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Should you close your practice list formally or informally?
This guidance is to help GPs decide whether they should formally apply to close their practice list, or if informal list measures would be better keep reading
general practice
Health & Patient Care
COVID and the surge in demand for arthritis drugs
Patients with rheumatic diseases face serious shortages of vital medicines This is an edited version of an article that originally appeared on The BMJ https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2700 keep reading
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Which movie are you currently starring in as a practice manager?
Carmel Loughlin, practice manager, discusses how working in general practice at the moment reminds her of some classic television programmes and movies When I was keep reading
Recruit and Retain
Where can primary care staff go for support?
Primary care is under pressure more than ever; with the booster programme in full-swing and winter pressures mounting, it is no wonder that many practice keep reading
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A guide to service charges for GP premises
As a tenant, it’s important to be aware of what costs can be recovered by the landlord through service and property management charges, what the keep reading
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Opinion: who do you trust with your medical appointments, your GP or Sajid Javid?
Plans to ‘ramp up’ in-person consultations are no solution to the deeper problems in our practices, argues GP Ellen Welch CREDIT: This is an edited keep reading
News
GP: ‘This is going to break general practice’
As reported by Manchester Evening News, NHS teams in Greater Manchester say they are facing a ‘mammoth’ ask to deliver the Omicron booster jab programme, keep reading
Health Tech
What is the GP IT Future programme?
The GP IT Futures programme will enable primary care to move towards the requirements set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, the Five year framework for keep reading
Health & Patient Care
How to manage patients with gender dysphoria
The Gender Identity Research and Education Society suggest that about one per cent of the population may experience some degree of gender dysphoria. How can GPs manage keep reading
Recruit and Retain
Retaining GPs will require funding, support and workload reduction
A group of experts have researched what motivates GPs to take early retirment – and how practices can retain them for longer CREDIT: This is keep reading