Mental health practitioners in primary care: ‘There’s more of a conversation happening’
As part of Management in Practice’s series on the wider primary care team, Rachel Carter explores how practices are working with specialist mental health staff
Last year, NHS England announced that mental health therapists could become‘the norm’ in general practice, as it launched guidance for GPs on how to co-locate this group of professionals into their surgeries. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 20, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Patients risk homelessness after DWP sends GPs misleading benefits letters
GPs are being explicitly told not to issue fit notes to patients by the Department of Work and Pensions, even if there is still a chance that the decision could be appealed.
The changes to the letters sent to GPs by the DWP remove the section warning that they may still need to issue fit notes - for example if a patient is appealing a decision or their condition gets significantly worse.
This means that GPs may have been put off from issuing a fit note, even if they believed one was needed. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 20, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Practice receptionists should provide tech support to patients, says Londonwide LMCs
Receptionists should assist patients who struggle to use digital facilities in their practices, a spokesperson for Londonwide LMCs has said.
Concerns were raised at the Londonwide LMCs’ Annual Conference last week (12 March) that health inequalities could arise as a result of the increased use of technology in the health service. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 19, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
PCNs an ‘opportunity’ to build our workforce teams, says BMA
The recruitment of additional healthcare professionals into primary care networks (PCNs) is‘an opportunity to build on our workforce teams and look after our patients further’, a BMA spokesperson has said. Dr Krishna Kasaraneni, an executive member of the BMA GP committee, called on practices to join networks in order to better support their teams and provide improved patient care.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 18, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
2018 General Practice Awards winners: Women's Health Initiative
The winners of the General Practice Awards 2018 were revealed at an awards ceremony on Friday, 30 November at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London hotel.
The awards celebrated their 10th anniversary last year and recognised the hard work and innovation of general practice teams and individuals.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 18, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Practice managers call for funding to support set up of PCNs
Practice managers have raised concerns about a lack of funding to support them in setting up primary care networks (PCNs). The additional funding of£1.50 per patient provided as part of the new GP contract will come in from April, after practices have signed up to networks.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 15, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
30,000-patient networks set to receive £1 per head more than larger networks
Primary care networks with a population size of 30,000 are set to receive£1 per patient more than 50,000-patient networks in 2019/20, according to new guidance from the BMA. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 15, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Sponsored feature: five steps to successfully resolving patient complaints
Medical Defence Union (MDU) medico-legal adviser Dr Kathryn Leask on how practices can effectively address complaints at an early stage
Dealing with a practice complaint can be time consuming and, depending on the context, distressing.
However, in the Medical Defence Union’s (MDU) experience, the time taken to provide a response will be well spent if the complainant’s concerns can be addressed at the first opportunity. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 14, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Personal Practice Source Type: news
Chancellor overlooks GP pension tax allowance in Spring Budget statement
The pension tax allowance for general practice failed to get a mention in the Spring Statement.
Outlining the Spring Budget today in the House of Commons, Chancellor Philip Hammond did not speak of the current pension taxation policies and their impact on GPs, despite the Government previously suggesting it would address the issue and the BMA yesterday calling for an announcement in today's Spring Statement. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 14, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Primary care networks will not have to be led by GPs, says NHS England
Primary care networks will not have to be led by a GP, with'any clinician' in general practice able to take charge, NHS England has said.
Under 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.
All networks must appoint an accountable clinical director, who will be responsible for ensuring it delivers local services, by 15 May. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 13, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
CCGs are trying to ‘manipulate’ formation of networks, BMA told
CCGs in some areas of England have been trying to‘manipulate’ new primary care networks to ensure they align with their own plans, according to the BMA.
GPs told our sister publication Pulse, where this story was first published, that a number of CCGs have been trying to influence how networks are set-up, including telling practices which GP should become their clinical director. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 12, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
New national hotline to help homeless patients access general practice services
A Manchester-based social enterprise is to launch a new hotline for homeless patients who struggle to access GP care.
Homeless Friendly, an initiative that signposts practices as particularly welcoming to patients sleeping rough, is to introduce the hotline.
The service will direct patients towards GP surgeries who will register people without a fixed address, and advocate on their behalf when they struggle to access care. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 12, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: Angela Sharda Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Dr Nikita Kanani: ‘This contract provides the beginning of a response’
Dr Nikita Kanani tells Jaimie Kaffash the new contract is the first step in tackling the crisis in general practice
NHS England’s acting director for primary care is that rare beast– an NHS England official who is admired by the grassroots. Dr Nikita Kanani has managed to foster goodwill by being accessible.‘So many practices already have my mobile number and can tweet me or email me, or whatever because I want to hear what’s going on,’ she says. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 11, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Practices must have input into CCG decisions as NHS long-term plan is delivered, say MPs
CCGs must involve local GPs in decision-making as services are increasingly commissioned across larger populations, a committee of MPs has warned.
The Public Accounts Committee, which has been scrutinising CCG performance, said in a report published today there is a risk that commissioners will’lose touch’ with local populations as efforts are made to deliver the NHS’s long-term plan. Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 8, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
Supporting older doctors: five things you need to know about the BMA ’s report
The BMA has said employers must do more to support older doctors, who represent a significant proportion of the NHS workforce. Nearly half (47%) of GPs in the UK are over the age of 45 and nearly two in ten (17%) are over 55, according to theBMA’s report - supporting an ageing medical workforce– published last week (26 February).Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 7, 2019 Category: Practice Management Authors: costanzapearce Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
