News
Diabetes: Focusing on prevention, not cure
Managing diabetes is a growing challenge for GP practices, with costs increasing exponentially as the numbers of people living with the condition grow. Practising GP keep reading
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News
‘We need a long-term cure for general practice’, says BMA chief
Dr Richard Vautrey is demanding more than just sticking plasters from the government to help support general practice The leader of England’s GPs last week keep reading
News
New GP health hub opens its doors in Bristol
According to the Bristol Post, a state-of-the-art and environmentally-friendly super-surgery has now opened its doors A new super-practice has opened in Bristol, combining four GP keep reading
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Safe surgeries; improving patient access
A ‘safe surgery’ is a GP practice that takes steps to tackle the barriers faced by many migrants accessing healthcare; in practice it involves ensuring keep reading
Management
Spotlight on practice mergers
There are a number of reasons that a GP practice might decide to undergo a merger – for example, to work at scale, deliver a keep reading
News
Number of GP practices in Northern Ireland falls by 5%
According to The Irish News, the number of GP practices in Northern Ireland has fallen by almost five per cent in recent years; however, the number of practicing GPs has keep reading
Comment
Tight budgets shouldn’t mean budget technology
General practice is becoming ever more tech-enabled – but this comes at a cost. Senior technology analyst Peter Tsai discusses the findings of recent research keep reading
Management
Patient safety; reporting incidents to the NRLS
Every day GP practices strive to support and deliver healthcare; key to success is ensuring that they are providing safe care – and this is keep reading
Health Tech
What’s the best way to integrate digital services in GP practices?
The push is on for GP practices to adopt digital services; health secretary Matt Hancock is an advocate and is leading the march. However, there keep reading
News
Essex faces GP and nurse crisis
Essex is facing a workforce crisis, as some of the worst-hit areas are operating with just over 40 GPs per 100,000 patients and with high keep reading