Management
Pledge to tackle service charge rises that impact GP practices
Excessive and erratic rises in service charges are having a destabilising effect on GP practices – and doctors leaders have pledged to take action to keep reading
Management
Management
NHS IT managers cite prioritising cybersecurity as essential to improving patient trust and care
Independent research into the state of cybersecurity within the NHS has identified training as a significant opportunity for medical staff to support the NHS in keep reading
Management
Communication platforms: accessing a pool of information
Healthcare providers are over-burdened at present. There is a need to streamline processes and technology is being championed as a means of doing this – keep reading
Management
Healthcare is on a journey towards digitisation – but how is this impacting general practice?
Technology is prevalent in every sector; however, to a degree, its use in the NHS remains limited – there is a gap in our digital keep reading
Health & Patient Care
Home is where the heart is: taking care out of practice and into the home
With GP consultations rarely extending beyond a ten-minute window home visit requests are becoming ever-more subject to scrutiny. Tim Martin speaks to practice manager Carmel keep reading
Management
Trusts must publish OOA numbers
Mental health trusts will have to reveal how many patients they send out of area owing to a lack of beds, in a bid to keep reading
Management
One in four UK healthcare IT professionals aren’t confident in their organisation’s ability to respond to cyberattacks
New research has revealed that one in four UK healthcare IT professionals aren’t confident in their organisation’s ability to respond to cyberattacks Technology is booming in keep reading
Management
New contract for Scottish GPs
Plans for investment and reform to give GPs in Scotland more time with patients most in need of their skills have been published A new keep reading
Management
The changing face of GP practices: how has ‘digital’ impacted your practice?
We live in a digital world; it has changed the way we interact with services and what we expect from services. Healthcare is no different. keep reading
Management
RCGP says fining patients for missing GP appointments not the answer
On November 9, Pulse published the findings of a survey which revealed that just over half (51%) of GPs think patients should be fined if they fail to keep reading