Gaining the right to be a UK visa sponsoring practice has many advantages and could form an important part of your general practice workforce planning. A step by step guide…
Endorsing correctly for Serious Shortage Protocols Dispensing practices are being encouraged make sure they are correctly using the new endorsement Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) to avoid invalid claims. In February…
Emergency Departments do not have the ability to safely make or follow-up onward referrals.It has been agreed though that patients seen in ULHT EDs who require urgent assessment, but do…
As you may be aware, in 2015 the Government brought in regulations to allow parents, who meet certain eligibility criteria, to share the mother’s maternity leave by converting it to…
A new dementia pathway has been developed by Primary Care in conjunction with the LMC, Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (LPFT) and other care providers. It is for over 65yr olds…
Practitioners should include their GMC or NMC number in all correspondence. GMC guidance states that it is good practice to have GMC number on all professional correspondence. Radiology requests must have…
Para 7.9B.1 of the GMS Contract states: The Contractor must ensure that as a minimum the following number of appointments during core hours for its registered patients are made available per…
This new online service to help administer practice payments and GP Pensions is now live. Statements: Practice statements are now accessed via PCSE Online, and will no longer be…
Please see here for the full report online. At the beginning of the pandemic there were concerns that decisions were being made without involving people or their families, and were…
Is your patient still experiencing covid symptoms beyond 12 weeks? Have symptoms been investigated and no alternative diagnosis identified? What is it? A holistic post-covid assessment clinic for patients experiencing…
When we think of business continuity planning for our practice, we don’t often consider practice continuity after death, but this is a real consideration for single-handed GPs. It can be…
What you need to know: All practices must have a system in place to review, share, and act upon patient safety alerts MHRA and other organisations send practices patient…