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How Long Must We Wait to See a GP?
January 3, 2014
What’s the problem? Now all the Christmas festivities are over there’s the ever familiar rush to book appointments with a GP or Nurse! However, the Royal College of General Practitioners…
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Patients need a Plan
January 2, 2014
As Colonel ‘Hannibal’ Smith said “I love it when a plan comes together”. For this to happen, one needs a plan in the first place! If we were going to…
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Do you speak English ?
January 2, 2014
In a recent Seminar Mark Wright, of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) informed the audience that the Commission is seeking to influence government on language. The EHRC would…
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CQC Provider Feedback Survey- The results are in
December 27, 2013
This week the CQC have published the results of their Provider Feedback survey undertaken with Adult Social Care providers from October 2013. Providers were encouraged to engage with the CQC…
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The Sunshine Vitamin this Winter
December 27, 2013
December may seem a strange time to discuss the sunshine vitamin D. However, 2013 has not only seen a plethora of studies heralding its potential role in the prevention of…
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‘Let’s Haggle….’ The weird world of commissioner/provider relationships
December 27, 2013
Can we really be altruistic about care provision where profit is involved, and how can we work more effectively with those who buy our services? I have been accused in…
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New Year Resolutions
December 27, 2013
Here we go again! At the beginning of 2013, my resolutions remained intact for at least a week which I actually thought was pretty good going. I stayed off sticky…
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GP practices are not always doing the necessary employment checks – CQC
December 23, 2013
In order to demonstrate compliance with the performance standard of CQC, NHS funded providers should be able to show that they comply with the’ NHS Employment Checks Standards’. Check the…
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