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Are New GP Inspection Plans A Step Too Far?

May 8, 2014
A new method of gathering evidence The most significant change this year to the way Practices are inspected by the CQC is that a GP, a specialist inspector and a…
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Who is my GP?

April 30, 2014
With the introduction of the new Unplanned Hospital Admissions Enhanced Service there’s a requirement for patients to have a ‘named GP’. Most patients with long term conditions will arrange their…
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Information Governance

April 25, 2014
What is IG? Information Governance, or IG as it is commonly known, is a set of multi-disciplinary structures, policies, procedures, processes and controls implemented to manage information at an enterprise…
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Will New GP Service Reduce Unplanned Emergency Admissions?

April 16, 2014
What’s it all about? A new unplanned admissions Direct Enhanced Service (DES) has been introduced as part of yet another move to reduce unnecessary emergency admissions to secondary care. The…
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CQC Registration One Year On

April 11, 2014
What was required? What a year it has been, especially since April 2013 all providers of primary medical services should have been registered with the CQC. When providers apply for…
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Do Patients Offer a New Hope?

April 4, 2014
How are they already involved? With our end of year returns almost complete, the new financial year brings a new challenge for Practices and we are facing tough times ahead.…
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An Overview of the General Practice Contract Changes for 2014-15

March 28, 2014
Positive changes The BMA’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC) has voted overwhelmingly to accept the negotiated agreement on changes to the GP contract for 2014-15, and believes that this package as…
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What Matters to Patients?

March 21, 2014
They want to be treated as a person When I get to read the results of patient surveys they regularly tell us that they think about about their experience of…
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