Management
Skilling up: can PAs offer the additional support practices need?
PAs are viewed as a potential solution to workload pressures facing general practice. Their role is similar to that of a GP; they work autonomously keep reading
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Nearly 40% of GPs plan to leave the NHS within five years
CREDIT: This story was first seen in The Telegraph A new report has found that government attempts to stop GPs quitting the profession are failing keep reading
Health Tech
Home is where the heart is: home visits, community teams and tech
‘A thing of the past’ The RCGP suggests that computerised records should be consulted prior to a home visit being made, with specific attention paid keep reading
Management
New framework to promote person-centred approaches in healthcare announced
Skills for Health, Health Education England and Skills for Care have announced a new framework to support person-centred approaches for the health and social care keep reading
Comment
The pursuit of happiness: beating burnout
Last year the RCGP and the mental health charity Mind published a report which revealed that 87% of the primary care workforce – which includes keep reading
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Five GP practices will merge to form city’s first super surgery
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the Bristol Post Five GP surgeries in Bedminster and Southville are set to merge later this year to keep reading
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Action plan launched to make primary care nursing workforce ‘fit for future’
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the Nursing Times England’s chief nursing officer has today launched an action plan designed to boost the general keep reading
Live it
60 seconds with Gary Hughes
What do you do to de-stress after a long day? I know there’s plenty of stress around general practice so I’m lucky that the need keep reading
Management
Mining a rich seam of data to improve the nation’s health
Dr Shaun O’Hanlon, chief medical officer at EMIS Group, explains how GP practices across the UK have been helping improve the nation’s health via anonymised keep reading
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Dorset health and care partnership rated ‘outstanding’
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the Bournemouth Daily Echo More than 96% of patients in Dorset were admitted, transferred or discharged from A&E keep reading