January 25, 2023
GP surgeries to be taken over by health trust
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”
January 24, 2023
Mental health services boosted
£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”
January 23, 2023
My Competencies
Core Competency #63 – Disciplinary and grievance Will monitor time-keeping, absence etc. for junior staff. May operate procedures for junior … Read More “My Competencies”
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”