Management
DoHSC provides update and guidance on cyber and data security
The DoHSC has provided a cyber news brief, giving healthcare providers an update and guidance on cyber and data security The WannaCry cyber incident was keep reading
News
Health & Patient Care
Heart patients in England at risk from gaps in NHS care
New audit reveals a ‘significant threat to patient safety’ according to Anticoagulation UK Tens of thousands of heart patients in England are at increased risk keep reading
News
New £1m funding for innovative digital adult social care pilots
NHS Digital and the Local Government Association have announced new funding of £1m for digital pilots that will benefit people who access adult social care and keep reading
Management
NHS launches new system to help measure and prevent medication errors
A new safety system to help the NHS monitor and prevent medication errors has been introduced; the system will link prescribing data in primary care keep reading
Compliance
Government to revise memorandum of understanding between NHS Digital, the Home Office and the DHSC
NHS Digital and doctors’ leaders have welcomed the government’s decision to revise memorandum of understanding between NHS Digital, the Home Office and the DHS – inferring that keep reading
Management
Decline in continuity of care steep and widespread in general practice
New study finds that levels of continuity of care delivered by general practice in England have fallen by 27.5% over six years A study published keep reading
Management
The BMJ asks; ‘Should the number of GP’s patient consultations be capped?’
The British Medical Association (BMA) recently proposed guidance to cap the number of patients a GP sees each day to prevent unsafe working levels, but keep reading
News
Northern Ireland: primary care to receive £15m funding boost
CREDIT: This story was first seen on BBC News The Department of Health has revealed how it plans to spend £70m set aside for transforming keep reading
Management
Suffolk GP surgeries utilise paramedics, physiotherapists and receptionists to ease pressure on doctors
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the East Anglian Daily Times Bosses of a first-of-its-kind partnership between GP surgeries in Suffolk set up to keep reading
Management
GPs deserve greater safety netting support
New research highlights the need for improved GP safety netting systems to help support GPs to effectively monitor patients with common, non-specific symptoms To support GPs keep reading