Management
The role of your practice within a PCN
PCNs come in a variety of shapes and sizes while also operating differently – here’s how practices can help the network to progress and succeed keep reading
GP practice
News
GP practices merge to create 30,000 patient ‘super-surgery’ in Kent
As reported by KentOnline, the Albion Place Medical Practice and The College Road GP recently merged The two surgeries will serve more than 30,000 people keep reading
News
Practices are in “distress” and GPs are leaving due to “constant bashing” in Scotland
As reported by STV News, a GP in Glasgow has reported on the “distress” felt in GP surgeries causing young doctors to leave the profession keep reading
News
One in three practices forced to stop routine appointments
As reported by inews, staff shortages and high patient demand have caused the primary care workforce to slump by more than 350 GPs over the keep reading
Management
The rising pressure on practices
Catherine Lawler, PMA, discusses the pressure on GP practices and how you can regain a feeling of recognition We’re all acutely aware of the massive strains keep reading
News
Retired GPs to ‘ease pressure’ on NI vaccine rollout
As reported by BBC news, almost 1,000 people have volunteered to be vaccinators to ‘help ease pressure’ on GP practices rolling out the COVID-19 vaccines, keep reading
Comment
Could general practice be the new A&E?
Digital Health’s GP columnist, Neil Paul, has been thinking about the huge changes that GP practices have witnessed during COVID-19 – and he has some keep reading
News
More than 1,700 GP practices contribute data for COVID-19 research
As reported by Digital Health, more than 1,700 GP practices have stepped forward to contribute patient data for COVID-19 research at the University of Oxford keep reading
News
New ways of working but GP practices still open, protecting and caring
GP practices are still open to treat patients, provide advice and issue prescriptions and GPs want anyone who has a health concern to feel reassured keep reading
News
RCGP: GP practices preparing for expanded flu vaccination programme need assurance about supply
Professor Martin Marshall, chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: “The College is supportive of measures to expand the flu vaccination programme this year keep reading