Patient satisfaction in general practice drops to record low levels as'intense pressures' show
A quarter of patients are dissatisfied with general practice - the lowest level since data was first collected in 1983 – a new analysis of a national survey has claimed.
The King's Fund and Nuffield Trust's analysis of the 2018 British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey revealed only 63% of people taking part were satisfied with GP services. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 7, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Government pledges to cover costs of increased employer pension contributions until 2023/24
The Government will cover the cost of the increased employer contribution rate until 2023/24, the Treasury has confirmed.
In a consultation response to the NHS pension scheme, the Government announced that it will introduce a new contribution rate of 20.6%, in addition to a 0.08% administration charge, for employers from 1 April 2019.
This represents an increase of 6.3 percentage points from the current tax year. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 6, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Practices asked to provide Brexit plan in case of no-deal
Practices must provide a plan for how they will cope in the case of a no-deal Brexit, according to some CCGs.
GPs in Nottinghamshire are expected to carry-out‘EU exit readiness planning, local risk assessments and prepare plans for wider potential impacts’, and nominate a lead in the practice.
Notices appeared in NHS Nottingham City CCG; NHS Nottingham North and East CCG; NHS Nottingham West CCG; and NHS Rushcliffe CCG board papers, which said practices should do this in line with Government planning guidance. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 6, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
The PM edit: Val Denton in her own words
Management in Practice is speaking to a series of PMs on the front-line about what being a practice manager means to them. Reporter Costanza Pearce talks to Val Denton about the challenges practice management poses and the future of the profession. Q. How has being a practice manager changed since you first started out in the profession? Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 6, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Practices may have to pay for hikes in pension contributions from 2020
Practices may be required to pay for increased employer contributions from 2020/21, but will not have to cover the costs from April 2019, when the increases are introduced.
The Government is implementing a new employer pension contribution rate of 20.6%, in addition to a 0.08% administration charge, from April 2019 - which represents an increase of 6.3 percentage points increase from the current tax year. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 5, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Primary care at scale diploma prepares practice managers to run networks
A new diploma has equipped NHS managers to develop primary care at scale alongside their roles as practice managers.
According to the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC), who deliver the course, practice managers are‘key’ to leading‘the transformation of primary care’. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 5, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Will networks save general practice?
Practices across the UK are having to form collectives, but will they prove bene ficial for GPs and patients, asks Léa Legraien
Forget the days of GP practices competing against one another. Collective working is the way forward for the NHS. And now it has been formalised through the newfive-year GP contract in England. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 4, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Manchester GP practices to offer food bank kits through Waitrose funding
An initiative for the homeless has been granted funding by supermarket chain Waitrose to offer food bank starter kits in GP practices in Manchester. The not-for-profit Homeless Friendly initiative helps people sleeping rough access GP care by partnering with practices that pledge to welcome patients who do not have a fixed address. After pledging, practices receive training on how to care for homeless patients and stickers to display in their window to show they are part of the scheme.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 4, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Practice pharmacists and nurses in ‘turf war’ due to ambiguous job roles, report finds
A lack of clarity about the remit of practice pharmacists has led to some nurses viewing them as a threat, a new report has revealed. The report, published in the Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy journal last month, interviewed 37 healthcare professionals from 10 clinics in South-East England, including pharmacists, GPs and nurses.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 1, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
40% of GPs want to leave the job in the next five years, study finds
Four in 10 GPs intend to quit general practice in the next five years, according to a new study.
A survey conducted by the University of Warwick revealed that 40% of the 929 GPs surveyed want to leave the profession within the next five years, an increase of nearly a third since 2014.
GPs who responded to the survey suggested that interventions to improve GP retention included‘increased funding, more GPs, better education of the public and expanding non-clinical and support staff.’ Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 1, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
CQC outgoing chief GP inspector appointed as chair at hospital trust
The CQC’s outgoing chief inspector of general practice has been appointed chair of the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.
Professor Steve Field is due to stand down from his CQC role in March and will take up his new position on 1 April 2019.
He replaces Jeremy Vanes, who will leave the trust at the end of March after serving as a chair and non-executive director for 13 years. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - February 28, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Practice physiotherapists cut GP appointments and treat patients faster
Physiotherapists based in practices free up GPs' time and prevent up to three quarters of patients from needing extra appointments, NHS England has said.
In Darlington, a physiotherapist took pressure off four local GP practices by helping 1,147 patients with common musculoskeletal conditions– leading to just 2% requiring a GP appointment.
Three quarters of the patients did not need further appointments, said NHS England. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - February 27, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Funding for new staff could be removed to'offset' practice costs in case of inflation
Primary care networks might not be able to recruit additional staff if inflation rises significantly as that money would be used to cover practices' increased core costs, the BMA has said.
As part of the five-year GP contract, NHS England and the BMA will introduce a new'balancing mechanism' to protect practices and taxpayers against’unexpectedly large increases in inflation or partner drawings’. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - February 26, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Government pledges mental health and wellbeing support for all NHS staff
The Government will consider improved mental health and wellbeing support for all NHS staff as part of its upcoming workforce implementation plan, it has announced. The support will be based on 33 recommendations made by Health Education England (HEE) in a report published last week (20 February). The NHS Staff and Learners’ Mental Wellbeing Commission was commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) last year and recommends dedicated mental health support for NHS staff across primary and secondary care. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - February 25, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
3,000 practices at risk of GDPR breach due to new childhood vaccine data system
Over 3,000 GP practices are at risk of breaching the Data Protection Act due to a new childhood vaccination data system.
The BMA warned around 3,300 practices could be affected by the new extraction system, which is used to share data with the Child Health Information Service (CHIS).
The concerns revolve around the principle of data minimisation, which requires systems to hold the minimum amount of personal infromation needed to fulfil the purpose, but no more. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - February 25, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
