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Buying Group Newsletter – November 2026

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Covering: Discounted event tickets, practice supply help, analysing your financial position and locum Insurance to cover costs

Free and discounted tickets to a winter of sports and arts

Free and discounted tickets to a huge range of live events for NHS staff with Tickets for Good. Upcoming highlights in London and the South include big discounts on:

  • 🎤 Cody Johnson: Live ’26 at The O2 Arena.
  • 🎯 WDF 2026 Lakeside World Championships at Lakeside Country Club, Farnborough.
  • 🪩 La Discothèque at Drumsheds.
  • 🕺 Anton Du Beke: Steps In Time at Guildford G Live.
  • ⭐ Larger Than Life: Starring Wallace & Gromit, Shaun and More at Lightroom, London.
  • 🎤 Fally Ipupa at The O2 Arena.
  • ⚽ Barclays Women’s Super League: London City Lionesses v Birmingham City at The Copperjax Community Stadium, Bromley.
  • 🎭 STORIES – The Tap Dance Sensation at Peacock Theatre.

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Is your practice ready for the winter months?

As winter approaches, busier clinics and seasonal demand can put extra pressure on practice teams. Having the right consumables to hand helps keep day-to-day care running smoothly.

Now is a good time to plan ahead:

  • Review stock levels of everyday consumables
  • Check infection prevention essentials are well supplied
  • Anticipate increased demand for key items
  • Plan replenishment before supplies run low

Being prepared for winter isn’t just about having enough stock. It’s about keeping essential supplies available as demand increases, without adding to the workload of already busy practice teams. Having a dependable supply partner who understands your requirements, can help you plan ahead and respond when needs change makes a real difference.

With a broad product range, reliable, free next-day delivery on stock orders placed before 6pm and a dedicated team offering personalised support, Hillcroft helps you stay prepared for the months ahead.

Our easy-to-use website and bespoke sourcing also make ordering simpler, helping your team spend less time managing supplies.

As a Londonwide LMCs’ preferred consumables supplier, Hillcroft also offers preferential pricing and rebate opportunities on eligible purchases.

If you’d like support planning your winter supplies, we’d be happy to help. Please email hello@hillcroftsupplies.com or visit our website below.

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Brand new eLearning courses – Practice Index Learning Package

These courses are available now alongside our full library of statutory and mandatory courses and in-depth Masterclasses, with integrated reporting tools that make it simple to track progress and ensure your team stays compliant.

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Management Liability & Cyber Insurance

A BBC news report stated that in 2025, approximately 2,000 NHS staff had been sanctioned for unauthorised accessing of sensitive patient data over the last five years, and around 214 staff were sacked in related incidents.

While the NHS is introducing more stringent measures to deter employees from reading patient medical reports, the fact remains that these types of occurrences might continue, and this is where appropriate Cyber Insurance is vital.

Cyber Insurance arranged through MIAB is not just for cyber crime. It will also provide cover for data breaches, whether it is due to a cyber attack, human error, or a breach of confidentiality (as shown in recent cases within the NHS). This is important because as a practice you are a ‘data processor’, so if the data gets into the wrong hands, you will be liable. And with regulatory penalties under GDPR resulting in fines of up to £17 million or 4% of your business’s annual turnover (whichever is greater), your insurance policy needs to be fit for purpose.

Cyber Insurance through MIAB means if there is compensation that needs to be paid and ICO fines that might be incurred, your policy would pick up the cost of the fine. And because every data breach and practice is different, but you can be confident that MIAB will use their in-house expertise to give you the best advice.

A Management Liability policy is very broad cover which all partnerships or limited companies should consider. It can protect your business and those persons in a position of responsibility or leadership/management/ board of directors for the decisions they make on behalf of a business. As a partner you have unlimited liability, therefore you could be held personally liable in respect of decisions which you have made on behalf of the practice where there is an allegation of wrongdoing.

The most common claims seen are:

  • Regulatory matters
  • Breach of confidentiality
  • Contract Disputes
  • HMRC investigation
  • Violation of Employee Rights / Staff Tribunals (Disciplinary)
  • Failing practices or protocols

Solicitors’ fees are increasing when addressing claims, so a Management Liability policy can assist you with mitigating any financial risks.

Protect your practice with specialist advice

MIAB offers specialist insurance advice for GP practices, helping you understand the risks your business faces and the cover available.

Speak with a member of their specialist team to review your insurance needs and explore how MIAB can help protect your practice.

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