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Inside ‘outstanding’ care at a Yorkshire surgeryÂ
The Lincoln Green Surgery in Leeds was recently rated as ‘outstanding’ by the CQC for its care for those with mental health problems. Practice manager keep reading
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Health Tech
AI in healthcare: when will it arrive?
AI has the potential to improve the quality of care while lowering the costs for patients and hospitals, says Dr. Mahiben Maruthappu, Dr. Varun Buch. But keep reading
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A look at a new CQC resource exploring technology in care
The NHS Long Term Plan sets out an exciting digital future for the health service. It’s bold on vision but, perhaps, a little less clear keep reading
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Staffordshire review into elderly care
In December the CQC published its findings following a review of health and social care services in Staffordshire, examining how older people move through the keep reading
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Manchester surgery rises from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’ in six months
A GP surgery in Manchester has managed to turn its quality of service around, from repeatedly being rated ‘inadequate’ to rising to ‘good’ A Manchester keep reading
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What does an ‘inadequate’ practice look like? Focus on ‘well-led’
In the final part of our new series Practice Business continues to explore the factors that can contribute to your practice being deemed ‘inadequate’ – keep reading
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What does an ‘inadequate’ practice look like? Focus on ‘responsive’
In the fourth instalment of our series exploring the reasons why your practice may be graded as ‘inadequate’, we look at the dimension of responsive keep reading
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Slow demise of smoking cessation services
Funding for smoking cessation services has been cut by 36% between 2013-2017, the Labour party claims. The numbers of people who smoke may be at keep reading
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Does your practice need a Facebook page?
Despite regularly hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons, Facebook is still one of the most widely-used social media platforms in the UK, with keep reading
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Emergency medicines for your practice
The CQC can’t – and won’t – dictate what drugs GPs should have available in the practice, or in their home-visit bag, but they can keep reading