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Making better use of NHS property
There are a lot of doom and gloom stories about GPs closing down at an alarming rate, leaving the remaining practices struggling to care for keep reading
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Health Tech
Are old operating systems a security risk?
With reports suggesting that Microsoft source code relating to Windows XP has been shared online, Digital Health’s cyber security columnist, Davey Winder, looks into whether keep reading
Uncategorized
How COVID-19 has impacted one general practice
Nearly 16,000 patients are listed at Chippenham’s Hathaway Medical Practice. So how has one of Wiltshire’s biggest surgeries coped with the pandemic? CREDIT: This is keep reading
Management
New social prescribing roles – new opportunities for PCNs
It is scarcely believable that, only 20 months ago, primary care networks had not yet seen the light of day. So much water has passed keep reading
Health & Patient Care
Support: the solution to obesity
Zaytun Ratansi, health coach at non-profit Living Well, has 13 years’ experience helping patients to transform their lifestyles in the name of better health. In keep reading
Health Tech
Staying cyber-secure whilst working remotely
NHS Digital’s head of security operations lead, Steve Fenwick, has some advice on how to stay cyber-secure while working from home CREDIT: This is an keep reading
Comment
The COVID ‘infodemic’ – how misinformation impacts primary care
A disturbing side to this pandemic – and possibly the most damaging – has been the sheer amount of misinformation that has dominated social media keep reading
Recruit and Retain
The benefits of apprenticeships – and dispelling the myths
Catherine Lawler, of the Practice Manager Association, discusses why you should consider an apprenticeship programme in your practice There aren’t many in the healthcare industry keep reading
Recruit and Retain
Supporting your GP staff
Although GPs are there to support the mental health of others, it‘s important that theirs is supported too We all need to look after our keep reading
Compliance
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