Comment
Croydon GP: general practice as I knew it had changed beyond recognition
As coronavirus took hold for the first time earlier this year GPs had to completely change the way they work CREDIT: This is an edited keep reading
Impact of Covid-19
Management
Boosting your resilience
Helen Northall, chief executive at Primary Care Commissioning (PCC) discusses how practice managers can boost their resilience during these testing times The last year has keep reading
Recruit and Retain
Has the pandemic heightened the risk of doctors quitting?
Nothing causes a shakeup to the healthcare system like a global pandemic, but will nearly a year‘s worth of challenges lead to a mass exodus keep reading
Compliance
COVID-19: the biggest change to general practice in 200 years
As in many countries, face-to-face consultations have fallen to about 10% of their previous level, and most contacts are now provided remotely using symptom checkers, keep reading
Comment
Does place-based care matter in a post-COVID digital age?
Thomas Beaney, a GP registrar and academic clinical fellow in primary care at Imperial College, and Jonny Clarke, Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow and former surgical keep reading
Live it
Heroes of lockdown
Out of incredibly trying times this year have come moments of hope, kindness, and inspiration. Here, we celebrate just some of the people who have keep reading
Management
Why primary care needs more attention in order to manage COVID-19
More emphasis on primary care in the management of COVID-19 would improve outcomes for patients, argue Sophie Park and her colleagues CREDIT: This is an keep reading
Comment
GP: use ARRS money for COVID clinic
Helen Salisbury argues that this year’s additional roles reimbursement scheme money should be used for community COVID-19 clinics CREDIT: This is an edited version of keep reading
Uncategorized
A sparkling clean CQC inspection: general practice infection control and COVID-19
Several practices do not have stringent enough infection control programmes according to the CQC. What should practices be doing to fulfil CQC infection control criteria keep reading
Recruit and Retain
Learning lessons: how COVID can lead to NHS reform
Out of the tragedy of the pandemic there is a unique opportunity to accelerate reform in the NHS, and prepare for a world living with keep reading