January 20, 2023
GP reception staff advised
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”
January 19, 2023
Discharge funding
This letter follows the recent government announcement regarding focusing funding on discharging patients from acute beds to improve patient care and … Read More “Discharge funding”
January 18, 2023
Consider statins for millions more people
About 15 million more people in England could be prescribed daily cholesterol-lowering statin pills to cut their risk of heart … Read More “Consider statins for millions more people”
January 17, 2023
Pharmacy teams to tackle health inequalities
With the cost of living crisis adding to already widening health inequalities, the RPS paper aims to help pharmacists and … Read More “Pharmacy teams to tackle health inequalities”
January 16, 2023
My Competencies
Core Competency #62 – Employment practice Has awareness of importance. May have limited involvement in monitoring policies against practice/external guidelines … Read More “My Competencies”
January 13, 2023
Local commissioners to suspend QOF
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”
January 12, 2023
Record numbers of doctors
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”
January 11, 2023
NHS to buy care beds
The NHS is being given £250m to buy thousands of beds in care homes and upgrade hospitals amid a winter … Read More “NHS to buy care beds”
January 10, 2023
2023/24 NHS priorities
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”
January 9, 2023
My Competencies
Core Competency #61 – Induction and training Identifies training and induction needs of junior staff. May devise induction and training … Read More “My Competencies”