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Juggle less and better; managing your workload
Practice managers wear many hats – from finance director, HR manager or administrator, director of ambience or shoulder to cry on. With so much to keep reading
Practice managers
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B is for burnout: supporting those at risk of burnout
According to a survey commissioned by Virgin in 2015 more than half (51%) of full time workers in the UK suffer burnout or anxiety – keep reading
Management
PMA launches new course to relieve GP clerical workload
Practice Managers Association (PMA) launches new medical administrator/GP assistant diploma to relieve clerical workload for GPs; the new medical administrator role could reduce 15 million keep reading
Legal
Entering into leases with NHS property services
Where your practice occupies a building owned by NHS Property Services (NHS PS) you will almost certainly be asked to take a formal lease, even 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
News
Get ahead. Get AI – taking back control in practice
Higher patient demand, more complex needs, greater administrative burden, increased workload, decreasing resources, less time for yourself and your practice team; something needs to change. keep reading
Management
And what about the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)?
The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is a voluntary reward and incentive programme – intended to reward GP practices for the quality of care provided to keep reading
News
PMA launch new PMA Education Programme
The PMA has launched a new PMA Education Programme, providing practice managers with the opportunity to achieve an internationally recognised formal qualification, regardless of current levels keep reading
Comment
Management: Getting to the root of it with RCA
What makes RCA different from, say, risk assessments or ‘Never Events’ reporting? In simple terms, RCA is the investigation and analysis of the difference between keep reading