GPs

Let’s look in detail at a recently updated policy from Quality Compliance Systems (QCS). That ‘Monday morning phone call’ Did you wake up this morning to find a white blanket…

On the 7 February 2017, the NHS Employers and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC) agreed on a number of changes to Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) effective from 1…

Really useful timetable On 10 January, NHS digital uploaded a spreadsheet which may be worth printing off. It is a live collection timetable and it tells you about all the different types…

In November 2016, NHS digital website reported: A common vocabulary to reduce GP burden and improve patient care We are changing from inputting Read Codes to using SNOWMED codes. When…

NHS Digital website We have been very busy over the past year ensuring our dementia diagnosis and prevalence are correct and have accurate Quality Outcomes Framework (QoF) registers in our…

  Just as we have just gotten used to the HSCIC website… it changes. My next few blogs will focus on some of the interesting Primary Care data included on…

What training is mandatory for practice staff? Does your practice have a list of what it considers to be mandatory training for staff? Who really knows what training is mandatory?…

What is a chaperone? A chaperone is an ‘impartial observer’ who may accompany patients into a medical appointment (usually ones of a sensitive or intimate nature).  This is often a…