NHS England scraps £3m primary care network accelerator programme
NHS England has‘formally’ scrapped controversial plans to set up a£3m network accelerator programme.
The scheme, which selected primary care networks (PCNs) to become accelerator sites, wasoriginally announced as a way to reward those making progress with funding of up to£200,000. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - August 6, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
PM pledges more than £100m for primary care projects
The new Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced an extra£1.8bn in funding for the NHS, including over£110m for primary care.
The investment will fund upgrades for 20 projects in hospitals and CCGs across the country, alongside£1bn for NHS capital spending.
However, some health economists have cast doubt on whether this was new funding.
Health secretary Matt Hancock is also expected to set out changes to the pension scheme later this week to support GPs‘taking on extra shifts’.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - August 5, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
RCGP launches toolkit to incentivise promoting active lifestyles
The RCGP has unveiled an 'active practice' toolkit in a bid to incentivise GP practices to promote active lifestyles within patients and staff.
Launched in collaboration with Sport England, which uses National Lottery investment, the toolkit will be available to all practices across the UK - approximately 8,000 practices. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - August 2, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: vfiore Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
What ’s a link worker and how can your PCN recruit one?
NHS England has released additional guidance for primary care networks (PCNs) on how best to introduce a social prescribing link worker to their team. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - August 1, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: vfiore Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Ask an expert: How should I deal with negative comments about our practice on social media?
Reporter Costanza Pearce asks a panel of experts how practices should respond to negative feedback on social media. Kieran Doddridge, digital marketing apprentice, Beacon Medical Group, Devon
When used correctly, social media can be an invaluable resource for the surgery. However, its downside is that it gives patients a quick, easy and public platform to voice their frustrations. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - July 29, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** AskTheExpert: IT *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Is your practice ready for summer?
MDU medico-legal adviser Dr Catriona James explains the steps you can take to ensure the smooth running of your practice over the summer
Summer holidays can be a challenging time for practices. With higher than usual numbers of practice staff on leave, patients visiting from overseas and local patients taking their own holidays, it pays to put some strategies in place to ensure the smooth running of the surgery. The following advice is intended to help you and your practice prepare for the summer months: Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - July 26, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Almost one in five'good' practices dropped rating this year, CQC reports
Almost a fifth of practices in England rated‘good’ by the CQC have deteriorated to a lower rating, according to the regulator's annual report.
Published this week, the 2018/19 report found that three quarters (74%) of practices rated as‘requires improvement’ improved their rating to‘good’ upon re-inspection, up two percentage points from 2017/18. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - July 26, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: vfiore Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Matt Hancock to remain as health secretary in cabinet reshuffle
Health secretary Matt Hancock will keep his role as secretary of state for health and social care in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new cabinet
The new Prime Minister sacked over half of Theresa May’s cabinet yesterday evening, but Mr Hancock survived the cull which saw a new chancellor, home secretary and foreign secretary.
The minister tweeted that it was a‘great honour to be asked to drive forward the health and care of the nation’.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - July 25, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Boris Johnson pledges to reduce GP waiting times in first speech as PM
The UK’s new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has pledged to reduce GP waiting times and‘fix the crisis’ in social care‘once and for all’ in his first speech in the job.
The Conservative MP and former foreign secretary announced a series of priorities for his leadership, including reducing appointment waiting times and investing in secondary care. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - July 25, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Same-day pharmacy appointments could help tackle GP pressures, says RCGP
A move that will see patients with minor conditions offered same-day consultations at their local pharmacy could help relieve GP pressures, the RCGP has said.
As part of the new five-year funding settlement for community pharmacy, announced by the Government on Monday (22 July), patients calling NHS 111 about a minor issue such as a sore throat or earache could be referred for a same-day consultation with their pharmacist from October. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - July 24, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
GPs will not be legally liable for firearms licence approvals
Police officers - and not GPs - will be legally liable for judging whether someone is able to possess a firearm, and for checking medical records of applicants, new draft Government guidance has clarified.
The new draft Home Office guidelines, unveiled for consultation today, also clarifies that GPs will be allowed to refuse to provide information for patients applying for licences, and that GPs will be allowed to charge a fee if they so wish. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - July 23, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: vfiore Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Government selects GMC to regulate physician associates
The General Medical Council (GMC) has been selected to regulate physician associates, following agreement from all four UK Governments.
Last year the Government said it would push forward with legislation to regulate the new role, but it was still undecided as to which body would be responsible for monitoring physician associates (PAs).
The Government confirmed today that the GMC will regulate both PAs and anaesthesia associates. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - July 19, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
How to handle the reputation of your practice in ten steps
Virginia Patania explains how the entire workforce can come together to look after your practice’s reputation
In general practice, reputations don’t always match what’s being delivered. There can be grinding 2.5-star reviews for GP surgeries on the NHS website (formerly NHS Choices) and seemingly negative Healthwatch reports for what, in reality, is reliable clinical care. This can be a demoralising drag.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - July 18, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Personal Practice Source Type: news
Homeless people denied access to GP care, study finds
Homeless people are being denied access to NHS services because they are struggling to register at a GP practice, a new study has found.
Researchers from the University of Birmingham interviewed 22 homeless people to understand their experience of accessing NHS primary care services. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - July 16, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: vfiore Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Patient Access Practice management Latest News Source Type: news
Five top tips for resolving property disputes
The GP property transactions specialist team at Capsticks Solicitors LLP share their top tips on how to resolve property disputes Practices can find themselves at the centre of property disputes, whether they are a landlord with third party tenants or whether they are a tenant with a third-party landlord, say Capsticks partners Dan Kirk and Lisa Geary. One frequent cause of disputes is when practices have others in occupation such as pharmacists.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - July 15, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Personal Practice Source Type: news
