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The Capacity Tracker – Not just another task !!

May 17, 2021
Now let’s be honest, when the initial versions of the capacity tracker launched were you like me, skeptical and far too busy to bother with a tracker that is of…
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The new Standard Operating Procedure directive does not help GPs.

May 14, 2021
The new Standard Operating Procedure directive does not help GPs. Commenting on the NHS England’s updated Standard Operating procedures for GP services, QCS’s Head of Primary Care, Tracy Green, said:…
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GP Weekly Roundup (Last update: 14.05.21)

May 14, 2021
See below some GP highlights from this week, gathered from our team here:  In this bulletin: Improving GP Appointment Data – GPAD DES Referring Patients with Minor Illness Symptoms to…
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8 compelling reasons to support mental wellbeing in the workplace

May 12, 2021
Do you want to improve your team’s quality of life, while boosting innovation and creativity? Supporting mental wellbeing at work can do just that. Employee mental wellbeing is an area…
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Improving GP Appointment Data – GPAD DES

May 12, 2021
The Improving GP Appointment Data (GPAD) Direct Enhanced Service (DES) is here, but what is it trying to achieve and what is the benefit for Practices? You may already know…
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Yesterday’s announcement that reforms to the social care sector remain elusive lets down millions.

May 12, 2021
Yesterday’s announcement that reforms to the social care sector remain elusive lets down millions. Commenting on the Queen’s speech, QCS’s Head of Care Quality, Philippa Shirtcliffe, said: “To mark the…
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International Nurses Day – The Impact of Florence Nightingale Today

May 12, 2021
We are unlikely to forget the images that have beamed around the world of the impact of the COVID pandemic in India, in Italy last March and other countries including…
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National Nurses Day

May 12, 2021
National Nurses Day has been around since 1965 with the date changing to the 12 May in 1974 as this is the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the founder of…
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