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Basic Life Support
June 9, 2016
CPR in GP practices One of the CQCs latest mythbusters is about Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in GP practices. The mythbuster looks at the equipment required for CPR in GP practices,…
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Safeguarding – Children at Play
June 4, 2016
What is safeguarding? According to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), “Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and…
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Not Had Your Inspection Yet? Be Prepared!
May 30, 2016
The CQC Notification We had our CQC inspection this week and if it hadn’t have been for the fact that we were notified of the visit the day before we…
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A Practical Guide to Healthy Caring
May 14, 2016
A companion guide for our unsung heroes Caring is such a hidden, often overlooked role and carers are unsung heroes. It’s very important that carers look after themselves as well…
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Whistleblowing – Speak Up
May 7, 2016
New and improved guidance I’ve previously blogged about whistleblowing but, since NHS England has recently taken significant steps to make it easier for primary care staff to raise their concerns,…
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Look Forward to the View
April 27, 2016
The General Practice Forward View Well it’s out; NHS England has published the long awaited General Practice Forward View, setting out support for primary care over the next five years.…
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The CQC Needs to Get Its Skates On
April 21, 2016
Inadequate targets The CQC’s progress on GP visits is ‘inadequate’ and ‘requires improvement’ after failing to achieve inspection targets during 2015/16. Recently the CQC had extended its own deadline by…
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Another Year Over, What’s Next?
April 16, 2016
Where are we up to? Well, that’s another financial year over and done with. Some of you may still have a couple of end of year returns to complete and…
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