Management
Post-GDPR; who’s your data protection officer?
The general data protection regulation (GDPR) is in force. While most general practices will have data processing, management and storage well managed it must be keep reading
practice management
Management
The sweet taste of storage space; making the most of your practice
A tidy desk reflects a tidy mind. Having the right storage in place at your practice can be a saving grace and that’s exactly the keep reading
Management
Diversity: Overcoming barriers to healthcare
Doctors of the World and Hackney Council for Voluntary Services are working with GP practices to encourage GP registration and provide support and advocacy for keep reading
Live it
Maximise your meetings; making the most of your team meetings
Meetings are an essential, but time-consuming, part of practice management. In the quest for absolute efficiency, the team at LondonOffices.com has researched the techniques that we keep reading
Management
Consolidating IT systems to support collaboration
The trend for surgeries to become part of wider networks or federations of practices creates a great opportunity for them to use technology to work keep reading
Management
Equal access for all; supporting patients with hearing problems
A Healthwatch report highlighted concerns about the level of deafness awareness training that goes on in practices. Marie Cahalane explores how practice managers and GP keep reading
Management
GP-pharmacist collaboration: share the records – share the load
Newham GP Dr Farzana Hussain explains how giving the local community pharmacist read-write access to her patient record has transformed care at her practice When keep reading
Legal
GP partnership disputes: deed or no deed?
Capsticks’ solicitor Daniel Kirk considers GP partnership disputes following a recent Court of Appeal case A GP partnership is a formal business arrangement and the keep reading
Management
Lines of communication: digital dictation
What are the merits of digital dictation in a surgery setting? What do the best devices offer busy practice managers and what kind of time keep reading
Health & Patient Care
PHE provides advice for GPs to offer shingles vaccination
PHE and NHS letter advises that GPs can offer shingles vaccine opportunistically to patients throughout the year as they become of eligible age (70-79 years old), keep reading