Management
Boosting patient access and improving the patient experience
Patient-centred care – it’s the future of the NHS. Delivering it can be a challenge; improving patient access, and thus experience, is key. Three CCGs keep reading
general practice
News
GPs unlikely to believe patients’ alcohol consumption claims, survey shows
Nearly 200 GPs and 2,000 patients were surveyed regarding alcohol intake; results show GPs assume most patients are being economical with the truth A survey keep reading
Management
GP practice marketing and social media – a guide
If you want your GP practice to be seen by current and potential patients you must ensure that it’s heard above the din. How do keep reading
Health & Patient Care
Quest for Quality: reducing GP care home visits
Time is a chronically depleted resource in general practice and we are constantly on the lookout for innovative initiatives that are improving care while driving keep reading
Management
NHS Digital to spend £450m on new GP IT Framework
The new GP IT framework has been announced by NHS Digital, according to The Register, and it outlines what’s to come once the current agreement keep reading
Legal
Personal liability – is putting your practice into a limited company the answer
As a general policy, NHS England expects all GPs on the England National Performers List who are insured to have minimum personal liability cover. One keep reading
News
Popular Gloucestershire practice opens second branch
CREDIT: This story was originally seen on Gloucestershire Live A surgery in Cheltenham has opened a second branch due to increasing patient demand At a keep reading
Comment
Leading GP apologises for controversial statement about general practice
Dr Arvind Madan came under fire this week as, in an interview with Pulse, he said GP should be ‘pleased’ about the closure of small keep reading
Management
A positive presence: mentoring and coaching in general practice
General practice is a first point of contact for around 90% of patients accessing the NHS – it’s hectic and this is a burden felt keep reading
Management
Clinical decision support; a means of reducing diagnostic error rates?
Clinical decision support (CDS) provides clinicians, staff, patients and other individuals with knowledge and person-specific information that is intelligently filtered or presented at appropriate times keep reading