Practice Operations
NHS payments to general practice
Nationally, GP practices were paid an average of £152.04 per patient in 2017-18 – a marginal increase of 0.4 from the year before. It’s the keep reading
NHS England
Health & Patient Care
Wait times for cancer treatment at worst level ever
Over 18,000 patients per month are being forced to wait longer than the target of 14 days for a cancer consultation or to begin treatment keep reading
Health Tech
Protecting the NHS From another virus
The 2017 WannaCry attack caused havoc in the health service, but has enough been done to prepare the system for next time? Ethical hacker Gavin keep reading
News
NHS performance improved in December 2018, despite concerns
As reported by Sky News, the NHS did a better job of seeing and treating A&E attendees in the four-hour time frame goal in December keep reading
Health Tech
Are you Future Fit?
We surveyed 135 of our practice manager and other healthcare practitioner readers, asking them about the biggest digital challenges they are facing today. Here are keep reading
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Video: Simon Stevens launches the NHS Long Term Plan
NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens launches the NHS Long Term Plan Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, or connect with us on LinkedIn! (more…)
Compliance
Staffordshire review into elderly care
In December the CQC published its findings following a review of health and social care services in Staffordshire, examining how older people move through the keep reading
Health & Patient Care
NHS 10-year plan will focus on primary care
The NHS has released details of its 10-year plan – including the proposed uses of the £20.5bn funding boost – and it intends to shift keep reading
Live it
It’s time to start running
Is one of your new year’s resolutions to shed some weight and start running? To help you take the first step we’ve created a useful keep reading
News
Missed GP appointments cost NHS £216m
Missed GP appointments that aren’t cancelled by patients cost the health service £216m every year, according to new research NHS England data shows that missed keep reading