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Use advanced telephony to reduce your practice’s admin By helping GPs and practice teams to send bulk and personalised automated messages via SMS and phone, Surgery Connect cuts the admin needed to remind patients about repeat prescriptions, appointment information and flu jabs. Hundreds of practices are using Surgery Connect to help cut DNAs, reduce the […]

Update 03.06.19 – The PCN Model Schedules can now be found on our dedicated GP Contract page www.lmc.org.uk/gpcontract 31 May 2019 Dear Colleague PCN MODEL SCHEDULES – Keep It Simple. There appears to be a feeding frenzy over legal support to PCNs of industrial proportions taking a simple and straightforward concept to new heights of unnecessary […]

The new Primary Care Indicators Dashboard was due to be launched on 1 May 2019. However, NHS England have encountered a number of problems relating to formatting and resolving outstanding data issues for some specific indicators so the revised launch date is 31 May 2019. NHS England have said that they will bring this date forward if […]

Rent review process  The rent review process applies to all practices who rent their premises, regardless of who their landlord is. Practices have been reporting delays following applications for a rent review, including delays in visits and reports from District Valuers (DVs). We have escalated these issues to the relevant STPs and NHS England. We […]

We all use maths every day, whether we consciously think about it or not. Staff working in healthcare are no different. Last week included National Numeracy Day, the annual celebration of numbers, making it the perfect opportunity for all of us working in healthcare to brush up on our skills. From interpreting graphs, making drug […]

The process for setting up primary care networks (PCNs) has now moved on to the approval stage, following last week’s deadline for submitting applications. CCGs have until the end of May to inform groups of practices who have had their applications approved and until the end of June to work towards a satisfactory resolution with […]

Dr Jane Myat, of the Caversham Group Practice in Camden, explains how her practice has used social prescribing to improve the wellbeing of patients and staff. From July, approved Primary Care Networks will begin receiving reimbursement for employing social prescribing link workers. Social prescribing is in vogue following the publication of the NHS Long Term […]

May 2019 Newsletter Primary Care Network applications CCGs are currently assessing PCN applications. We can support practices where changes are requested or you have yet to join a network. Clinical Directors can also stay up to date by joining our new email based forum. READ MORE   ► Mword 37 Dr Michelle Drage reminds practices […]

The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) have produced useful guidance and posters to help raise the issue of the importance of data privacy with the practice team. The posters are part of the ICO’s ‘Think.Check.Share’ toolkit and cover some of the most common mistakes seen by the ICO, including sending information to the wrong recipient, leaving […]