December 17, 2020
Patient Group Direction
This Patient Group Direction (PGD) can now be used by local organisations as the legal mechanism for administering the COVID-19 … Read More “Patient Group Direction”
Category: Partnership Issues
December 11, 2020
Hospital takeover of GP practices
GP practices taken over by hospitals have been able to offer patients access to a wider range of healthcare professionals … Read More “Hospital takeover of GP practices”
December 7, 2020
Integrated care systems
Over the last two years, ICSs have been formed across England. In an integrated care system, NHS organisations, in partnership … Read More “Integrated care systems”
November 20, 2020
Practices suffer Covid outbreaks
A number of GP practices across the country have had to temporarily close, following Covid-19 outbreaks. The availability of remote … Read More “Practices suffer Covid outbreaks”
November 19, 2020
QOF income protection
The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is a voluntary scheme within the General Medical Services (GMS) contract. The revised approach … Read More “QOF income protection”
November 13, 2020
Poorer continuity of care
The UK Government is encouraging ‘expansion, mergers and greater collaboration between practices’, in order to deliver services ‘more efficiently’ and … Read More “Poorer continuity of care”
November 12, 2020
New workload prioritisation
The College has published new guidance on workload prioritisation, reflecting the increasing prevalence of COVID-19 around the country, to support … Read More “New workload prioritisation”
October 22, 2020
The state of health care
Since the arrival of COVID-19, we inhabit a different world, in which all these things remain true, but so much … Read More “The state of health care”
October 21, 2020
The split between science and politics
“Following the science” was a phrase we heard a lot of earlier in the year. It’s what, we were repeatedly … Read More “The split between science and politics”
October 16, 2020
100 GP practices closed
An estimated 350,000 patients were forced to move to a new surgery. GP leaders said contract changes in England in … Read More “100 GP practices closed”