Three-quarters of GPs say they and their staff experience verbal abuse from patients on a weekly basis. 74% say they … Read More “GPs and staff experience verbal abuse on a weekly basis”
Two large GP surgeries in County Down are to be taken over by health authorities after talks failed to find … Read More “GP surgeries to be taken over by health trust”
£150 million will be used to build 150 new facilities to support mental health urgent and emergency care services. Anyone … Read More “Mental health services boosted”
Core Competency #63 – Disciplinary and grievance Will monitor time-keeping, absence etc. for junior staff. May operate procedures for junior … Read More “My Competencies”
NHS England has reminded GP practice teams of the procedure to follow when patients contact them needing to access Covid antiviral … Read More “GP reception staff advised”
Core Competency #62 – Employment practice Has awareness of importance. May have limited involvement in monitoring policies against practice/external guidelines … Read More “My Competencies”
Integrated care boards (ICBs) putting in some special measures to help GPs cope with extreme winter pressures are facing resistance … Read More “Local commissioners to suspend QOF”
Data shows there are almost 4,700 more doctors and over 10,500 more nurses working in the NHS compared to October … Read More “Record numbers of doctors”
Overview and analysis of NHS England’s operational planning guidance and priorities for the service in 2023/24. The planning guidance acknowledges … Read More “2023/24 NHS priorities”
Core Competency #61 – Induction and training Identifies training and induction needs of junior staff. May devise induction and training … Read More “My Competencies”