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GP practice one of the first in Lancashire to appoint physician associate
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the Lancashire Telegraph A health practice has become one of the first in Lancashire to appoint a new keep reading
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GP premises costs directive update
The BMA has reported that the 2018/19 GMS (and PMS) contract negotiations secured key changes to the much anticipated new Premises Costs Directions (PCD). Specialist keep reading
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Scotland-only GP contract takes effect
On April 1 the Scotland-only GP contract came into effect, welcomed by the BMA Scotland’s GPs have taken an historic step towards ensuring a sustainable keep reading
Management
CPD: upskilling practice reception and clerical staff
As part of the GP Forward View, the Department of Health created a five-year, £45m fund to contribute towards the training of practice reception and clerical staff keep reading
Management
Practice manager pay gap revealed
New survey reveals significant variations in practice manager pay across GP practices, with huge regional variations and a pay gap of 21% in favour of keep reading
Management
Why legionella has no place in GP practices
Healthcare premises are the last places you’d expect to catch a potentially fatal disease. Andy Smith, national business development manager at Clearwater Technology, explains how keep reading
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NHS England announces agreement on 2018/19 GP contract
New GP contract agreed on by NHS England, the government and the British Medical Associations’s (BMA) General Practitioners Committee A new GP contract – agreed on keep reading
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Nurse practitioners rated highly for knowledge and performance in recent survey
A survey of patients using GP services of The Practice Group (TPG) rates experience of nurse practitioners very highly A remarkable 95% of patients using keep reading
Management
Surgeries employing GPs with additional training in complementary medicine less likely to prescribe antibiotics
New research from the University of Bristol and published in BMJ Open suggests that the use of complementary/alternative medicine may help reduce over-prescribing of antibiotics keep reading
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GMC plans to ask doctors about fatigue
Doctors are to be questioned on the impact of burnout and fatigue in their careers, writes the BMA The GMC has said that it will keep reading