MPs support campaign to stop misleading benefits letters being sent to GPs
MPs have called on the Government to scrap the ESA65B letter that misled GPs into not issuing fit notes to patients. Last week it emerged that patients were at risk of homelessness after the Department of Work and Pensions made changes to the ESA65B letter, removing the section advising GPs to issue fit notes. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 29, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Practice managers positive about widening the practice team to alleviate pressure, report finds
Practice managers are positive about the potential of easing the pressures in general practice by incorporating a wide range of professions into the team, a new report has found. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 27, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Practice managers fear negative Brexit impact on staffing numbers, survey finds
The majority of practice managers believe Brexit will have a negative effect on the number of GPs, nurses, and other primary care staff working in the NHS, a new report has revealed. The Primary Concerns 2018: The State of Primary Care report, published yesterday by Management in Practice publisher Cogora, surveyed the readers of Cogora’s five primary care publications: Management in Practice, Healthcare Leader, Nursing in Practice, Pulse and The Pharmacist.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 27, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Ask the expert: how can our practice go paperless?
Deputy editor Angela Sharda asks our panel of experts how practices can go paperless and what are the next steps that practice managers need to take to achieve this. Tracy Dell, practice manager, Plane Trees Group Practice Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 27, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Eight in 10 practice managers suffer verbal abuse from patients, report reveals
Practice managers are among the primary care professions most likely to suffer abuse at the hands of patients, a new report by Management in Practice publisher Cogora has found.
ThePrimary Concerns 2018: The State of Primary Carereport, published today, revealed that a staggering 79% of the 373 practice managers who answered the question had been on the receiving end of verbal abuse from patients. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 27, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
More than half of practice managers work unpaid overtime every day, report finds
More than half of practice managers say they work unpaid overtime on a daily basis, a new report has revealed. The report, published today, surveyed the readers of Cogora’s five primary care publications: Management in Practice, Healthcare Leader, Nursing in Practice, Pulse and The Pharmacist.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 27, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Almost half of practice managers struggle with low morale at work, report reveals
Nearly half of practice managers struggle with low morale at work, a new report has revealed.The Primary Concerns 2018: The State of Primary Care report, published today, surveyed more than 2,300 readers of Cogora’s five primary care publications: Management in Practice, Healthcare Leader, Nursing in Practice, Pulse and The Pharmacist.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 27, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Nearly half of practice managers considering quitting within the year, report finds
As many as 47% of practice managers may leave the profession in the next 12 months, new research published today reveals.
A report published by Management in Practice publisher Cogora shows that 30% of practice managers are contemplating leaving the profession in the next year for reasons other than retirement. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 27, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Health minister Steve Brine steps down in disagreement over Government handling of Brexit
The public health and primary care minister Steve Brine has resigned from his post over worries that the way the Government is handling Brexit could lead to a no-deal scenario. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 26, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Steve Brine steps down as public health and primary care minister due to Brexit chaos
The public health and primary care minister Steve Brine has resigned from his post over worries that the way the Government is handling Brexit could lead to a no-deal scenario. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 26, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Secret diary of a practice manager: battling the workload
The workload for practice managers seems to be never-ending and in this anonymous blog we learn how practice mangers battle through the workload on a daily basis.
When I decided to apply for the role of practice manager, I was beyond excited. Having not worked as a practice manager before but having worked in and around general practice for a number of years it seemed the best fit for me at this stage of my life. Oh.. how wrong I was. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 25, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Secret diary of a practice manger: battling the workload
The workload for practice managers seems to be never-ending and in this anonymous blog we learn how practice mangers battle through the workload on a daily basis.
When I decided to apply for the role of practice manager, I was beyond excited. Having not worked as a practice manager before but having worked in and around general practice for a number of years it seemed the best fit for me at this stage of my life. Oh.. how wrong I was. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 25, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Practices facing tight deadlines to form primary care networks
GPs are only just beginning to understand what it will mean to be part of a primary care network when their practices come to join one in the next few months. When the new five-year GP contract was announced by NHS England and the BMA in January, networks were the centrepiece, with financial incentives offered to encourage practices to join. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 22, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Expanding the practice team ‘only way forward’ to address workforce shortages, think tanks warn
The expansion of the primary care team is the‘only way forward’ to address workforce shortages, according to a new report published today (21 March).
The report, published by The Health Foundation, The King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust, analysed staffing shortages in the health and care workforce and outlined a series of policy recommendations for the upcoming NHS workforce implementation plan. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 21, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Capita to be stripped of NHS cervical screening contract following issues
The running of the NHS cervical screening programme administration will be taken off Capita and brought back in house, NHS England has announced.
Speaking in front of thePublic Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday (20 March), NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens said he is not‘satisfied’ with how the private company has run the cervical screening programme, and will begin the phased transition back in house in June. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 21, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
