Budget insufficient to meet rising pressures in general practice, says NI report
The health budget in Northern Ireland'does not provide sufficient funding' to meet current demand, according to a new progress report by the country's Department of Health.
The report had provided an update on the progress of delivering the 10-year plan‘Delivering Together’ published in 2016, which aimed to radically overhaul health and social care services in Northern Ireland.
It evaluated that the budget cannot meet the rising pressures across general practice and areas of secondary care. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - May 17, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Trainee GP takes on clinical director role within primary care network
A trainee GP has successfully been appointed as clinical director of a primary care network, it has emerged.
Hosting a Twitter chat on networks on 14 May, NHS England's director of primary care Dr Nikita Kanani said she is aware of cases where a trainee, a pharmacist and locum GPs have been named clinical directors within their networks. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - May 16, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Practices'hurriedly' trying to meet network deadline
A number of practices across the country have'hurriedly' designed their networks, which might later create'contentious issues', Sandwell and Birmingham LMC has warned.
Some practices are also yet to submit their application to join a primary care network - just one day before the deadline - our sister publication Pulse, where this article was first published, has learnt.
As of 14 May, 12 CCGs had confirmed to our sister publication Pulse that they had not received any network applications so far. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - May 15, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
How our practice identified an extra 150 diabetes patients in two years
Kamaldeep Sahota, operational manager at King Edwards Medical Centre in London, explains how his practice dramatically improved its ability to recognise patients at risk of becoming diabetic
A few years ago, King Edwards Medical Centre in Barking, east London, was struggling to identify pre-diabetic patients.
The problem was shared by other practices in the area, encouraging NHS Barking and Dagenham CCG to introduce a new initiative in 2016, to help its 37 practices reduce the number of undiagnosed diabetes cases.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - May 15, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: vfiore Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Patients Practice management Latest News Source Type: news
CCG to cut urgent care centre hours following GP at Hand deficit
The CCG hosting GP at Hand has unveiled plans to cut urgent care centre hours due to its‘very challenging financial position’.
NHS Hammersmith and Fulham CCG isreportedly facing a£31.8m deficit due to pressures caused by tens of thousands of patients registering with GP at Hand, which makes the CCG responsible for their wider care costs as well as increasing the practice's global sum funding. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - May 14, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Primary care networks: a new way of working
The deadline by which practices must join a primary care network (PCN) is just aday away. Chris Davies, transformation partner at NHS Arden& GEM CSU asks if you are ready for the changes this will bring. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - May 14, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Ask The Expert Source Type: news
Revealed: Twice as many male as female practice managers earn over £50k a year
More than twice as many male practice managers in the UK earn over£50,000 a year compared to their female counterparts, a study has revealed. The research, carried out by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2017 and funded by the Health Foundation, found that 30% of male practice managers earn over£50,000 but only 14% of female practice managers are in the same salary range. A much larger proportion of female practice managers are in the lower income brackets than male practice managers, the study showed.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - May 13, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Revealed: Twice as many male than female practice managers earn over £50k a year
More than twice as many male practice managers in the UK earn over£50,000 a year compared to their female counterparts, a study has revealed. The research, carried out by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2017 and funded by the Health Foundation, found that 30% of male practice managers earn over£50,000 but only 14% of female practice managers are in the same salary range. A much larger proportion of female practice managers are in the lower income brackets than male practice managers, the study showed.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - May 13, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Hospital foundation trust to take over three practices
An NHS foundation trust in Birmingham has taken over two practices and will soon run another from June.
Great Bridge Health Centre and Lyndon Health Centre are now run by Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, in conjunction with Your Health Partnership, which runs more than 50 surgeries in the Midlands and Shropshire.
The takeover, which took place on 1 May, came after the previous private provider, Malling Health, chose not to rebid for the APMS contract according to the Local Medical Committee (LMC). Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - May 13, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Practice receptionists more likely to receive negative patient feedback due to ‘role bias’
Practice receptionists are more likely to receive negative feedback from patients than other healthcare staff due to‘role bias’, a new study has shown.
A team of Lancaster University linguists analysed 29 million words from 228,000 patient comments submitted to NHS Choices between 2013 and 2015.
The project found that positive words were used to describe receptionists only 57% of the time, a significantly lower percentage than for other healthcare professionals. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - May 10, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Telephone-first approach not a solution to GP workload, says study
The telephone-first approach is not a solution to patient demand and GP workload, according to a new study.
The method, whereby patients booking a GP appointment are initally phoned back on the same day by a GP, increases workload and does not suit all patients, the research found.
Researchers reported that although the average number of face-to-face consultations decreased by 38%, there was a 12-fold increase in telephone consultations and an estimated 8% increase in overall time GPs spent consulting. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - May 10, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
' Vicious cycle' of workload pressures facing GPs in deprived areas
Growing pressures in the health sector are disproportionately affecting GPs in deprived areas, according to new analysis.
The report published by the Health Foundation yesterday found that GPs in deprived areas have more patients and increased workload from higher patient numbers.
The new analysis showed the number of patients per GP is 15% higher in the most deprived 10% of CCGs than the least deprived 10%. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - May 9, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Revealed: nearly half of practice managers have been in the job more than a decade
Practice managers are remaining in their jobs for long periods of time, despite the growing demands of the role, a new study has found. Research by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that 48% of the 1,424 practice managers surveyed across the UK had been in the role for ten years or more, and 22% for between five and 10 years.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - May 8, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
£3.6m portrait hanging in practice waiting room aims to improve access to art
A portrait worth£3.6m is on display in an East Yorkshire practice waiting room as part of an initiative to widen access to art.
The 17th century painting - entitled Self-portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria - is owned by London's National Gallery and, in collaboration with the Paintings in Hospitals charity, will hang in Pocklington Group Practice from 29 April until 11 May. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - May 7, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Practice management today: ‘the stress is mentally and physically breaking me’
Low morale, a desire to quit the job and abuse from patients are some of the biggest challenges for practice managers, a new report reveals. Costanza Pearce finds out more Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - May 7, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Personal Practice Source Type: news
