the camel’s back
Conflict is normally created by a trigger; such a trigger might simply be that a patient feels their wait is too long, that they’re not keep reading
Management
Get social: Managing staff in the digital age
Social media usage has increased exponentially over the last decade and shows no hint of slowing down. As the health sector continually adapts to medical keep reading
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White doctors more likely to be promoted than minorities
As reported by The Guardian, research has revealed that white doctors are more likely to be promoted than their black and minority ethnic counterparts Racism keep reading
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Spotlight on practice mergers
There are a number of reasons that a GP practice might decide to undergo a merger – for example, to work at scale, deliver a keep reading