‘Primary care networks are the bedrock of any integrated care system’
Valeria Fiore speaks to Dr Minesh Patel, chair of the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) about how primary care homes and networks will drive the delivery of the long-term plan.
All patients are expected to be covered by an integrated care system (ICS) by April 2021, NHS England stated in the long-term plan.
However, when it comes to providing integrated primary care services to a local population, the task will fall to primary care networks (PCNs), which are expected to be up and running by July this year.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - April 9, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: vfiore Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Patient Access Practice development Practice management Latest News Source Type: news
Practices urged to review'no dogs' policies
Practices are being advised by a medical defence body to review their no-dogs policies, in order to recognise the role played by assistance dogs.
The MDU said that equality and discrimination laws mean that adjustments should be made, within reason, to ensure that patients who need assistance dogs are able to access treatment facilities.
While most assistance dogs support with visuals and hearing, they can help patients with a broad spectrum of conditions. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - April 9, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
EU practice staff qualifications recognised after Brexit, Government confirms
European practice staff will have their qualifications acknowledged in the UK whether the country leaves the EU with or without a deal, the Government has confirmed. Legislation introduced by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on 7 March 2019 will allow health and social care professionals to continue to practise in the UK as they do now.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - April 8, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Draw on the skills of your team for successful practice leadership
Being a practice manager is a busy job and no easy task. When it comes to running a practice and solving all the issues that occur within it– whether that’s dealing with the finances, getting your team ready for the next CQC inspection or facing aggressive patients, well, as the practice manager, you are the go-to person.
A practice is a small business and like every business, you need a great leader running the show. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - April 8, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Sponsored feature: mind the gap – the introduction of state indemnity
Dr Kathryn Leask, medico-legal adviser at the Medical Defence Union, explains why MDU membership remains essential following the introduction of state-backed indemnity
On 1 April this year, state-backed indemnity for primary care work under an NHS contract was introduced in England and Wales, and practice managers may be wondering how this affects the current indemnity from their medical defence organisation. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - April 5, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Personal Practice Source Type: news
Pulse Intelligence - the new service launching soon
At Pulse and Management in Practice, we pride ourselves on understanding general practice, and knowing how hard it is to run a practice – especially with the introduction of ever increasingly complex contracts, including the new five-year contract for England starting next month.
We are therefore launching Pulse Intelligence, the new information service for GPs and practice managers in England, providing unique and insightful financial tools to help your practice make more money and operate more efficiently. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - April 5, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Collaboration with non-GP providers ‘a requirement’ for networks from 2020
Practices will need to work with non-GP providers as‘a requirement’ in primary care networks from 2020, according to NHS contract documents.
Documents have revealed that thenetwork contract DES will be changed from 2020/21 to include these new rules. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - April 5, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Welsh locum register will place ‘significant burden’ on practice managers
The new locum register in Wales will place a‘significant burden’ on practice managers, a member of the National Welsh Practice Managers Committee has warned. Launching this month, the All Wales Locum Register (AWLR) will make the country the first UK nation to introduce a list of GP locums. All Welsh GP locums will be required to join the register to access the state-backed indemnity scheme which protects them against claims arising from clinical negligence for NHS work.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - April 4, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Practices'who do not get along' being forced into CCGs' preferred networks
CCGs are trying to force practices to form primary care networks without consideration for working relationships or GP opinions, according to a consultant for GP networks.
Consultant Scott McKenzie, who advises GPs on mergers, forming federations and now networks, told our sister publication Pulse, where this article was first published, that he has been inundated with questions from practices who are being pressured to form networks in a specific way by CCGs. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - April 4, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
General Practice Awards 2019 open for entries
The General Practice Awards 2019 have now opened for entries.
The awards, currently in their 11th year, recognise initiative and achievement by professionals across the primary care sector.
Organised by Management in Practice publisher Cogora, the General Practice Awards culminate in a black tie awards ceremony to be held at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London hotel on Friday, 29 November.
The awards are divided into healthcare professional and supplier categories. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - April 3, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Primary care networks will include pharmacies, optometrists and dental providers
Primary care networks will include community pharmacies, optometrists and dental providers, according to new NHS contract documents.
Networks will be expected to have‘wide-reaching’ membership to offer‘more personalised, coordinated health and social care’ to their local populations, NHS England said in a new primary care network frequently asked questions document. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - April 2, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Primary care networks will ‘not normally’ cross CCG boundaries
Primary care networks will‘not normally’ cross CCG, STP or‘integrated care systems’ boundaries, NHS England has said.
As part of the new five-year GP contract, practices will be provided with extra funding to join networks, which will see groups of practices serve 30-50,000 patients based on geography. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - April 2, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: vfiore Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Finance Practice management Procurement Latest News Source Type: news
Welsh practices set for £2.88 per patient cut to global sum
The Welsh Government is planning to cut the global sum by more than£11m to deliver the state-backed indemnity scheme, Pulse has learned.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - April 1, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Blog: the dos and don'ts of recruiting: avoiding discrimination
Employment lawyerCharlotte Ollerenshawexplains how practice managers should approach the recruitment process to ensure they stay on the right side of discrimination legislation
If practice managers are concerned about falling foul of employment law when recruiting, the biggest legal minefield is asking candidates questions about their health.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - April 1, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Personal Practice Source Type: news
Exclusive: practice managers ‘crucial’ to implementing social prescribing in general practice
Practice managers have a‘crucial’ role in the integration of social prescribing into general practice, national clinical lead for social prescribing at NHS England Dr Michael Dixon has said. Speaking at a Westminster Health Forum event earlier this week (26 March), Dr Dixon, who is also co-chair of the Social Prescribing Network and chairman of the College of Medicine, said it was important to get GPs‘on side’.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 29, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
