A 63-year-old former practice manager was yesterday (4 April) sentenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, at Swansea … Read More “Practice manager sentenced to 6 months in jail for defrauding her practice”
The number of people infected with Covid in the UK is showing signs of plateauing, data from the Office for … Read More “Covid infections show signs of plateauing in UK”
NHS England and NHS Improvement and the Government continue to remaincommitted to honouring the 5-year settlement that runs to 2023/24, … Read More “GP Contract 2022/23”
NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) has today published the revisedNetwork Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES) which takes effect from … Read More “Primary care networks”
Standards being piloted by the health ombudsman may mean that GP practices face new targets for responding to patient complaints. … Read More “New targets for responding to patient complaints”
Just one in 10 patients said they preferred face-to-face GP appointments during the Covid pandemic, and most wanted telephone consultations … Read More “Patients preferred telephone appointments”
The CQC will not resume focused inspections regarding GP access, which had formed part of the Government’s winter access plans. … Read More “CQC to scrap access-focused GP inspections”
The NHS has evolved from an administered to a managed service with a complex overlay of competition, inspection and regulation. … Read More “Governing the health and care system”
The CQC will not resume focused inspections regarding GP access, which had formed part of the Government’s winter access plans. … Read More “CQC to scrap access-focused GP inspections”
CQC data has shown a 176% increase in people reporting a bad experience from GP providers in 2021 after the … Read More “Significant rise in practice complaints”